Treatment-emergent hypomania or bipolar disorder? a case report
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
;
: 1-4, 2013.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-626102
ABSTRACT
This case report highlights the clinical dilemmas encountered in deciding the diagnostic status of persons with unipolar depression who develop hypomania during antidepressant/ electroconvulsive therapy. Methods:
We report a case of a 52 year-old Chinese lady, diagnosed with unipolar depression, which developed hypomania after she was started on T. Fluvoxamine 100mg daily and completed 8 sessions of Electroconvulsive therapy.Results:
Her diagnosis was revised to Bipolar Disorder and she was treated with T. Sodium Valproate 400mg twice daily after which she improved.Conclusion:
Treatment-emergent hypomania is likely a subtype of bipolar spectrum disorder and patients with Treatment – emergent Hypomania should be treated as Bipolar Disorder.
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English
Journal:
ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry
Year:
2013
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