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> > does anyone know if mood stablizer can be used for depression alone?
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> Yes, for a lot of psychiatrists that is the first option for bipolar disorder.
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> -undopaminergic
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Maybe Lamictal (lamotrigine). My guess is that it increases dopamine activity in the nucleus accumbens via disinhibition facilitated by a reduction of glutamate release in the thalamus. There may be other structures involved as well.
I would like to mention that an apparently unipolar depression can still have a bipolar diathesis. This alone warrants a trial of a mood stabilizer when antidepressants alone do not have much, if any, appreciable effect.
Oxcarbazepine, tiagabine, and lamotrigine would my picks.
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