Antidepressants
T/F: Antidepressants make you forget your problems.
What is False?
Medications that are also useful to treat anxiety.
What are antidepressants? SSRIs and TCAs
This is the "original" mood stabilizer and is a naturally occurring salt.
What is lithium.
Examples of first generation or "typical" antipsychotics.
What are thorazine, haloperidol, fluphenazine?
T/F: Everyone treated with psychiatric medications need to take them for the rest of their lives
What is False?
Prozac (fluoxetine) is this type of antidepressant
What is an SSRI? Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
These medications can lead to tolerance (needing more for the same effect) and dependence (addiction).
What are benzodiazepines?
Xanax/alprazolam; Ativan (lorazepam); Valium (diazepam); Klonopin (clonazepam); Restoril (temazepam)
These are used to monitor patients' medication dose.
What is blood tests or drug levels?
Diseases treated by antipsychotics.
What are schizophrenia and bipolar disorder?
These medicines, although "natural," can have dangerous interactions and side effects.
What are herbal remedies?
Antidepressants usually take this long to work.
What is 4 to 6 weeks?
These medications can help treat physical symptoms of anxiety.
antihypertensives (blood pressure medications)
Many mood stabilizers are originally in this category.
What are anticonvulsants or seizure medications?
What are Zyprexa, Risperdal, Abilify, Latuda, Geodon, etc?
In addition to medication, these also treat depression.
What are therapy, exercise and sleep hygiene?
Antidepressants that do not fit neatly into a category.
What are Wellbutrin (buproprion), Remeron (mirtazapine) and trazodone
This medication is helpful for anxiety and has many other uses, such as for diabetic pain and seizures.
What is gabapentin?
Symptoms can include diarrhea, vomiting, muscle weakness, heart rate changes and seizures.
What is lithium toxicity?
Things that you can do to prevent side effect of weight gain.
What are eating healthy and exercise?
What is talk to your prescriber? (Doctor, Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant)
This is a resource when having thoughts of suicide.
1-800-273-TALK
friends, loved ones, family, therapist, prescriber, community resources . . .
This is unsafe to take with medications that are sedating.
What is alcohol?
This category of medications are also helpful with treating depression and bipolar disorder.
What is atypcial antipsychotics.
This is an option for some who have difficulty remembering to take medications.
What are long-acting injections (LAIs)?
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