by Candida Fink, MD | Nov 26, 2007 | Alternative - Complementary, Medications, Treatment
The standard approach to treating bipolar disorder calls for a combination of medication and psychotherapy—a mood stabilizer for the mania, an anti-depressant to treat the depressive side, and psychotherapy to deal with the stressors and triggers that often push the...
by Candida Fink, MD | Oct 24, 2007 | Medications, Treatment
When you begin seeing a psychiatrist (or any physician who manages your bipolar medication), you may begin to feel like a guinea pig. Your doctor tries one medication after another to see which one works and which one doesn’t, which one produces the least...
by Candida Fink, MD | Sep 11, 2007 | Medications, Side effects
Sometimes, you may begin to wonder what’s worse—the depression and mania or the side effects from the medications used to control the depression and mania. In fact, one of the main reasons that people with bipolar disorder stop taking their medications is because they...
by Candida Fink, MD | Sep 4, 2007 | Medications, Treatment
On September 3, 2007, Associated Press Science Writer Malcom Ritter published an insightful article called “Scientists Test New Bipolar Remedies,” about scientists who are “casting a wide net to find better treatments for the crushing depression and uncontrolled...
by Candida Fink, MD | Aug 7, 2007 | Medications, Treatment
Science Daily just reported in an article titled “‘Wake-Up Pill’ Under Study To Treat Patients With Bipolar Disorder” that a “preliminary study of 85 patients with bipolar disorder shows that a drug used to treat patients with sleep...
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