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Can chemicals in the brain during a manic episode cause medications to just stop working?
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Mania: once mania is going it might take more medication than what was required for maintenance to bring someone back down. once the mania resolves then sometimes med doses can come down too. if you are manic/hypomanic then please see your MD asap or present to an ER. there are several psychiatric emergency rooms in the NYC metro area
Answered 8/12/2014
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