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.
1 Whether you have bipolar I or II disorder, you'll typically need mood-stabilizing medication to control manic or hypomanic episodes. 2  Examples of mood stabilizers include lithium (Lithobid), valproic acid (Depakene), divalproex sodium (Depakote), carbamazepine (Tegretol, Equetro, others) and lamotrigine (Lamictal). The medication Symbyax combines the antidepressant fluoxetine and the antipsychotic olanzapine. 2  It works as a depression treatment and a mood stabilizer. 3  Symbyax is approved by the Food and Drug Administration specifically for the treatment of depressive episodes associated with bipolar I disorder.
Mood stabilizers are the first-line treatment of choice for bipolar affective disorder. Currently, the approved mood stabilizers for bipolar disorder are lithium, divalproex, and lamotrigine. They are commonly used either as monotherapy or in combination with an atypical antipsychotic.Lithium was the first mood stabilizer utilized for bipolar disorder, and side effects of this medication are well known.Lithium has a very narrow therapeutic window and must be dosed and followed carefully in order to maintain patients in the effective, nontoxic range.ood stabilizers are the first-line treatment of choice for bipolar affective disorder. Currently, the approved mood stabilizers for bipolar disorder are lithium, divalproex, and lamotrigine. They are commonly used either as monotherapy or in combination with an atypical antipsychotic.