Mood Stabilizing/Anti-Manic Medications

Question 1

Anti-manic drugs are used to relieve symptoms of main such as impulsivity and this.

Answer 1

increase attention span

Question 2

This drug’s widest and best known application is in the treatment of mania and bipolar disorder.

Answer 2

Lithium Eskalith, Lithobid, Eskalight CR or Lithium Citrate

Question 3

True or False. In Lithium treatment there is a need to monitor blood levels even before medications are started.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Commonly used in psychiatry as mood-stabilizing drugs for bipolar disorder, this group of drugs are also used in the treatment of anxiety, substance use and impulse control disorders.

Answer 4

anticonvulsant

Question 5

Not formally FDA approved for treatment of acute mania until 2005, this drug is more effective in treating or preventing mania than depression.

Answer 5

Carbamazepine, Tegretol, Tegretol XR, Crabatrol, Equetro

Question 6

A FDA approved drug that is more effective in treating or preventing mania than depression that is better tolerated than lithium.

Answer 6

Valproic acid, Depakote, Depakene, Stavzor, Depakote Er, Depakote DR, Depakote Sprinkles, or Depacon

Question 7

Occasionally used as an alternate to Lithium, Tegretol, or Depakote this drug’s trade name starts with a “T”.

Answer 7

Topamax

Question 8

This anticonvulsant drug has demonstrated efficacy in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder and may cause a skin rash if the dose is increased too quickly.

Answer 8

Lamotrigine or Lamictal

Question 9

True or False. Anticonvulsant medications are commonly used as mood stabilizers and all are FDA approved for this indication.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

This drug is FDA approved for treatment of migraine headaches but is also used for treatment of anxiety disorders, alcohol and benzodiazepine withdrawal.

Answer 10

Valproic acid