HELP: What Meds for Bi-Polar mental illness?

[mylist]

Hi,
I have a son who is an electrical engineer but has been
unable to continue his engineering work due to a mental illness.
(bi-polar). He stopped taking medication to manage his
illness about 15 months ago and the illness has managed to
make him progressively withdrawn into personal manic obsessions
and less and less connected to every day reality.

I am trying to help him find a psychiatrist and a drug treatment that
might help.

Are there any engineers on this group that have found a treatment that
enables them to continue in full time engineering work?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Dev

 

[Airy R Bean]

Are you sure that what you describe is an illness rather than
an adjustment to his experiences, many of which may have
been emotionally traumatic?

IMHO there are many human adjustments resulting from the
normal conditioning process that are conveniently catalogued
as, "illness".

 

[The Firm2]

I'll translate his answer to your question, "no".