Posted by cybercafe on July 22, 2002, at 21:23:01
In reply to Re: How about a mood stabilizer alone??, posted by McPac on July 22, 2002, at 16:54:11
> Cybercafe, you said, "for depression lithium or lamotrigine are believed to work best... "
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> >>>>>>>Any idea which one is generally regarded as having the superior anti-dep. potency?actually no, i don't have a clue... i imagine they probably both can lead to 100% remission ...
lithium is the best studied... lamotrigine has the better side effect profile...
if i were the doc, i'd probably put you on lithium, and see how bad your side effects were
if i were the patient, i'd probably go for lamotrigine :)
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