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2. Lithium (medication) - Wikipedia

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   Studies found that in autopsies (which do not necessarily reflect living people), people with bipolar disorder had increased G-protein coupling compared to people without bipolar disorder. [115] Lithium treatment alters the function of certain subunits of the dopamine-associated G-protein, which may be part of its mechanism of action. [115]

3. Mood stabilizer - Wikipedia

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   A bottle of lithium capsules. Lithium is the prototypical mood stabilizer. A mood stabilizer is a psychiatric medication used to treat mood disorders characterized by intense and sustained mood shifts, such as bipolar disorder and the bipolar type of schizoaffective disorder.

4. Bipolar disorder - Wikipedia

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   Lithium is often used to treat bipolar disorder and has the best evidence for reducing suicide. Medications are often prescribed to help improve symptoms of bipolar disorder. Medications approved for treating bipolar disorder including mood stabilizers, antipsychotics, and certain antidepressants.

5. Bipolar Disorder: 4 Types & What You Need to Know About Them

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   Treatment for bipolar disorder is still a developing field. And some of the go-to medications for regulating bipolar disorder symptoms, ... Lithium (Eskalith®, Lithobid®)

6. Treatment of bipolar disorder - Wikipedia

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   A recent large-scale study found that severe depression in patients with bipolar disorder responds no better to a combination of antidepressant medications and mood stabilizers than it does to mood stabilizers alone and that antidepressant use does not hasten the emergence of manic symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder. [40]

7. 'It was all worth it': Man with severe bipolar disorder ...

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   People with bipolar disorder often fluctuate between manic periods, where they feel intensely energetic, and depression. Treatment usually includes medications and talk therapy. The exact cause ...