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The Contributing Factors and The Treatment for Rapid Cycling Affective Disorder Noboru Yamaguchi 1 , Anri Aoba 1 , Tomohiro Tsuneizumi 1 , Hiroyuki Takagi 1 , Tatsuo Chishima 1 , Takashi Sakai 1 , Kyoichiro Negishi 1 , Michinori Tsuzura 1 , Yumiyo Morokawa 1 , Makoto Kamimura 1 , Takashi Takeshita 1 , Tomoo Ohta 1 , Masaki Kishiro 1 , Kazuo Hasegawa 1 1Department of Neuropsychiatry, St. Marianna University School of Medicine Keyword: Bipolar affective disorder , Rapid cycling , Antidepressant , Mood stabilizer pp.63-68
Published Date 1992/1/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1405903180
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 We studied retrospectively the clinical courses of 46 patients with bipolar affective disorder. Twelve (4 males, 8 females) of the 46 subjects were rapid cyclers [RC] who experienced four or more affective episodes per year. The mean age at the first affective episode in RC was 29.8±8.2, and the mean age at the beginning of RC was 36.9±10.5, and rapid mood swings were observed just after manic or hypomanic episodes. In 34 non-rapid cyclers [non-RC] (11 males, 23 females) the mean age at the onset of affective disorder was 35.0±15.0, and then no significant difference was found in the mean age at the onset between RC and non-RC. Higher incidences of suicidal attempts and family histories of affective disorders were found in RC's than in non-RC's. The daily doses of antidepressants in the depressive phase, before the first manic episode became RC, were significantly higher than those before the manic phase in the non-RC's. These results suggest that rapid cyclings appeared to depend on both hereditary factors and high daily doses of antidepressants in the depressive phase. RC is often resistant to treatment, but it is better that the patients in the depressive phase should be given antidepressants as little as possible. The single administration or the combination of mood stabilizers such as lithium carbonate, carbamazepine and valproate is effective to prevent rapid cycling and to maintain a euthymic state in some affective disorders.


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