Posted by eoflaherty on June 29, 2001, at 17:52:12
In reply to What meds help with HYPOMANIA?, posted by Janelle on June 25, 2001, at 22:36:40
> I have yet to read or hear about a med "specifically" tailored for hypomania. I'm curious because this bout I'm having with depression (and anxiety), my pdoc feels may have been preceded by a period of hypoMANIA (hard to distinguish if it was just extreme obssessive thoughts and actions or if it was possibly exacerbated by being on Paxil a VERY long time). Looking back, it sure seems like it was hypomania to me.
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> I'm now in process of switching to Effexor from Celexa (the latter did NOTHING for the depression and seemed to make me more agitated and restless), but don't want the A-D to make any mania return. Wondering what, if any, meds there might be for Hypomania.>Consider omega-3 fish oil in any type of bipolar.Since the original article in Archives of General Psychiatry in May 99 it has been used by a growing number of patients to good effect.There is though a very small chance that it will induce full-blown mania as it has an anti-depressant as well as a mood-stabilising effect.A dose of 3-10 g daily (the total of EPA and DHA in the capsules)is commonly used and it is usually added to your present medications.No prescription is needed for it.
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