Posted by linkadge on May 15, 2010, at 18:39:18
In reply to Re: How long can this thing last?))) Hansi555, posted by polarbear206 on May 15, 2010, at 12:39:11
>Another red flag is that you have trialed >multiple AD's and have some relief, only to have >your symptoms return and thus cycles start to >emerge.
I would strongly hesitate from using this (solely) as a diagnostic for bipolar disorder. It is entirely possible that antidepressants just suck. Nobody knows why and or when they work. Subsequently nobody knows why they stop working.
I feel strongly that doctors use this as a licence (more than anything) to prescribe other drugs - instead of admitting that the drugs can (and often do) just stop working. It is still just a *theory* that antidepressants poop out more in bipolar.
One add for seroquel says "your antidepresant not working - it could be bipolar". Yet, another add says "your antidepressant not working, try abilify (as approved for MDD augmentation). I.e. bipolar or not, drug companies are looking for ways to market from the growing ever apparent lack of long term AD efficacy.
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