Posted by linkadge on October 24, 2010, at 16:03:14
In reply to Re: Lithium / Lamotrigine effective - for a while, posted by maxime on October 24, 2010, at 14:06:04
Well, I think you are right. For pure bipolar I disorder, mood stabilizer monotherapy is supposed to be best.
That being said, lithium and valproate are stronger anti-manic agents than antidepressants, although lithium does seem to prevent suicide.
Either way, bipolar patients statistically spend most of their time in depression. Also, lithium seems to work better on certain forms of bipolar (namely euphoric bipolar).
Long term lithium (for me) was a real downer. It exerted some antidepressant effect immediately, but this did not last more than a few weeks.
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