Posted by Smith562 on September 4, 2005, at 9:05:15
In reply to BP III question, posted by fires on September 1, 2005, at 22:21:11
Hey Everyone,
It seem like many doctors are realizing "Mood Disorders" are like any other medical disease. For example asthma .... it is not a question of whether you have asthma or don't have asthma. People can have mild, moderate or severe asthma. Some people just need a couple of puff of an inhaler before exercise with mild asthma, while other may need 3 inhalers and oral medications just to breath normally in severe asthma.
Same with bipolar (and depression, anxiety, psychosis). It turns out many individual failing numerous antidepressant many have mild bipolar and many just need a touch of a mood stablizer (like 450 lithium, or lamictal, or 500 depakote) to feel better. Obviously severe bipolar patient have severe mood swings and need 2,3,4 or more med combos to stablize them. But many of us could use a touch of a ms to feel better.
So every medical disease can vary from mild to severe, and mood disorders are probably no different ... some of us need a touch of a benzo for mild anxiety, or many a touch of antipsychotic for mild psychosis, or a touch of mood stablizer for mild bipolar.
Smith
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