Posted by med_empowered on September 18, 2006, at 14:30:33
In reply to Mood stabilisers and depression in bipolar II, posted by Basia on September 18, 2006, at 13:41:20
hi! To me, it sounds like BP II might not be the best description of your issues; it sounds more like recurrent depression, with moodiness and a fit of psychosis and hypomania.
Anyway, you can probably do without any antipsychotic; the newer ones might help stabilizer your moods, but if you've only had 1 psychotic episode then you don't necessarily *need* one. That said..if you taper, do so very carefully; benzos might be helpful for the taper period.
Sorry the lamictal pooped out. Maybe add something to replace the AP, like Provigil? Or do therapy...or up the Lamictal...or try and antidepressant...
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