Posted by linkadge on August 17, 2007, at 21:33:19
In reply to Topamax with Geodon, posted by MichaelH on August 17, 2007, at 20:50:28
Unless your doctor has specifically diagnosed your wife as having bipolar disorder (ie manic depression), I would not use these meds.
These two meds are for bipolar disorder, and have no evidence of efficacy in unipolar disorder.
If your wife has failed several drugs used for unipolar disorder sometimes doctors try bipolar meds.
But, if your wife just has unipolar depression and failed one antidepressant, she may just want to try another antidepressant.
Bipolar meds in general are less safe, and probably cary more risks than regular unipolar meds.
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