Posted by Lorelai on August 18, 2002, at 8:53:01
In reply to Re: Wellbutrin and Neurontin?, posted by MomO3 on August 18, 2002, at 0:41:25
> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.**I'm enjoying the Wellbutrin mainly for the weight loss I'm experiencing and I do seem more upbeat, for the most part. I find myself getting irritable when I space my doses too far apart (or really sleepy--I nearly fell asleep while grocery shopping yesterday). I hate to admit it, but if Neurontin causes me to stop losing weight (or causes me to gain, like the Depakote did) I won't continue to take it. I've had enough of this weight gain and pdocs telling me it's not a "significant reason not to take meds." To me, it IS significant. I get depressed when I gain weight--meds or no meds.
I appreciate your comments and hope the best for you. Wish there were some way to just NOT be on medication at all. Guess that's really not an option (I've tried this a few times and my friends and family haven't enjoyed the results, so back to square one and pdocs and meds I go). *sigh* I suppose I'll try the Wellbutrin/Neurontin combo and just go from there.
Best,
Lorelai
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