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Which a drugs do u prescribe for bipolar with equal mania and depression?

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Dr. Joyce Pastore answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Bipolar disorder: There are many types of medications used to treat bipolar disorder with both symptoms of mania and depression. The treatment should be tailored to the patient's constellation of symptoms. Lithium, antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines are among the medications used.

Answered 9/15/2014

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Dr. Carrie Cannon answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Mood stabilizers: Mood stabilizers first such as antiepileptics like topamax, lamictal, divalproex, litium with careful monitoring or atypical antipsychotics such as abilify, resperdal, seroquel, zyprexa, clozaril, or geodon or more recently Safris, Latuda, (lurasidone) Fanapt, Invega They may need an atypical antipsychotic plus an antiepileptic at first if manic. Then the mood stabilizer can be augmented with antidepres

Answered 9/17/2014

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