My brother in law is so classically bipolar. He recently went to the doctor in a depressed state. THe doctor gave him Effexor (a SSRI medicine for depression, ... are needed…the lows of bipolar can be extremely bad and persistent…but when treating BP, doctors will almost always use an anti-D in combo with a mood stabilizer (like lithium, depakote, lamictal, trileptal, etc) or antipsychotic (abilify, seroquel, zyprexa, etc …these often have mood stabilizing effects). ...
