Posted by Cath78 on January 17, 2001, at 14:33:42
In reply to Re: Mood Stabilizers to combat Depression, no mania, posted by JohnL on January 17, 2001, at 2:29:22
John,
Thanks for your opinion and for sharing your experience and ideas regarding these medications. I've been on effexor, wellbutrin, prozac, depakote, lithium, trileptal, and ritalin (not all together at the same time). Prozac did nothing for me. Wellbutrin made me weak and dizzy. Effexor brought me out of being suicidal but it also disrupted my sleep patterns, took away my appetite, made me tired, and generally wasn't what I needed. Depakote didn't lift my blah mood and made me a little more drowsy. I'm not sure what lithium accomplished. Ritalin was nice in that it energized me but it also made me feel on edge all the time. Trileptal made me nauseous and tired. I'm currently on Nuerontin and Zoloft. I have no significant complaints about the zoloft but I'm still kind of blah and I'm not feeling like doing much of anything, but I am doing a lot of things anyway because the zoloft makes that possible. I haven't figured out whether or not I like neurontin yet.
Cath
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