discussion title:
Can Chemotherapy change bipolar
My Dad is a retired physician because of his bipolar disorder (since 1978) and is now 79 years old.
Almost 3 years ago, he had massive chemotherapy and radiation for a cancer in his jaw. At that time, he went "cold turkey" off his meds when he was NPO at the hospital with aspirated pneumonia. He then had an induced form of Parkinson's and finally got a feeding tube. They started the meds back up (zyprexa and trazadone) .
2 years later, on his own, he stopped all meds and says he does not need them. He can read again, which he has been unable to do for years. He does not exhibit extreme symptoms that I have seen before when he was unmedicated or poorly medicated...
Is it possible that the chemo and/or radiation changed something? Could he be OK, for ever or for a while?
Thanks, Helen in VT
