Posted by willyee on September 20, 2006, at 10:04:32
In reply to Re: Neurontin?, posted by Attitude on September 19, 2006, at 23:58:03
> I was on Neurontin for about 3 months and it diminished my memory. Sure, it helped with the anxiety but, I couldn't focus in school or have any real stimulating conversations or experience that I could remember. I really didn't like that. I have been on meds since I was 15 or so. (Buspar, Zoloft, Wellbutrin...) I have been on Effexor XR for 2yrs now and I am the happiest with it as opposed to any other. There are sexual side effects and others you may experience, but if you have a healthy sex drive...that can be overcome. Within the first 2mos the side effects are the worst, but after I got through that I've been great. If you take the full dose 225mg of Effexor it works on levels of both serotonine and norepinephrine. My sister and I have had, overall, success with it. Neurontin is just not something that I would, personally recommend for you if you are proactively trying to deal with your anxiety/depression. Of course, we must be proactive in behavior modifications and chemistry manipulation.
Most people wouldent be i imagine using it monotherapy,where ur right it will simply accumalte and make u smart as a brick.However for some,as a addition,it can be a more tolerable mood stablizer as well as help with anxiety and social withdrawal.
This is giving it the benifit of the doubt of its effectivness.
But all in all,if your using it with a anti depressant then you more than likly should be using it at a fair dose,and not experiancing the dumbness unless ur anit depressant is a sedating kind itself,such as remeron.But in a case like mine for instance,where my anti depressant can be somewhat activating,it goes well with lowering a benzo at times.
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