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Health Encyclopedia: Bipolar Disorder Treatment
Treatment
Bipolar disorder is a recurrent disease that can be unpredictable. The major goals of treatment are to:
- Treat and reduce the severity of acute episodes of mania or depression when they occur
- Reduce the frequency of episodes
- Avoid cycling from one phase to another
- Help the patient function as best as possible between episodes
The doctor will first try to determine what may have triggered the attack and identify any accompanying medical or emotional problems that might interfere with or compli...
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Secondary Insomnia and the Drugs Used To Treat It
By Michael Rack, MD , Health Expert...the melatonin agonists. The benzodiazepines include Klonopin (clonazepam), Restoril (temazepam),... Read more »
Treating Sleep Disturbances Caused by Anxiety
By Lynne Taetzsch , Health Expert...medications available, from over-the-counter Benadryl to Klonopin. The healthiest solutions to... Read more »
Anxiety Medications: Ativan
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...benxodiazepines include Xanax, Valium, Librium and Klonopin. These medications have a high risk... Read more »
Benzodiazepines, Are They Safe?
By Dr. Diana L Walcutt , Health Expert...clorazepate, midazolam, Dalmane, Diastat, Doral, Klonopin, Niravam, Paxipam, ProSom, Restoril,... Read more »
Sex While Sleeping
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...your doctor. Help is available. The drug clonazepam (Klonopin) has brought some relief to people... Read more »
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Medication for Social Anxiety Disorder
...symptoms when stopped abruptly. Anti-anxiety medications used for social phobia are:• Clonazepam (Klonopin) Beta BlockersBeta-blockers are used to treat the physical symptoms often... Read more »Erectile Dysfunction and Medication
...lead to hallucinations, confusion and seizures. Pharmacologically, Dantrium--as well as diazepam and Klonopin--should have no effect on your sex drive but are more likely to cause weakness and... Read more »Chantix, Psychiatric Risks and the FDA
...studies point to contraindications for benzodiazepines [the main anti-anxieties in use like Xanax, Klonopin, Restoril, and Ativan] and dopamine—only that they both activate the pleasure centers... Read more »Bipolar: Managing Stress Part 4: Seeing it Coming
... She also doesn't hesitate to "pop a Klonnie" when she starts feeling herself getting wound up. Klonopin is one of the class of anxiety meds known as benzodiazepines. Others include Xanax and... Read more »Fibromyalgia Medication
...tension, irritability and sleep problems. If anxiety is a problem, benzodiazepine medications like Klonopin, Ativan and Xanax can help reduce pain and improve sleep. They work by improving the... Read more »Images
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