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Re: mood stabilisers for atypical symptoms » linkadge

Posted by polarbear206 on April 20, 2007, at 16:47:51

In reply to Re: mood stabilisers for atypical symptoms, posted by linkadge on April 20, 2007, at 14:27:47

> I'd like to (for the sake of it) take a different view from above.
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> Lack of success with antidepressants does not equate to bipolar disorder. That is a logical fallacy that psychiatrists would like you to believe so that they have a better opportunity of keeping patients and making more $. That being said, a trial with a mood stabilizer is worth a shot.
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> I am in a similar situation. I have depressive symptoms that do not react well to antidepressants. Mood stabilizers make me feel worse still.
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> I agree with above that lamotrigine might be worth a shot.
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> I can't recomend any of the other mood stabilizers as they do precious little for low energy, if not making it worse.
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> Linkadge
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> I didn't mean to imply that everyone is likely to have bipolar that doesn't respond to AD's. I guess how I worded it was misunderstood. However,there is a high rate of this in undiagnosed bipolar disorders. This is what I have observed often in the clinical setting working in the mental health profession.

Polarbear


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