Memantine in the treatment and prophylaxis of bipolar II disorder and comorbid fibromyalgia: a case report

J Psychiatr Pract. 2014 May;20(3):232-6. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000450324.44661.12.

Abstract

We have recently reported that memantine has a clinically relevant antimanic and long-lasting mood-stabilizing effect in treatment-resistant bipolar disorders, both as augmenting agent and as monotherapy. We have also observed an acute antimanic and sustained mood-stabilizing effect in a small number of patients with bipolar I disorder who had had minimal previous pharmacotherapy. In this article, we report the case of a young woman suffering from bipolar II disorder with associated fibromyalgia, in whom memantine showed an acute antimanic and a long-term prophylactic effect on both bipolar disorder as well as the associated fibromyalgia syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bipolar Disorder* / complications
  • Bipolar Disorder* / drug therapy
  • Bipolar Disorder* / physiopathology
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Dopamine Agents / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Fibromyalgia* / complications
  • Fibromyalgia* / drug therapy
  • Fibromyalgia* / psychology
  • Humans
  • Memantine / administration & dosage*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain Management / methods
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Symptom Assessment / methods
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Dopamine Agents
  • Memantine