May also be called affective disorder Euthymic Offer frequent snacks Diagnosis is clinical Must be given with food Stimulants may cause exacerbation Labs may include T4 and TSH Reduced need for sleep Symptoms of mild lithium toxicity Can be childhood diagnosis No gender difference Ensure safety Valproic acid Most associated with suicide Most severe form Exact cause is unknown Unrelating, rapid, loud talking without pauses 1.5 to 2 mEq/L SAD/PMDD 0.6 to 1.2 mEq/L Depression may be a misdiagnosis Anticonvulsants Medication that is often an adjunct to SSRIs Increased risk for postpartum psychosis Elevated, expansive, and/or irritable mood 2% of the population Hyperreflexia, hypertonic muscles, fasciculation, myoclonic twitches. May be used to treat psychosis during mania No manic episodes May also be called affective disorder Euthymic Offer frequent snacks Diagnosis is clinical Must be given with food Stimulants may cause exacerbation Labs may include T4 and TSH Reduced need for sleep Symptoms of mild lithium toxicity Can be childhood diagnosis No gender difference Ensure safety Valproic acid Most associated with suicide Most severe form Exact cause is unknown Unrelating, rapid, loud talking without pauses 1.5 to 2 mEq/L SAD/PMDD 0.6 to 1.2 mEq/L Depression may be a misdiagnosis Anticonvulsants Medication that is often an adjunct to SSRIs Increased risk for postpartum psychosis Elevated, expansive, and/or irritable mood 2% of the population Hyperreflexia, hypertonic muscles, fasciculation, myoclonic twitches. May be used to treat psychosis during mania No manic episodes
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May also be called affective disorder
Euthymic
Offer frequent snacks
Diagnosis is clinical
Must be given with food
Stimulants may cause exacerbation
Labs may include T4 and TSH
Reduced need for sleep
Symptoms of mild lithium toxicity
Can be childhood diagnosis
No gender difference
Ensure safety
Valproic acid
Most associated with suicide
Most severe form
Exact cause is unknown
Unrelating, rapid, loud talking without pauses
1.5 to 2 mEq/L
SAD/PMDD
0.6 to 1.2 mEq/L
Depression may be a misdiagnosis
Anticonvulsants
Medication that is often an adjunct to SSRIs
Increased risk for postpartum psychosis
Elevated, expansive, and/or irritable mood
2% of the population
Hyperreflexia, hypertonic muscles, fasciculation, myoclonic twitches.
May be used to treat psychosis during mania
No manic episodes
