Posted by med_empowered on June 3, 2005, at 6:37:38
In reply to Re: Is taking an AD good when i have BP2?, posted by woolav on June 3, 2005, at 5:43:48
hey! When it comes to using antidepressants in bipolar, different docs operate differently. Some will keep a patient on an anti-depressant, as long as there's also a mood-stabilizer involved and there aren't any signs of hypomania or mania. This is done for people with hardcore, recurrent depression, anxiety, etc. On the other hand, some prefer to rarely use antidepressants, and taper them off after the patient has more or less recovered from a depressive episode. At any rate, the worst offenders for inducing mania are the Tricyclic Antidepressants; the SSRIs are better, although Prozac has a bad rep for making lots of people, especially those with bipolar, crazier than they were when they started taking it. Wellbutrin is considered the cleanest AD for bipolar, and lots of docs also like Effexor.
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