Posted by wendy b. on October 25, 2001, at 21:19:46
In reply to Re: Neurontin+Depakote+lithium+Mitch and anyone else, posted by sar on October 22, 2001, at 17:35:41
> Wendy,
>
> thanks for tipping me off to this thread.No problemo. The more you can read about the med they just doubled your dose on, the better.
> as far as the lab-rat thing goes...personally, i love taking my pills, i think oh yum yum this is making me better...but i've never had to dose every few hour like you. can you afford consultation with a really hot-shot pdoc?yeah, I still have good insurance, my ex-hub (who I'm still not divorced from yet) has to keep me on his insurance, and my daughter too, of course. I just need to find one who has an open appointment sometime in this decade...
Yeah, I know what you mean about the meds making you feel better, so you don't mind taking them so much, that's how I used to feel. I think this fall has been rough for some reason, and I feel my therp (who is also the prescribing doc) is patronizing me, so I have a "bad attitude" at the moment. Ever have a bad attitude?? :-]
> does neurontin make you tired? it makes me crawl back into bed even after tea every morning.
No, it doesn't produce somnolence in me the way it does in some people, thank god for that. I wonder if yours will go away in time, after your bod adjusts to this new level.
> explaining to students--these are middle schoolers, right? i'd equate that to a 5 year-old asking about where babies come from. they don't want the lurid details, just a simple explanation. i would say to the students (if they even asked) "i take these to maintain my health"--end of subject. i don't think i'd venture to educate middle-schoolers on mental illness in the classroom as a sub. if it was in the textbooks (which it should be, like in health class) fine, but--THANK YOU for validating my response to this! I know what her point is: that I shouldn't feel I have to crawl away to sneak my meds, but please! people in general, and kids in particular, don't understand this kind of thing. I could see if I were their Health teacher, but even then!
> i don't have the experience of the other posters, but my pdoc said to me, "Some people go as high as 2400 mg on neurontin"--so nearly double that kinda makes my eyebrows jump up...
>
> love,
> sar
Thanks, Sar. Makes my eyebrows go up, too. I have decided to cut back without telling her... and feel more like myself already. Mitch thinks I should augment with Depakote, if anything, and that Neurontin alone doesn't cut it as a mood-stabilizer for some people...much love, more later,
W.
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