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Bipolar diagnosis--Starting Lithium
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<blockquote data-quote="butterflydreams" data-source="post: 231457"><p>I am surprised they are going the lithium route without trying other medications first. Lithium is good, but it is a very heavy duty medication. Our psychiatrist exhausted all other medications in the atypical range first and then he said ok, those haven't been working we need to look at the harder stuff. This is the order we will work with:</p><p></p><p>1. try depakote, if it doesn't work,</p><p>2. try Lithium, if it doesn't work,</p><p>3. try tegritol</p><p></p><p>He said that is the order that we would try the heavy duty medications. Currently we are trialing depakote.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="butterflydreams, post: 231457"] I am surprised they are going the lithium route without trying other medications first. Lithium is good, but it is a very heavy duty medication. Our psychiatrist exhausted all other medications in the atypical range first and then he said ok, those haven't been working we need to look at the harder stuff. This is the order we will work with: 1. try depakote, if it doesn't work, 2. try Lithium, if it doesn't work, 3. try tegritol He said that is the order that we would try the heavy duty medications. Currently we are trialing depakote. [/QUOTE]
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