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i am a patient with 90% depressive and 10% maniac symptoms...that is... bipolar depression with mixed disorder...would PARNATE be of any help to my depressive symptoms???, since they are bothering me more....as such my depressive symptoms get worse with other antidepressants...
James . . .
I usually treat patients with symptoms such as those you describe with a combination of lamotrigine and lithium. If that combination does not work, I usually go on to the Parnate + lithium combination.
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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