Table 2.
Mean daily doses of psychotropic medication taken by patients during the last 90 lifetime days
| Case No. | Antidepressants (amitriptyline equivalents, mg) |
Neuroleptics (chlorpromazine equivalents, mg) |
Benzodiazepines (diazepam equivalents, mg) |
Carbamazepine (mg) |
Lithium (mg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 124 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 100 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 100 | 50 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 133 | 327 | 3 | 0 | 558 |
| 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| 11 | 0 | 125 | 10 | 0 | 750 |
| 12 | 150 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 |
Annotations: none of these patients was treated with valproate or lamotrigine; n.a. not available.