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Originally Posted by tradika
Short list for differentiating bipolar depression: Shorter duration of episodes, more lifetime episodes, psychosis, atypical features(having the munchies and sleeping a lot), younger age of onset, hypomania being induced by antidepressants, and I think some studies found treatment resistance to antidepressants.
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Very interesting indeed!
Nassir Ghaemi is a big name in BP research. He is a professor at Harvard. He believes the BP depression can present differently than unipolar depression. One element I remember is that depression in BP tends to be the atypical variety of depression.
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Dx: Bipolar I, ADD, GAD. Rx: Fluoxetine, Buproprion, Olanzapine, Lamictal, and Strattera.
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