Antidepressants
Zoloft, Lexapro, and Prozac are this type of drug.
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
This medication is a common treatment of mania in bipolar disorder.
What is Lithium
What are common side effects of antipsychotics?
Weight gain, high blood sugar, high cholesterol.
Symptoms of anxiety include these symptoms.
What is worrying all the time, nervousness, restlessness, problems with sleep, fast heart rate, sweating, irritability.
This mood stabilizer has to started slowly to avoid a serious skin rash.
Lamictal
These drug classes are used first to treat anxiety disorders.
What are SSRIs.
After you start an antidepressant and your energy increases, you should be watching out for this.
What is suicidality.
Antipsychotic medications help with these symptoms.
What are delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia.
This class of anxiety medication can cause dependency or addiction or misuse.
What are benzodiazepines (Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, Valium)
What is alcohol.
Valproic acid (Depakote), lamictal (lamotrigine), and gabapentin (neorontin) all treat these things.
What are bipolar disorder and seizures.
This term describes when you stop taking your medication without talking to your provider about it.
What is medication non-adherence.
Why do we use antidepressants (like SSRIs) for both depression and anxiety?
Depression and anxiety often occur together
If you suddenly stop taking an antidepressant, it can cause these symptoms.
What is withdrawal or nausea, vertigo, insomnia, headache, malaise, and nightmares.
What medications should you avoid if you are also taking Lithium?
NSAIDs (like Ibuprofen), ACEs/ARBs (high blood pressure medications), high cholesterol medications.
This lab test is done to make sure the body can fight infection while taking clozapine (clozaril).
What is White Blood Cell count.
Benzodiazepines are often used to manage withdrawal symptoms from this substance
What is alcohol.