Posted by Mitch on July 19, 2001, at 9:54:44
In reply to Re: To ROO: Re: I got the damn Rash--Janelle , posted by Roo on July 19, 2001, at 7:37:02
Roo, So you are just taking 20mgs of Prozac now for unipolar depression? I have taken all of the anticonvulsants (except 2 or 3) for bipolar and I found Trileptal somewhat activating (150-300mg/day), but Topamax blurred me out pretty bad. There is another one that was activating as well (at lower doses)..Gabitril (4-8mg/day). Also lower doses of Neurontin are activating, too. If you keep the dose between 200-600mg/day, it is used for ADHD. That might help you as an add-on.
good luck
mitch> Yeah, I'm sorry too. Because I swear I could tell
> that even just 25 mg's lifted my mood! I was so
> disappointed to get the rash. And it _is_ a miserable
> rash--I'd be really hesitant to stop and re-start low and
> slow, just
> b/c if I got this rash again I think i'd go nuts!
> Think I may try either trileptal or topomax OR add
> on another AD to my 20 mg's of prozac to see if I
> could get more AD effect. (Have tried increasing
> the prozac, but it dosen't seem to make much of a difference.
> It's weird but 20 mg's seems about the same as 60 mgs).
poster:Mitch
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