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minus-squaresnowdriftissue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoSometimes antidepressants can unmask bipolar disorder and cause manic episodes but I’ve never heard of anything similar with antipsychotics. In fact they’re often used as sedatives as OP alluded to.
minus-squareMichael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago Sometimes antidepressants can unmask bipolar disorder and cause manic episodes Unless mania or hypomania was present previously in a patient, this would be more about the drug’s effects than revealing a pre-existing condition.
Sometimes antidepressants can unmask bipolar disorder and cause manic episodes but I’ve never heard of anything similar with antipsychotics. In fact they’re often used as sedatives as OP alluded to.
Unless mania or hypomania was present previously in a patient, this would be more about the drug’s effects than revealing a pre-existing condition.