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. The people on it tend…
Jun 1, 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…
Jun 1, 2026
Bipolar Treatment
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. And bipolar…
Aug 27, 2025
Mood Disorders Treatment
“Mood disorder” is a category, not a diagnosis. Under that umbrella sit a half dozen actually-different illnesses: regular old depression, bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia, premenstrual dysphoric disorder,…
May 7, 2025