mood stabilizer

Assurex Health Picks Up $15 Mln

Assurex Health picks up mln The test gives healthcare providers an expanded range of options in helping to make medication decisions for patients suffering from depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, and other behavioral health … Read more on Thomson Reuters’ peHUB (press release) When Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Combine Bipolar disorder is primarily treated with medication. Mood stabilizers are used to help stave off depression and atypical antipsychotics are used to treat mania. There are other medications available and, most of the time, a combination of medications … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog) Read more... ...

How Are Mental Disorders Like Biploar(“manic Depression”)understood in Egypt? Are Support Groups Findable4 It

Question by warpedhybrid: How are mental disorders like biploar(“manic depression”)understood in egypt? are support groups findable4 it I’ve noticed it’s something ppl. misundertand often. Is it treated w/ anti seizure medication/lithium in egypt as well?what kind of drugs? do u know of someone w/ an actual diagnosis + are they shunned by society, accepted or hiding it? Best answer: Answer by RAMSIS IISometimes Usually our socirty missunderstand them Yes I know too many ppl with manic depression Read more... ...

Bipolar Disorder Treatment Centers: Understanding Bipolar Disorder

Once better known as “manic depression”, the term bipolar was coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin in the late nineteenth century, originally referring to all kinds of mood disorder. Bipolar disorder can be found in all age groups, races, ethnic groups and social classes. An equal number of men and women are being affected. The mood of a person with this disorder alternates between different extremes, such as extreme sadness and euphoric happiness. Thus, this disease is named bipolar disorder. Read more... ...

Medications for Bipolar Disorder: Bipolar Affective Disorder Triggers and Medications

Manic depression or now called bipolar affective disorder, have millions of people suffering from this mood disorder. Mood swings are but natural, but this mood disorder is way beyond the normal experiences of people. The disorder is characterized by extreme low depression and highs of an elated mood or mania. The frequency usually varies from one individual to another. The cause of bipolar affective disorder is not yet established although experts claim that it has something to do with genetics and hormonal levels. There are also cases when other acquired illnesses of an individual cause bipolar disorder. Read more... ...

Do Mood Stabilizers Help in the Process of Quitting Smoking?

Question by White Magic: Do mood stabilizers help in the process of quitting smoking? I take lamotrigine for manic-depressive illness and I was curious if this medication might make quitting smoking a bit easier. I was considering taking a tiny bit more during the quitting process…What do you think? Best answer: Read more... ...

Borderline Personality Disorder

  Borderline Personality Disorder –   by Mrs TeePot For Bipolar Patients, Medication Compliance Is Difficult Antipsychotics: Substance dependence, negative attitudes to antipsychotics, and borderline personality disorder were all factors in discontinuation of medication. Mood Stabilizers: Negative attitudes to mood stabilizers and anxiety disorder. The study … Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog) Cutting to Cope: A Look Beneath the Scars Pine Rest has a Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Program Treatment Team, that specializes in issues of borderline personality disorder and self harming behaviors. You can contact them at (866-852-4001.) Community Mental Health of Ottawa County also … Read more on Fox17 Read more... ...

Treating Bipolar Disorder

  Treating Bipolar Disorder – This lecture covers more recent advances in treating bipolar disorder including mood stabilizers.   Bipolar Comes Out of the Closet Despite taking his medication for bipolar disorder, Young went into a depression and committed suicide this past August. No alcohol or drugs, other than his medications, were found in his system. As Homeland producer Alex Gansa points out, "In 2002 … Read more on Huffington Post Read more... ...