How to treat recurrent mania in women

People who don't know about mania may not know that it is a mental illness and if it is not treated in time, there will be extremely serious consequences. For example, I don't know if you have heard about murders caused by mania. Once mania strikes, one cannot control himself. So, we need to know how to treat recurrent mania?

1. Drug treatment

① Treatment is mainly based on mood stabilizers, which can treat and prevent seizures. On the basis of mood stabilizers, other drugs can be combined according to the needs of the disease; ② Timely monitor the effects and side effects of drugs, adjust drugs according to the situation, and pay attention to the interactions between drugs when using them in combination; ③ For manic states, one mood stabilizer is the first choice for treatment. Based on the needs of the disease, timely combination of drugs can be used, such as another mood stabilizer, antipsychotics, or benzodiazepines; ④ Commonly used mood stabilizers include lithium carbonate and anticonvulsants. Anticonvulsants include sodium valproate, magnesium valproate, carbamazepine, and lamotrigine; ⑤ Antipsychotics are mainly new atypical antipsychotics (such as quetiapine, olanzapine, risperidone, aripiprazole, ziprasidone, etc.); ⑥ Sedative hypnotic benzodiazepines (diazepam, etc.).

2. Psychotherapy

Add psychotherapy to medication. Identify and improve patients' negative cognitive, emotional and behavioral patterns, provide crisis intervention, and educate patients and their families about the disease to improve treatment efficacy, enhance social adaptability and improve social functions, increase compliance and reduce relapses.

How to treat recurrent mania? It is really not possible to leave this disease untreated. After all, it may be life-threatening, and not only the patient himself is in danger. The most terrifying thing is that the people around him may be in danger. After all, mania is a mental illness, but it is not illegal for a mentally ill person to kill, so it is better to get treatment as soon as possible.