Posted by lostsailor on February 5, 2003, at 17:59:17
In reply to Prazac to treat Bipolar Disorder, posted by Florencia on February 4, 2003, at 12:07:17
Using an srsri, like prozac, when bp is not unusual. If you don’t want to take lithium tell your doc why. There a now many different treatment options without the side effect profile that lithium has. Lithium, and increasingly depakote, are usually seen as the "gold standards" for mood management. Neurontin was promising but is it is rapidly being realized that it really does not control mood properly for most with Bp disorder.
Take a look at, lamictal, trilliptal, depakote or toprimax instead of lithium, which I too would not take unless we had exhausted all other options. T
Also, remember that you relative have a different and more difficult diagnosis than you do. Maybe a little more sympathy could be used to describe him with some respect both to to him and others on the boards that may share similar diagnoses and or conditions.
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