Posted by SLS on March 13, 2003, at 18:34:14
In reply to Re: Gabitril ( any one like it?), posted by utopizen on March 13, 2003, at 18:29:05
> > My doc siad I can take it PRN for irritablility .. And I have the bottle in front of me but I'm scared to take it. I take 20 mg of lexapro and xanax prn ( which I get from a GP) I Don't know what to do. I have tried Tegretol before and Lamictal and it didn'tsend me off the deep end.. Are these drugs similiar? I need support!!!
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> > Rainee :)
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> Doc said I have an unusual case of social phobia for it, but it did make me psychotic when I took it for social anxiety. Thought I would either die or be psychotic for the rest of my life one night, very scary.
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> So I guess avoid it if you're the type that gets paranoid from pot.
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I have heard of a concept called "GABA overload". If any drug were going to produce such a thing, it would be Gabitril (tiagabine). It is a GABA uptake inhibitor. As such, I would think it capable of oversaturating GABA receptors.
- Scott
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