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Re: Neurontin and bipolar disorder

Posted by salarmy4me on October 14, 2000, at 3:57:27

In reply to Neurontin and bipolar disorder, posted by Jessica on October 13, 2000, at 15:57:41

> I am bipolar and am considering a switch from Lithium
> to Neurontin after 9 years on lithium and had a few
> questions. Has anyone been on Neurontin while on birth
> control pills and what are the side effects if any?
> (On lithium, I can't tolerate any birth control pills
> and my doc said Neurontin would be better).
> Also, how well Neurontin control mood swings?
> And finally, is alcohol consumption prohibited or can
> you have a glass of something on occassion?
> Thanks for your help.

I think that you will really like Neurontin. I
was on it for six months for regular depression.
It worked like a charm. It does not interfere
with birth control, and I've never heard of an
alcohol restriction. I never had any side-effects.
It has been proven to work by these studies:

Blinder BJ, et al.
Advances in mood stabilizing medications.
West J Med. 1998, 169, 39-40.

Cabras PL, et al.
Clinical experience with gabapentin in patients with bipolar or schizo-
affective disorder:
results of an open-label study.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1999, 60, 245-248.

Carvill S, et al.
The management of epilepsy in a hospital for people with a learning
disability.
Seizure. 1999, 8,175-180.

Chouinard G, et al.
Gabapentin: long-term antianxiety and hypnotic effects in psychiatric
patients with comorbid anxiety-related disorders.
Can J Psychiatry. 1998, 43, 305.

Cramer JA, et al.
New antiepileptic drugs: comparison of key clinical trials.
Epilepsia. 1999, 40, 590-600. Review.

Dimond KR, et al.
Effect of gabapentin (Neurontin) [corrected] on mood and well-being in
patients with epilepsy.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1996, 20, 407-417.

Dodrill CB, et al.
Cognitive abilities and adjustment with gabapentin: results of a multisite
study.
Epilepsy Res. 1999, 35, 109-121.

Dopheide JA, et al.
Gabapentin and lamotrigine in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash). 1998, 38, 632-634.

Dunn RT, et al.
The efficacy and use of anticonvulsants in mood disorders.
Clin Neuropharmacol. 1998, 21, 215-235. Review.

Erfurth A, et al.
An open label study of gabapentin in the treatment of acute mania.
J Psychiatr Res. 1998, 32, 261-264.

Ferrier IN.
Lamotrigine and gabapentin. Alternative in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Neuropsychobiology. 1998, 38, 192-197. Review.

Freeman MP, et al.
Mood stabilizer combinations: a review of safety and efficacy.
Am J Psychiatry. 1998, 155, 12-21. Review.

Frye MA, et al.
Gabapentin does not alter single-dose lithium pharmacokinetics.
J Clin Psychopharmacol. 1998, 18, 461-464.

Ghaemi SN, et al.
Gabapentin treatment of mood disorderss: A preliminary study.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1998, 59, 426-429.

Grunze H, et al.
[Gabapentin in the treatment of mania].
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 1999, 67, 256-260. German.

Harden CL, et al.
A beneficial effect on mood in partial epilepsy patients treated with
gabapentin.
Epilepsia. 1999, 40, 1129-1134.

Hardoy MC, et al.
Gabapentin as a promising treatment for antipsychotic-induced movement
disorders in schizoaffective
and bipolar patients.
J Affect Disord. 1999, 54, 315-317.

Hatzimanolis J, et al.
Gabapentin as monotherapy in the treatment of acute mania.
European Neuropsychopharmacology. 1999, 9, 257-258.

Kaufman KR.
Adjunctive tiagabine treatment of psychiatric disorders: three cases.
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 1998, 10, 181-184.

Keck PE Jr, et al.
Anticonvulsants and antipsychotics in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1998, 59 (Suppl 60),74-81; discussion 82. Review.

Ketter TA, et al.
Positive and negative psychiatric effects of antiepileptic drugs in
patients with seizure disorders.
Neurology. 1999, 53 (5 Suppl 2), S53-67. Review.

Ketter TA, et al.
Metabolism and excretion of mood stabilizers and new anticonvulsants.
Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1999, 19, 511-532. Review

Knoll J, et al.
Clinical experience using gabapentin adjunctively in patients with a
history of mania or hypomania.
Journal of Affective Disorders.. 1998, 49, 229-233.

Letterman L, et al.
Gabapentin: a review of published experience in the treatment of bipolar
disorder and other psychiatric conditions.
Pharmacotherapy. 1999, 19, 565-572. Review.

Lovell RW.
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American Journal of Psychiatry. 1999, 156, 980-981.

McElroy SL, et al.
A pilot trial of adjunctive gabapentin in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. 1997, 9, 99-103.

Magnus L.
Nonepileptic uses of gabapentin.
Epilepsia 1999, 40 (suppl 6) S66-S72.

Marcotte D.
Use of topiramate, a new anti-epileptic as a mood stabilizer.
J Affect Disord. 1998, 50, 245-251.

Martin R, et al.
Cognitive effects of topiramate, gabapentin, and lamotrigine in healthy
young adults.
Neurology. 1999, 52, 321-327.

Mortimore C, et al.
Effects of gabapentin on cognition and quality of life in patients with
epilepsy.
Seizure. 1998, 7, 359-364.

Pande AC, Davidson JR, Jefferson JW, et al.
Treatment of social phobia with gabapentin: a placebo-controlled
study.
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 1999, 19, 341-348.

Perugi G, et al.
Clinical experience using adjunctive gabapentin in treatment-resistant
bipolar mixed states.
Pharmacopsychiatry. 1999, 32, 136-141.

Post RM, et al.
A history of the use of anticonvulsants as mood stabilizers in the last
two decades of the 20th century.
Neuropsychobiology. 1998,38, 152-166.

Post RM, et al.
Beyond lithium in the treatment of bipolar illness.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 1998, 19, 206-219. Review.

Post RM.
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Schizophr Res. 1999, 39, 153-158; discussion 163.

Ryback RS, et al.
Gabapentin in bipolar disorder.
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 1997, 9, 301.

Saletu B, et al.
Evaluation of encephalotropic and psychotropic properties of gabapentin
in man by pharmaco-EEG and psychometry.
Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther Toxicol. 1986, 24, 362-373.

Schaffer CB, et al.
Gabapentin in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Am J Psychiatry. 1997, 154, 291-292.

Sheldon LJ, et al.
Gabapentin in geriatric psychiatry patients.
Can J Psychiatry. 1998, 43, 422-423.

Soutullo CA, et al.
Gabapentin in the treatment of adolescent mania: a case report.
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol. 1998, 8, 81-85.

Stanton SP, et al.
Treatment of acute mania with gabapentin.
Am J Psychiatry. 1997, 154, 287.

Thijs RD, et al.
The outcome of prescribing novel anticonvulsants in an outpatient setting:
factors affecting response to medication.
Seizure. 1998, 7, 379-383.

Walden J, et al.
[Value of old and new anticonvulsants in treatment of psychiatric diseases].
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 1995, 63, 320-335. Review. German.

Walden J, et al.
[Predictors of response to phase prophylactics (mood stabilizers) in
bipolar affective disorders].
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr. 1999, 67, 75-80. Review. German.

Young LT, et al.
Acute treatment of bipolar depression with gabapentin.
Biol Psychiatry. 1997, 42, 851-853. .

Young LT, et al.
Gabapentin as an adjunctive treatment in bipolar disorder.
J Affect Disord. 1999, 55, 73-77.
>
> Jessica


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