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Suggest Treatment For Bipolar Two In A Depression Phase
Question: My son , aged 24 years , has bipolar 2 depression. Other than Seroquel is there any other medical treatment or procedure that could help relieve the symptons of depression. He has had an episode of 2 wees of hypomania followed by 5 weeks of moderate depression.
Brief Answer:
Aripiprazole, valproate, lamotrigine, lithium
Detailed Answer:
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I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Bipolar two in a depression phase is a difficult illness to treat. However other than seroquel the other options that can be considered are aripiprazole , valproate, lithium, lamotrigine and all of them have good efficacy in the treatment of bipolar mood disorder.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
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Aripiprazole, valproate, lamotrigine, lithium
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Bipolar two in a depression phase is a difficult illness to treat. However other than seroquel the other options that can be considered are aripiprazole , valproate, lithium, lamotrigine and all of them have good efficacy in the treatment of bipolar mood disorder.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
What about shock therapy?? Is it still used for depression treatment. I am worried that he will not recover and if shock therapy would help then why would it not be offered ??
Brief Answer:
Shock therapy is very useful
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the follow-up.
Yes shock therapy is a very useful and safe therapy. It is used in resistant cases and gives good response. Especially the recently used modified electro convulsive therapy where in shock are applied with patient under anesthesia is a very safe procedure.
You may try with medicines first but if the response is not adequate then it would be wise to consider shock therapy.
Hope this helps,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD
Shock therapy is very useful
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the follow-up.
Yes shock therapy is a very useful and safe therapy. It is used in resistant cases and gives good response. Especially the recently used modified electro convulsive therapy where in shock are applied with patient under anesthesia is a very safe procedure.
You may try with medicines first but if the response is not adequate then it would be wise to consider shock therapy.
Hope this helps,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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