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Re: Depakote for anxiety/anger/depreseeion » Tedr

Posted by Mitch on January 7, 2002, at 23:43:08

In reply to Re: Depakote for anxiety/anger/depreseeion, posted by Tedr on January 7, 2002, at 13:31:28

> I keep trying to find an answer to a med that I can tolerate besides a benzo(xanax,tranzene etc.) But everything else is just to hard to deal with. My Pdoc recently insisted I try Depakote in small doses 125mg twice a day. I wake up so fuzzy headed, I can't work. This doesn't happen with the benzos. I don't even think I can continue on for a few more days on the Depakote, to see if spaciness and dead headedness disappears. I would definitely try the Neurontin to get back to feeling calmer and less agitated and confused. I also take Wellbutrin SR for the depression side. I am just a bundle of nerves right now, but I need to work, and my job requires a good degree of mental sharpness. The pdoc, could he possibly be concerned about Neurontin, and it being hard to get off of too, like the benzos? I need some answers...TR
>

Hi TedR,

You need to tell your doctor about the mental fuzziness that the Depakote is causing. I have some trouble taking Dep. because of the same thing you talk about. Neurontin doesn't effect me adversely in this way if I don't go above 900mg/day, and I still get a definite antidepressant effect from it without getting grouchy. Wellbutrin can *cause* grouchiness though. What about switching the Depakote to Neurontin and dropping your Wellbutrin dose and see what happens?

Mitch


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