Posted by Squiggles on August 5, 2002, at 8:18:58
In reply to Re: p.s. the relative virtues of clonazepam » Squiggles, posted by judy1 on August 4, 2002, at 12:29:08
Hi Judy,
First, i'm sorry you had a grand mal seizure;
i have read about them. I take it you are
an epileptic?Referring to the trusty Merck (see Table),
I see that not just one but many anticonvulsants,
sometimes in conjunction, are used for all types
of seizure, including petit mal and absence type.As for bipolar disorder, I have been informed on the
net in the past that manic depression is somehow
related to epilepsy (not in my experience) and
that is the reason Rivotril is prescribed. I have
some difficulty with this notion, as i recall
that i was given Rivotril much later into my therapy
(7 years or so) for anxiety - but it was 15 years
ago and my memory may be bad.
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section14/chapter172/172a.htmBTW, reading Kraeplin, i noticed in his Physical
Symptoms chapter that he and a colleague had
witnessed someone go into fits who was manic
depressive, but he did not seem to associate
seizure as a typical symptom of manic depression.I hope you are ok now and you find the right combo.
Squiggles
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