Posted by JohnL on May 10, 2000, at 4:29:00
In reply to I'm new to this..., posted by jbird on May 9, 2000, at 17:55:21
Hi. Wecome aboard.
I wish I had some magic advice for you, but I don't. I can say though that my pdoc explained to me how Celexa and Prozac are actually quite similar, despite their obvious differences in halflives and side effects. So considering your decent response to Prozac, Celexa might be a good substitute.
There seem to be three drugs that physicians are using more and more of, for purposes other than what they were invented for. Those would be Lamictal, Neurontin, and Zyprexa. There are others too, but these three stand out in my mind. They are all showing anecdotal evidence of having wide therapeutic action over a wide symptom range. And of course, we can take advantage of certain side effects--like sedation, for example--to help with sleep or whatever. So Neurontin really isn't such a far fetched idea as it may at first seem. Your doctor must be having some decent experience and results with it to consider prescribing it to you.
But as we all know too well, there's no way to tell how any drug will work without a personal trial. We all have different chemistries. And there's a popular and accurate saying at this board...'Your mileage may vary'. Hope it goes well though. There are people on the sidelines cheering for ya!
JohnL
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