Posted by med_empowered on July 28, 2007, at 12:32:36
In reply to Any bipolars do well on AD alone for a long time?, posted by linkadge on July 27, 2007, at 15:18:54
I'm supposedly bipolar of some sort, but never had a problem with antidepressant monotherapy (aside from the lack of effectiveness..that was kind of lame).
Supposedly, antidepressants can flatten out your moods if you have bipolar-lite; I guess that makes sense, if you consider the effects on dopamine can be kind of neuroleptic-ish.
On the other hand, I know a guy who was more or less OK (recurrent depression) pre-SRIs; they kindled or cycled him straight into hardcore Bipolar I territory.
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