Treatments and Medications
Bipolar I Disorder Treatments and Medications
This page summarizes the main treatment lanes attached to Bipolar I Disorder and links back to the full diagnosis profile.
Main diagnosis page
Acute mania or mixed episodes
- FDA-indicated options commonly used for manic or mixed states; some are also used in maintenance after stabilization.
- Medications: Lithium, Divalproex, Carbamazepine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Risperidone, Aripiprazole, Ziprasidone, Asenapine, Cariprazine
Bipolar depression
- FDA-indicated medications specifically tied to bipolar depressive episodes in bipolar I disorder or bipolar depression labeling.
- Medications: Quetiapine, Lurasidone, Cariprazine, Lumateperone, Olanzapine/Fluoxetine
Maintenance treatment
- Maintenance choices are used to reduce recurrence risk after acute stabilization and should be individualized by polarity pattern.
- Medications: Lithium, Lamotrigine, Aripiprazole, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Ziprasidone
Common off-label medications
- Lamotrigine
- Oxcarbazepine
- Clozapine