Posted by Ritch on February 4, 2003, at 13:37:47
In reply to Gabatril, posted by Rainee on February 3, 2003, at 23:15:06
> I am on lexapro going up too 20 mgs tomorrow from 10.
> I have bouts of irritability and the doc wants me to try Gabatril.
> anyone have good calming effects with it?
>
> ThanksI've tried it in the past for bipolar and it had a mild anxiolytic effect (probably secondary to mood-flattening effect), and a mild antidepressant effect at low doses (4-12mg/day), but beyond that I got some pretty bad depersonalization/derealization and facial numbness from it. It was pretty freaky, didn't like that at all. According to the mfg. you are supposed to titrate the dosage slowly, so if you take any don't start out higher than 4mg/day for a week, so you can see how you react to it. My pdoc has mentioned this med twice in the last few months so the pharm reps for whoever makes it (I think it is Abbott, but not sure), evidently are pushing it. Also, I believe there was a study done recently with it that showed some favorable response (to anxiety disorders-can't remember what nature).
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