Posted by Mitch on January 3, 2002, at 9:40:28
In reply to Re: Depakote, posted by Dinah on January 3, 2002, at 8:42:14
> FWIW, I'm on 125 mg Depakote per day, and it does NOTHING for anxiety. I would still be lost without Klonopin. I'm so glad my pdoc isn't a benzophobe. On the other hand, for the short time I was on Neurontin, I needed almost no Klonopin. On the other other hand, Neurontin (low dose) had a much worse effect on my cognitive abilities than Depakote (low dose) or Klonopin.
> I really don't understand the problem doctors have with benzos. It doesn't seem as though anyone would want to take Klonopin unless they needed it for agitation or anxiety.Dinah,
The Klonopin (and some other benzos) definitely has an antimanic effect. If I drop my dose of Klon. (which isn't much-.5-1.0mg/day), I sometimes get mildly hypomanic. That is very interesting how people respond so differently to the same meds. Neurontin wakes me up, but Depakote would blur my thinking. If I take Klon in the daytime I get all blurred up too. You are lucky it doesn't effect you that way.
Mitch
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