Depressed patients treated with antidepressants
can have an induced mania similar to the features of a person with bipolar
disorder.
Previously diagnosed people with
major depression and who have these manic episodes often have to be treated
as actual bipolar patients.
Antidepressant medication can
induce a manic episode in patients with depression, but the manic episodes are
not considered to be bipolar disorder.
There are two major types of
bipolar disorder type I and type II. Type I is distinguished by episodes of
full blown mania while type II has a less extreme form called hypomania both
have episodes of clinical depression.
Persons with induced mania from treatment
with antidepressant induced mania more frequently have a depressive
illness, with a greater occurrence of melancholy, and are more prone
to seasonal changes( SAD), than those with either type of bipolar disorder.
Prior to the medicine induced mania, the individuals
show depression symptoms that are similar to that of bipolar persons without manic episodes.
Antidepressant induced mania is a
serious consequence to treatment and should be considered as an indication of
bipolar disorder. To a certain extent medication
induced mania can be a treatment complication, but the alternative is that it bipolar
disorders are being under diagnosed. More research is necessary to find more
conclusive results on this phenomenon.
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