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Is the medication for bipolar disorder the same as that of schizoaffective disorder?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Similar medications : Schizoaffective disorder causes thought disorder, lack of contact with reality, and unstable mood. It's less common than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, but requires the same types of medications: antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and others. Prognosis for return to previous function is better than for other psychotic disorders. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0001927/.

Answered 8/18/2015

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Schizoaffective: Bipolar DO meds are typically mood stabilizers. Schizoaffective DO meds are typically mood stabilizers PLUS antipsychotic meds.

Answered 4/4/2015

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