According to the results of a recent survey conducted by Decision Resources (“one of the world’s leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues”), 52.3 percent of newly diagnosed bipolar disorder patients are prescribed antidepressant drugs first line. (See the press release “Astonishing 52 Percent of Newly Diagnosed Bipolar Disorder Patients Receive Antidepressant Drugs in First-Line Treatment.”)
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Michelle
5:16 pm on
August 22nd, 2008I was given an anti-depressant twice before I was diagnosed bipolar I and it caused a suicide attempt. Coincidence?
Deb
7:10 pm on
March 15th, 2009For 8 years I went in and out of hospital with suicide attempts. Only after I was finally taken off did my health become stable. Later I learned that the a.d. were triggering these episodes.
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