Bipolar Medication

Bipolar Medication. These shifts are more severe than the normal ups and downs that most people experience. The reasons include unpleasant side effects difficulty in remembering to take the medications fear of addiction and preference for an alternative treatment.

However for the most part medication that treats bipolar disorder and helps stabilize the alternating episodes of mania and depression can help ones sex drive return to its normal level. Hartley worked with the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline which manufactured a medication for bipolar disorder to help educate people about proper diagnosis and treatment. People with bipolar disorder may not take their medication because of side effects fear of addiction and a preference for alternative treatment according to research from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust NSFT and the University of East Anglia UEA.

The specialists at our Bipolar Treatment Center have the expertise to treat co-occurring and complex cases of bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder is treated and managed in several ways. The class of medications that are the most likely to have sexual dysfunction-related side effects especially erectile dysfunction are antipsychotics. Self-management strategies like education and recognition of an episodes early symptoms. Psychotherapy such as cognitive behavioral therapy and family-focused therapy.