Bipolar Disorder/bipolar illness

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Expert: - 2/4/2010


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I have a friend that had bipolar for 26 years. She can't take lithium and has severe problems with her medicines. She gets little sleep and has a poor quality of life. What could you recommend she do to get some relief.

                          Charles

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Hi, Charles . . .

I think your friend should seek a second opinion / evaluation / and possible treatment with a psychiatrist who is an expert in evaluating and treating people with hard to treat mood disorders. A list of such psychiatrists may be found at:
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.psychiatrists.html

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.

A.B. Johns Hopkins University
M.D. N.Y.U. College of Medicine

I am the creator of Depression Central:http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html

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