Free explainer2 min readNICE CG185 (2023)

Bipolar disorder: acute mania and maintenance

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Watch it explainedA full manic episode, two weeks after starting prednisolone for an asthma flare. The bipolar disorder is not what changed.

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Mania = 'stop the antidepressant, start an antimanic'; maintenance = 'Lithium, check kidney + thyroid'.

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