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The following are the treatment options for most patients with bipolar disorder, depending on the bipolar disorder phase or episode. Patients should understand that, even with aggressive therapy, either mania or depression recurs in about 75% of patients.
1 Bipolar disorder is an illness which can require long-term treatment. 2  Skilled medical management is needed. 3  Different medications are used to treat acute episodes of mania and of depression, and other medications ('mood stabilisers') are used to keep episodes at bay or to augment acute treatments. Most people who have had one manic episode will go on to have further illness. 2  The benefits of ongoing treatment are a reduction in the severity and frequency of illness. 3  For most people the benefits of long term stability outweigh the drawbacks of being on medication.