How Do You Treat Bipolar II With OCD?
Bipolar disorder is often called manic depression due to the periods of depression and mania that characterize the disease. However, if the periods of mania are not severe enough to impair your social and occupational life, they are termed “hypomania,” and a diagnosis of bipolar II disorder is given. Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) was linked to bipolar II disorder in 2004 when it was found that 53 percent of OCD sufferers had symptoms of hypomania and 30 percent received a diagnosis of bipolar II disorder. Treating the combination of disorders can be tricky, though. Step 1 Bipolar disorder is best treated with medication, though that can be trying due to the cycling between extreme moods. It is difficult to determine what medications tend to have the most beneficial effects on the disease as a whole, because studies tend to be small and limited in their subjects. The use of antidepressants tends to be suspect for this disorder because it runs the risk of pushing the patient into t
