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Re: mood stablizers

Posted by SLS on March 6, 2021, at 11:52:30

In reply to Re: mood stablizers, posted by undopaminergic on February 24, 2021, at 2:02:27

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> > does anyone know if mood stablizer can be used for depression alone?
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> Yes, for a lot of psychiatrists that is the first option for bipolar disorder.
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> -undopaminergic
>

Maybe Lamictal (lamotrigine). My guess is that it increases dopamine activity in the nucleus accumbens via disinhibition facilitated by a reduction of glutamate release in the thalamus. There may be other structures involved as well.

I would like to mention that an apparently unipolar depression can still have a bipolar diathesis. This alone warrants a trial of a mood stabilizer when antidepressants alone do not have much, if any, appreciable effect.

Oxcarbazepine, tiagabine, and lamotrigine would my picks.


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