Posted by bleauberry on November 11, 2008, at 20:23:58
In reply to Suppose you have unipolar depression --, posted by NKP on November 11, 2008, at 14:47:44
Anything can make depression worse, regardless whether so-called bipolar or unipolar, and that includes antidepressants, mood stabilizers, stimulants, benzos, antibiotics, antipsychotics, herbs, vitamins, anything. The potential is always there. Few studies reveal the percentage of patients that deteriorate and get worse shortly after starting a treatment, but the ones I have found show it happens in about 5 out of any random hundred people up to 16 out of any random hundred people, on any random given psych med, regardless of diagnosis.
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