Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Bipolar and lithium

Posted by solstice on December 29, 2010, at 10:00:34

In reply to Re: Bipolar and lithium, posted by linkadge on December 29, 2010, at 8:28:00

I thought that for a bipolar diagnosis mania or hypomania must be present, cycling with or without depression.

Solstice


> Well, response to lithium augmentation does not indicate bipolar. Lithium has been used extensively as an augmentation agent.
>
> Cycling from normal to low was once just called recurrent brief depression (RBD), or just recurrent depression.
>
> Linkadge

 

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post

Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:solstice thread:975089
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20101218/msgs/975144.html