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Old Sep 22, 2014, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Tucson View Post
MDD can be treated by ADs. BP is best treated by mood stabilizers and APs to avoid mania. Also I think BP depression can in some cases actually be resistant to the normal approach of treatment with ADs (refractory depression) such as in my case. So I think it is useful to distinguish between the two.

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This is interesting. My depression has been mostly under control for years with ADs and mood stabilizers. Until recently, when nothing seems to work.

Thanks for bringing this up.
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