Posted by cybercafe on August 9, 2002, at 0:37:17
In reply to Re: Antidepressants (Effexor) for Bipolar II??, posted by crepuscular on August 8, 2002, at 11:05:59
> Many, many people with bipolar disorder are doing well on low-dose atypicals. my personal experience with these mdeications is much better than the anticonvulsants which left me totally brain dead.
> the brain is so complicated, and people so idiosyncratic, that we need to keep focused on whether or not, at the end of the day, you are *doing better*. i'll take personal progress over nosological guesswork any day. and so should a good doc.i totally agree with you -- however, i was wondering why, if the antipsychotic was working, a mood stabilizer needed to be added
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