Living with Bipolar Disorder by Hodges Lynn

Author:Hodges, Lynn [Hodges, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Olanzapine (brand name: Zyprexa) helps people

with severe or psychotic depression, which often is

accompanied by a break from reality, hallucinations,

or delusions.

Aripiprazole (brand name: Abilify) can be taken as a

pill or as a shot.

Risperidone (brand name: Risperdal).

Ziprasidone (brand name: Geodon).

Clozapine (brand name: Clorazil, Fazaclo) is often

used to treat people not responding to lithium or

anticonvulsants.

In addition to the medications listed above, antidepressants

are sometimes used to treat symptoms of depression in

bipolar disorder. Commonly prescribed antidepressants

include fluoxetine (brand names: Prozac, Rapiflux, Sarafem,

Selfemra); paroxetine (brand names: Paxil, Pexeva); and

sertraline (brand name: Zoloft).

Note: people with bipolar disorder should not take an

antidepressant on its own. Doing so can cause someone with

bipolar to rapidly swing from depression to mania, which can

be dangerous. To prevent this problem, doctors give patients a

mood stabilizer or an antipsychotic along with an

antidepressant. In fact, the use of antidepressants to help

manage bipolar disorder has yielded mixed results in research

studies. In the United States, a NIMH-funded study found that

antidepressants were no more effective than a placebo in

helping treat depression in people with bipolar disorder, even

when the patients were taking mood stabilizers in addition to

the antidepressant.

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