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https://www.amazon.com/Social-Therapy-Workbook-Bipolar-Disorder/dp/1648481248
APs are routinely used for MDD, quetiapine is one of them, and it is routinely used for BP as are all the APs to my knowledge. At sleep dose it's effectively an antihistamine and has little to no antipsychotic efficacy. It's extremely common to use it for BP, both for sleep, for depression, and for upswing. it's also used for anxiety. social rhythm therapy can be DIYed as well, your therapist should be familiar as well as your med doc, any book on BP covers it. theres a new one out on it I'll see if I can find it. bipolar not so much also covers dark, is not in common use bc it's a PIA but the less difficult protocols are basic insomnia advice as well. bipolar not so much also has a workbook if that interests you. the concerns w quetiapine at sleep dose are sedation and weight gain, you can go very small in dose though and it's most sedating in the first few days. z class meds tend not to work for us, which might be what you've found if you've been put on them, but I don't believe they are any special risk for BP. what you need to watch out for are ADs, ADHD meds, and some non psych meds like steroids, and we tend to do less well with estrogen based birth control. if your mom is in perimenopause or postmenopausal a repro psych clinic is an idea, they do consults. newish as it turns out, I'm sure there's ones for depression too but we probably have some slight differences https://www.amazon.com/Social-Therapy-Workbook-Bipolar-Disorder/dp/1648481248 here's a talk w the author https://youtu.be/qaEWvxwTTzQ If you get this, let the doc know, see table: https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/how-diagnose-mixed-features-without-over-diagnosing-bipolar