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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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By Ask the Expert Patient , Health Expert...said that the best way to treat my bipolar is with lithium but i am just not 100% sure about it.... Read more »
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...their potency, sometimes to toxic levels that can cause heart failure in patients with heart disease.LithiumLithium (Eskalith, Lithane, Lithobid, Lethonate, Lithotabs), commonly used for bipolar... Read more »Bipolar Medications
LithiumLithium (Carbolith, Duralith, Lithobid, Lithizine, Eskalith, Lithane) is one of the standard mood stabilizing drugs for bipolar disorder. Lithium is extremely helpful for most... Read more »Headaches: Cluster: Managing Cluster Headaches
...doses of corticosteroids, such as prednisone, may be useful for preventing episodic cluster headaches.Lithium. Some studies suggest that lithium is the best drug for chronic cluster... Read more »Hypothyroidism: Causes
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