What medications are commonly used to treat bipolar depression?

Answer 1

Lithium is often used to treat Bipolar depression as it lowers the levels of noradrenaline, anti depressants such as SSRI's: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors or NARI's: Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors, can be used to treat Unipolar/Manic depression as they raise the levels of Noradrenaline and Serotonin.

Answer 2

Lamictal is a very good medication for Bipolar disorder. But if the person has bipolar 2, which is the kind when they have more depression than the manic side of bipolar disorder, it is good to combine it with an anti-depressant. There is Lithium, Depikote ( but be aware it makes you crave carbs and you will usually gain weight), and Topimax has been used to help bipolar disorder but is usually combined with something else. There are many other bipolar meds out there, just make sure a psychiatrist is prescribing it rather than a family physician. Usually you have to try out a couple different meds to find the right one for you, everybody's different.

Answer 3

Mood stabilizers (e.g. lithium carbonate, depakote, lamictal, tegretol) and antipsychotics (used for their minor mood stabilization effects, not to treat psychotic symptoms).

Answer 4

Lithium, Depakote and carbamazepine along with many others.

Answer 5

There are many drugs that are used to treat bipolar depression. Some of them are antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and antipsychotics. Another common drug for bipolar disorder is Lithium.

Answer 6

Mostly Lithium, mood stabilizers and anti-depressants, and anti-psychotics. Recently, anti-convulsive medications have been found to help treat the disorder as well.

Answer 7

Anti-depressants are often used to treat bi-polar disorder. Other drugs such as Lithuim or mood stabilizers, may be used as well.