Posted by herpills on November 1, 2014, at 9:55:47
In reply to AAPs are not mood stabilizers, posted by phidippus on October 31, 2014, at 19:00:07
> Atypical antipsychotics antagonize dopamine, seratonin and agonize some seratonin receptors.
> Yes, they treat mania and can sometimes treat depression, but not in a way that provides true mood stabilization.
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> Eric
>Anything can be a mood stabilizer. If someone takes only an antidepressant, and it stabilizes their mood, then it's a mood stabilizer.
Lamictal is an anticonvulsant that a government agency in the US decided could also be prescribed as a mood stabilizer.
There's really no point in defining what is or is not a mood stabilizer.
Many people on the atypicals feel that they stabilize their mood. There are far more atypicals which are indicated for bipolar disorder than there are anticonvulsants.
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