Bipolar Disorder/bi polar

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Expert: - 12/28/2010


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i have been diagnosed as bipolar with psychosis 3 years ago. i am on 200 mg of lamictal and 5 mg of abilify. sometimes i still have auditory hallucinations is this normal?

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Hi Lisa . . .

Auditory hallucinations are sometimes experienced by people with bipolar disorder. Abilify was probably probably prescribed to control the hallucinations. If the hallucinations continue, please be sure to tell your psychiatrist about them. The Abilify dose will probably be increased or you will be switched to another medication that may do a better job at controlling them.

Best regards . . .

Ivan
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Ivan Goldberg, M.D.

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I am a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist with many years of expereince in treating individuals with depressions, manic-depression (Bipolar Disorder), other mood disorders,. I am especially interested in the psychopharmacologic treatment of individuals with so called "treatment-resistant" syndromes.

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I have been on the staff of the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. I am currently in full-time private practice in New York City.

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