Bipolar disorder is considered to be one of the most serious psychiatric diseases. People who suffer from bipolar disorder alternate mania periods, or high creativity and energy, to depression bouts with various severity degrees. Due to the two extremes this disorder is expensive to cure and also to manage with bipolar medicine that costs $15 per a pill and pills are to be taken daily.
The first focus of any bipolar disorder treatment is to use a bipolar medication combination which consists of mood stabilizers, anti-anxiety and also antidepressants. Four medicine groups are taken in treating the disorder. They are antidepressants, lithium, antipsychotics, as well as anticonvulsant drugs.
If a person is diagnosed for the first time with bipolar disorder he or she will be prescribed Lithium. Lithium carbonate is taken by patients with this disorder in order to control mania. Lithium may be taken along with some antipsychotic drug or a sedative so that to expedite the manic behavior calming.
Lithium can be replaced by other drugs including such anticonvulsants as clonazepram (Klonopin, Rivotril), Divalproex Sodium (Depakote), carbamazepine (Tegretol), Valproate (Depakene).
As bipolar disorder include convulsions and seizures patients can also be treated with anticonvulsants like Lamictal, Tegretol, Neurontin, Topamax, Felbatol, as well as Gabatril. Lamotrigene (Lamictal) reduces the reoccurrence of disorder episodes and stabilizes mood. Lamictal is recommended for long term use due to this feature.
Antidepressants are generally prescribed for the depression attributed to bipolar disorder. Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors as well as Tricyclic antidepressants are most often prescribed drugs for treating bipolar disorder. Short term therapies may include benzodiazepine drugs like Atvian, Valium, Klonopin but these drugs might be addictive and thus should be monitored by the doctor. In short term cure of hallucinations and delusions tranquilizers are often used.
Actually in terms of managing bipolar disorder the necessary amount of bipolar medicine may be large, not speaking about the cost of these medications. Medical science develops and deepens the studying of mind activity. Because of constant studies in medical science progress is repeatedly achieved in different medical spheres and thereby it makes it possible to develop new and better medications. Actually this process is unstoppable and at the present time many drugs are already being controled and tested in different experiments.