Posted by Hattree on March 13, 2002, at 9:04:20
In reply to Re: Hattree, Yoo-hoo, Where are you?, posted by Bekka H. on March 12, 2002, at 21:18:03
Hi Bekka,
I tried Topomax...titrated slowly and when I finally reached what seemed like a plausible effective dose I got WAY depressed.
I added Neurontin in the hope of deleting my sleeping pill (triazolam) hangovers. I've now managed several somewhat successful nights without it. Neurontin seems to let me sleep rather than making me sleepy. I find can take it in the daytime for anxiety. The nagging, low-level depression that was creeping back after months of lamictal-inspired remission has lessened. I think the benzo may have been the culprit.
So far so good w/o Zoloft. It would be pretty neat to replace one drug with two, and feel better.
Good luck again with your Lamictal trial this weekend. I'm beginning to think mood stabilizers are underutilized, and that SSRIs are way over-rated.
--hat
> Hi Hattree,
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> Thanks so much for your help. I will probably start it Friday or Saturday because if I have a bad reaction, I don't want to be out in public or at work.
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> My depression is unipolar (although I do have some seasonal variation -- worse in the winter, etc), but I've tried everything else, so I reached a point where I had a choice of augmenting with Lamictal or Topamax. According to a number of PB posts, Topamax seems to cause "dumbness" and "sudden stupidity," so I decided I'll try the Lamictal first. About six years ago, I tried Depakote in an attempt to augment Wellbutrin. I thought Depakote was horrible! My hair fell out in clumps and I got bruises and little pinpoint hemorrhages all over my body. I slept nearly all the time on Depakote, but I never felt rested. That bad experience with Depakote was one of several reasons that I've put up such a resistance to trying any other anticonvulsants.
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> Thank you so much again. I'll let you know what's going on. I'm interested to hear how you are without the Zoloft and with the Neurontin.
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