Posted by bob on January 27, 2002, at 23:31:43
Does anyone know of any other compound which, like Lithium, is NOT classified as an anticonvulsant, yet is indicated for mood stabilazion as well as depression? It seems to me that every other single compound I've heard of as having applicability to mood stabilization is actually an anticonvulsant, or was originally conceived as one. I've never heard of Lithium being used as an anticonvulsant, and I've also never heard of it having straightforward reuptake inhibitor properties, or the like. It is truly an enigma, it seems. I've read theories of its mechanism of action involving the modification of voltage sensitive ion channels, but that doesn't seem much different from the descriptions of modes of action of anticonvulsants.
Just wondering.
Bob
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