Posted by MomO3 on August 18, 2002, at 0:41:25
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin and Neurontin?, posted by utopizen on August 15, 2002, at 20:36:31
I started with the Neurontin first, then a few months later added wellbutrin. I didn't have a favorable reaction to the wellbutrin (wild irritability) so I stopped it pretty quickly... I don't think it was the combo...but who knows?
Neurontin mellows me out, I take most at night and less during the day or I get a little loopy - and I did immediately lose the ability to spell. But other than that, I am pretty content with the neurontin.
The down side is that it is not terribly powerful in mood stabilization. The pdoc tried to switch me off the neurontin to trileptal last month- but I read about it and called him back the next day and told him I wouldn't take the trileptal but rather stay on the neurontin and dump the wellbutrin in favor of effexor. I am feeling much better now.
Unfortunately, I do see depakote or lithium or something more along those lines looming in my not so distant future...I am trying to lose the weight before I start so that when I gain the weight back my clothes will fit. I am a rapid cycler or mixed-states and the neurontin doesn't help much with that.
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