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Originally Posted by BlueInanna
IZ, what about lithium - are mood stabilizers really AC's?
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No. Some ACs are used
as mood stabilizers.
It's one of those logic/sub-group things: For example.... An AP is a mood stabilizer. But a mood stabilizer is not necessarily an AP.
Uhhh, I guess it'd be simplest to say....
Mood stabilizer is the big umbrella.
It contains various classifications of meds, such as:
AED/AC
AP
AAP
Then of course, each of these groups is comprised of the various individual meds.
I had to go double-check on Lithium. It is, of course just thought of as a mood stabilizer, and it is, but its subgroup is anti-psychotic.
Haha, I hope this is making sense (if not, I can make a flow chart or something

). It's coming up on 6 am, so I might not be the best judge of comprehensible explanation atm.