Home > Mental Health > Treatment of Bipolar Disorder Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Dec 13, 2008 by IGalynker, Views: 6255 Although Bipolar disorder is a lifelong disease, there is good medical therapy for this disease. The most common medication used for bipolar disorder is Lithium. Dr. Igor Galynker, a psychiatrist at Beth Israel Med. Ctr. in NY, discusses the treatment of Bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder has wreaked havoc on a friend of mine. Lithium has helped quite a bit. She is a brilliant woman and sometimes winds up hospitalized because of this mental illness. alanstD56 10.7 years ago