| 1. | be more effective than lithium monotherapy in managing rapid-cycling bipolar disorder. The combination proved more effective in treating mania ... Kupka RW Luckenbaugh DA Post RM et al. Rapid and non-rapid cycling bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of clinical studies. ... |
| 2. | exacerbate treatment-refractory depression in the context of rapid-cycling bipolar disorder? Is lithium still not recommended? ... Sharma V Persad E et al. Treatment of rapid cycling bipolar disorder with combination therapy of valproate and lithium. ... |
| 3. | In the 1980s some researchers suggested that rapid cycling might—at least in some instances—represent ... I believe that in general antidepressants are unlikely to improve a truly rapid-cycling illness course. In this scenario a more ... |
| 4. | children can be elusive and is often masked by rapid-cycling mood states or a comorbid disruptive behavior disorder. ... disorder in adults clinicians presented with children who exhibit rapid cycling of mood states may be inclined to rule out bipolar ... |
| 5. | mixed episodes or for those with a history of rapid cycling? What about prevention of depressive episodes? ... Calabrese JR Suppes T Bowden CL et al. A double-blind placebo-controlled study of lamotrigine monotherapy in rapid-cycling bipolar disorder. ... |
| 6. | Rapid-cycling bipolar disorder can indicate reduced drug responsiveness but lithium should not be disregarded. The relapse rate into any ... New data on the use of lithium divalproate and lamotrigine in rapid cycling bipolar disorder. ... |
| 7. | new-onset mood destabilization—with cycle acceleration or rapid cycling—or worsening of pre-existing rapid cycling (Table 1 ... rapid-cycling patients. The trial’s on-off-on design showed that 20% of these patients developed rapid cycling as a direct ... |
| 8. | may be a marker for persistent subsyndromal symptoms. Rapid cycling is defined clinically as 4 distinct mood episodes—switching ... full recovery—in the previous 12 months. Rapid cycling usually is diagnosed retrospectively—introducing patients’ recall ... |
| 9. | rapid-cycling bipolar disorder 6 although most rapid-cycling patients have normal thyroid function tests. Nevertheless low thyroid hormone blood levels ... Kupka RW Luckenbaugh DA Post RM et al. Rapid and non-rapid cycling bipolar disorder: a meta-analysis of clinical studies. ... |
| 10. | 16 A longitudinal study17 indicated that antidepressant use did not predictably predate rapid cycling when depression was controlled. The authors however looked at the correlation between taking an antidepressant at study entry and rapid cycling over 1 year but did not examine whether antidepressants were ... |