"i&#039;ve been suffering from bi-polar since diagnosed as a teen. i&#039;m almost 40 now and i spent a better part of those years unmedicated. i had a lot of therapies however, and did well managing with the &quot;tools&quot; given to me over the years. 
in 2014 i began to exhibit signs of ocd and in 2016 anxiety (both can be bed fellows with bipolar) 
it was the anxiety that landed me at my doctors office. 2 weeks before departing for europe and i began to have severe anxiety attacks. i was prescribed effexor, which did not work for me, then down the line of ssris , finally we tried prozac. 
 it worked very well for me, it even helped a little with the mania. but it did help wonders with depression and anxiety and i am functioning about 75% better than i was."