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Other anticonvulsants are less well-established for treating mood symptoms in bipolar disorder, and some -- such as Lyrica, Neurontin, or Topamax-- are also used "off label" for other types of ...

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The University of Texas Dell Medical School has joined a global study of bipolar type 1 disorder to better understand which treatments work and to identify biomarkers connected to manic or ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health disorder characterised by extreme mood fluctuations, which shift from elation and high energy to a profound depression. These mood swings may considerably ...

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There are two types of bipolar disorder bipolar 1 disorder and bipolar 2 disorder. Bipolar 1 disorder is characterized by moods vacillating between depression and mania. With bipolar 2 disorder, moods ...