Mood Stabilizer
Articles tagged Mood Stabilizer cover when this care approach may fit, what to expect, tradeoffs, safety questions, and how it can connect with therapy, medication, or lifestyle work.
Lamictal (lamotrigine)
Lamictal is one of those medications I actually like prescribing, which is not a sentence I get to write very often in psychiatry.
Mar 8, 2026
Lithium
Lithium is the best mood stabilizer we have for bipolar I, and we don't use it nearly enough. That's the whole post, more or less. The rest is detail.
Mar 6, 2026
Mood stabilizers and the math of staying in the lane
Lithium, lamotrigine, valproate, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine. What each one does, what it does not, and why the drug is the line and the work is yours.
Nov 30, 2025
Topamax (topiramate)
Topiramate's nickname tells you most of what you need to know: Dopamax.
Oct 10, 2025
Bipolar Disorder, Explained
Bipolar treatment goes wrong in the first appointment more often than in any later one. Get the diagnosis wrong and every prescription after it is wrong.
Aug 27, 2025
Mood Disorders Treatment
"Mood disorder" is a category, not a diagnosis.
May 7, 2025
Bipolar I vs Bipolar II vs Cyclothymia
These three diagnoses get confused constantly, including by clinicians, and the difference matters because the treatments diverge in important ways.
May 6, 2025
Valproate (Depakote)
Valproate (Depakote) is a heavy mood stabilizer for acute mania, not ordinary moodiness. The real side effects, labs, and pregnancy risk.
Feb 11, 2025