Posted by SLS on February 9, 2012, at 4:55:38
In reply to All you wonderful experts on bipolar meds, posted by 10derheart on February 8, 2012, at 17:54:39
Your description of your family member does sound like bipolar I rather than bipolar II. Lithium is considered the mood-stabilizer of choice in this illness. However, one can make an argument to use a AP now as an acute treatment for a severe mania. There are too many cases in which lithium takes over a week to exert antimanice effects. I would use both lithium and an AP and attempt to remove the AP after a short while.
I don't know why Saphris was chosen. I would ask the doctor what persuaded him to use it instead any of any of the others that are available. Maybe he and his colleagues are impressed with its clinical efficacy or side effect profile. Then again, the pharmaceutical company representative might have been overwhelmingly attractive.
I tried Saphris to treat bipolar depression. While it didn't help, it didn't hurt either. I did not experience any remarkable side effects. I just didn't like the sublingual delivery system.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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