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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Mania Symptoms

New med matches Zyprexa for bipolar mania

October 03, 2008
An experimental medication was shown to have a similar power to control bipolar disorder symtpoms as Zyprexa in a new study. The new med, asenapine, reduced mania symptoms in patients with a manic or mixed episode as well as Zyprexa in the trial. Many experts consider Zyprexa to be the 'gold standard' treatment for mania in bipolar disorder. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Tamoxifen Significantly Reduces Mania Symptoms
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...drug Tamoxifen with patients who were experiencing mania, or who were in a mixed state that... Read more »

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The Bipolar Spectrum
By John McManamy , Health Expert

...with a capital M. Now think of some depression and mania symptoms in terms of small d and small... Read more »

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Goodwin and Jamison Book a Major Achievement
By John McManamy , Health Expert

...DSM. These involve “mixed states,” symptoms of mania in depression and symptoms of... Read more »

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FLIGHTY - A New Way to Identify Hypomania
By Sue Bergeson , Health Expert

...L. Wagner suggested a new way to identify when hypomania might be present.   Hypomania is a... Read more »

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Treating Bipolar Depression: Psychiatry is Changing
By John McManamy , Health Expert

...Those with mixed depressions experienced worsened mania symptoms with an antidepressant added to... Read more »

Health Guide

Depression Issues: What are the symptoms of depression?
...and cyclothymic depression symptoms include the above during the depression phase alternating with mania symptoms of high energy, euphoria, distractability, poor judgment, and sleeplessness. Some... Read more »
Depression Issues: What is depression?
...depression symptoms fall between major and dysthymic depression Bipolar disorder (manic depression) - full mania and major depression (I) or hypomania and major depression (II) Cyclothymic... Read more »
Depression Issues: How is depression treated?
...the anticonvulsants valproate (trade name Depakote) and carbamazepine (trade name Tegretol) stabilize mania and depression in many people. Clozapine (trade name Clozaril) may stabilize mood in... Read more »
Stress Part 8: Working With Anxiety
...to 40 percent of individuals with bipolar also have full-blown anxiety. Many more have at least some mania symptoms. Typically, bipolar patients with full or partial anxiety are more difficult to... Read more »
Bipolar Depression: What is bipolar disorder?
...single year, while others will experience only one or two episodes in a lifetime. Depression and mania are considered to be the polar opposites of human emotion. The term "bipolar" describes the... Read more »

Medications

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...mental/mood conditions (schizophrenia, bipolar mania). It works by helping to restore the ... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

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This medication is used to treat manic-depressive disorder (bipolar disorder). It works to... Read more »

Related News

Breast cancer drug may treat bipolar disorder
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A medication currently used to treat breast cancer may one day be used to ease mania symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. Researchers gave the... Read summary »

Breast Cancer Drug Beats Bipolar Disorder
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A drug more commonly associated with breast cancer treatment is holding out new promise for people suffering through the manic... Read summary »

Omega-3's effect on bipolar disorder still unclear
October 03, 2008

Researchers say there is still not enough evidence to say whether omega-3 fatty acids are useful treatments for people with bipolar disorder.... Read summary »

Breast cancer med may help bipolar disorder
October 03, 2008

The breast cancer medication tamoxifen may help control the manic phases of bipolar disorder, scientists say, and it may do so faster than many... Read summary »

Irritability may signal bipolar disorder in children
July 05, 2009

Doctors should consider irritability a possible symptoms of bipolar disorder when they are diagnosing the condition in children, new research... Read summary »