Posted by SLS on August 16, 2012, at 6:54:41
In reply to Re: Mixed states! Is anybody in desperation now? » SLS, posted by phidippus on August 15, 2012, at 22:56:00
> I think Klonopin would be a novel approach to the problem at hand, I'm just worried about the kind of dosing would be needed in an acute state. Then you have to worry about disinhibition and paradoxical effects.
Ah. Those are reasonable worries. In 1987, Klonopin saved me from an acute mania induced by antidepressants. Lithium was of little help, and Depakote had not been made available yet. For me, Depakote works almost immediately to extinguish mania.
> There is a study out off Germany which observed about 100 patients in mixed state. Treatment with Keppra and Haldol proved quite effective for most of the patients.
Do you think Keppra is underutilized in psychiatry?
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