What Treatment Options are Available for Bipolar Disorder

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What Treatment Options are Available for Bipolar Disorder

Antipsychotics

Types of atypical antipsychotics include: Zyprexa, Abilify, Seroquel, Risperdal, and Geodon.

Atypical antipsychotics can be used in addition to other medications to treat Bipolar Disorder.

Atypical antipsychotics include: Zyprexa, Risperdal, Seroquel, Geodon, Abilify, and Saphris.

Antipsychotics standard for schizophrenia treatment can be used for bipolar disorder.

Treatment

National Institute For Mental Health

Bipolar disorder can not be cured, but it can be treated effectively over the long term.

Since Bipolar disorder has no cure, treatment must be continuous.

Recovery is a processs not an event

Teens will likely get medications and therapy from a psycologist

Depression and Bipolar Support Allaince

Includes Support groups, Medication, Talk therapy, or other strategies that the health care provider and patient decide.

Helpguide.org

Bipolar Disorder does requier long term treatment

There is more to treatment than medication

Work with an experienced psyciatrist

Keep stress in check

Get educated

Monitor mood patterns

Family therapy helps too.

Mood stabalizers

Different mood stabalizers are: Lithium, Valproic acid, Lamictal, Neurotin, Topomax, and Trilepital.

Mood stabalizers are generally the first chioce.

kidshealth.org

Kids will probavly recieve a mood stabalizer.

Lithium is not perfect but it remains an effective long term drug.

Lithium is the main medication used for treating Bipolar Disorder

Antidepressants

National INstitute for Mental Health

Antidepressants may cause mania or trigger rapid cycling.

Types include Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, and Wellbutrin

Can be used in comjunction with Atypical antipsychotics to treat Bipolar Disorder

Antidepressants incude Wellbutrin, Paxil, SSRI's, Prozac, Effexor, and Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor.

May cause Mania

Antidepressants may be prescribed

Problems

People may not want to change for fear of being "flat".

Noncompliance is common.

The patient is likely to recieve more than one medication, increasing the risk of side effects.

Mood Variations are not predictable so it can be hard to tell if returning to normal is a result of medications or a natural part of the cycle.

Treating Mania

National Alliance on Mental Illness

Bipolar Disoder Presents a challenge, the Mania phase can be seductive

Step 5 continuation of mood stabalizers

Step 4 withdrawal of some drug treatments

Step 3 Addition of other treatments

Step 2 Control symptoms with a mood stabalizer

Step 1 Determine the need for hospitalization

Other Treatments

ECT has recieved a bad reputation over the years, but recent advances in technology have made it a safe and painless process.

ECT IS a non Drug Treatment Known as shock treatment.

National Istitute for Mental Health

Forms of psychotherapy include Cognitive behavioral therapy, Family focused therapy, interpersonal and social rythm therapy, and psychoeducation.

When used in conjunction with medications psychotherapy helps treat bipolar symptoms better.

Other treatments include Psychotherapy, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Sleep medications, and Herbal suppliments.

Antisiezure Medications

National Institute for Mental Health

Antisiezure medications are also used effectively as mood stabalizers

Others include Valproate, Tegretol, Carbatol, Equetro, Trilepital, Neurontin, Zonegran, and Topomax

The main ones used are Depakene, Depakote, and Lamictal

Antisiezure medications can be used to treat Bipolar Disorder

Treating Depression

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance

Depression is more likely to be accompanied with suicidal thoughts and actions.

People with Bipolar generally experience more depression than mania.

University of Maryland Medical Center

Step 2 add antidepressant

Step 1 use mood stabalizer