Before ERISA, some defined benefit pension plans required decades of service before an employee's benefit became vested. It was not unusual for a plan to provide no benefit at all to an employee who left employment before the specified retirement age (e.g. 65), regardless of the length of the employee's service.
Lithium. The medication used most often to treat bipolar disorder is lithium. Lithium evens out mood swings in both directions â from mania to depression, and depression to mania â so it is used not just for manic attacks or flare-ups of the illness but also as an ongoing maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder.ithium evens out mood swings in both directions â from mania to depression, and depression to mania â so it is used not just for manic attacks or flare-ups of the illness but also as an ongoing maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder.
The following medications are commonly prescribed for children and adolescents with bipolar disorder: 1  Mood stabilizers. 2  Antipsychotic medications. 3  Antidepressants are sometimes prescribed to treat symptoms of depression that are caused by bipolar disorder. A family history of bipolar disorder also increases the possibility that a depressed child may go on to develop bipolar disorder. 2  In children with bipolar disorder, antidepressants may improve depressive symptoms but can sometimes unmask or worsen manic symptoms.