What Is the MOST Successful, Reliable, and Proven Medication for Treating “BiPolar Disorder”?

Question by jarngar: What is the MOST successful, reliable, and proven medication for treating “BiPolar Disorder”?

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Answer by michele
Lithium.

Answer by racer 51
there are so many meds out there and it really depends on the individual. statistics would say one thing but there is really no way of knowing.

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Jackson has bipolar disorder

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Treatment for bipolar disorder involves psychotherapy — "talk therapy" — and medication such as Depakote or lithium, both of which fall into a class of drugs called mood stabilizers, Yohanna said. Medicines called antipsychotics also can be …
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Jesse Jackson Jr. treated for bipolar II disorder: What is it?

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Medications and psychotherapy have been known to help people make such episodes less frequent and shorter. So the prognosis is good with stabilizing medications and psychotherapy. A combination of the two can effectively treat bipolar II disorder.
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