Posted by Ritch on December 12, 2002, at 23:30:23
In reply to Re: Zonisamide for Depression, posted by Whit on December 12, 2002, at 18:04:07
> My doc started me on Zonegran today (12/12/2002). He hopes it will have a mood stabilizing affect that does not make me depressed as the other anticonvulsants did. I don't see much on the net about real experiences with this drug so I would love to hear from anyone else taking it for bipolar II or other mood disorders.
I haven't heard much either about it (even for epilepsy which it is indicated for) since it was introduced. I was concerned about the side effects after reading the monograph on it. I can't remember offhand whether it was a significant minor likelihood of cognitive adverse events/psychosis or the rash thing you hear about with other anticonvulsants. Could you tell us how much you are taking and what other meds are in the mix(if you don't mind)? From what I remember there were only 100mg capsules with a relatively long half-life, so you only needed to take them at bedtime. What other antimanics have you been on previously?
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