Posted by Ritch on February 24, 2002, at 0:11:16
In reply to Mitch (and anyone with advice) .... question?, posted by spike4848 on February 23, 2002, at 21:03:53
> Hey Mitch (or anyone with advice),
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> So I started neurontin at 300 mg in the morning, 2 pm and at bed. This is with 50 to 100 mg of zoloft and 0.5 of klonopin. WOW! So much anxiety was lifted .... felt like a vicelock was removed from my head. I am having some memory problems and sedation, so I might go down to 200 mg of the neurontin.
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> My questions are:
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> 1. How do you take your neurontin .... 100 mg four times a day? 200 mg twice a day? 400 mg all at once?
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> 2. How is wellbutrin for your mood? (I feel 50 to 60% better now, but still some apathy so I want to add maybe desipramine or wellbutrin or seligine)
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> Thanks. I really appreciate your help. It is a life saver!
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> Spike
Hi Spike,Glad you are feeling better. I take Neurontin 100mg 3x daily. If I get a little tweaky I increase to 100mg 4x daily. If you are feeling too sedated from it you might be able to take 300mg just 2x daily. Once daily never worked for me. Twice daily works, but it is noticeably a little uneven. Three-four times daily works the best.
Wellbutrin is a lot like a pstim. It generally just increases my energy level and alertness. Which is all I need for seasonal bipolar depression anyways. If you are prone to get really anxious-be careful with it. I could never handle more than 150mg/day. I was taking it with Zoloft a couple of months ago and I got a little tweaky with it, had to reduce the dose. Now I am a little on the hypomanic side and I just take 1/4 of a 75mg tab in the morning with coffee and it seems to work OK. I know I will need more this summer when I get depressed again.
good luck,
Mitch
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