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Re: Ok, so I havn't heard any raves about Gabitril... » SLS

Posted by Ritch on March 14, 2003, at 19:55:10

In reply to Re: Ok, so I havn't heard any raves about Gabitril..., posted by SLS on March 14, 2003, at 19:01:36

> > > Here's my thing.. I guess when i get depressed I get this irritability factor. or maybe it's the way I get hypomanic.. But I get tense and want to be alone and I'm angry my anxiety goes up. basically I sleep which isn't not the answer.
> > > I think you all get my drift.. so what kinda stabilizer is good for this?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rainee
> >
> > Have you tried any low-dose Depakote for that before? Depakote can slam-dunk your energy level and make depression worse, but it has worked miraculously for my temper spell problems. I just recently have found that increasing my Depakote from 250mg to 375mg has eliminated nearly all anxiety/hostility I previously got from Wellbutrin that was above 25mg/day. I'm taking 100mg of WB with 375mg of Depakote and the WB isn't bugging me. WB usually makes me quite hostile on its own.
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> Have you tried Tegretol or Trileptal for temper/anger problems?
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> - Scott

Scott, I tried Tegretol a long time ago, but it was during a bad BP depression and it seemed to make things worse after a few days so I switched back to lithium (so don't know about that one). Trileptal seemed to help with depression and cycling, but I felt the anger simmering on it (when I dropped the Depakote and was taking only Trileptal for awhile recently). I don't know why but it has been the only med that specifically seems to work on explosive temper. Even AP's weren't as good.


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