Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:1617-1618
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
Clonidine in the treatment of mania and mixed bipolar disorder
GS Zubenko, BM Cohen, JF Lipinski Jr and JM Jonas
The symptoms of three bipolar patients remitted after clonidine treatment.
One patient presented with mixed bipolar disorder, two were manic, and all
were psychotic. One patient's akathisia also appeared to respond to
clonidine. Clonidine's thymoleptic effect paralleled resulting
cardiovascular changes.