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Re: ADVICE NEEDED: Best Antidepressant for Bipolar I? » Phillipa

Posted by polarbear206 on April 18, 2007, at 13:40:37

In reply to Re: ADVICE NEEDED: Best Antidepressant for Bipolar I? » polarbear206, posted by Phillipa on April 18, 2007, at 11:15:06

> Good advise polarbear and so glad you found a working combo. I've always been under the impression also that prozac is the most activating ad. Am I correct? Love Phillipa


Yes, Prozac is more activating in my opinion. The one thing you have to be careful with using prozac with Bipolar I is that if it throws you into mania,hypomania or mixed states, it has a long half-life, where as a drug like Paxil has a half-life of about 3 days. Many p-docs feel its more safe to use a AD with a short half-life, esp. if they want to discontinue d/t severe cases of cycling and psychotic mania.

Thanks,
Polarbear


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