Posted by cactus on November 26, 2008, at 21:21:42
In reply to Any such thing as weight neutral mood stabilizer?, posted by Racer on November 26, 2008, at 15:25:40
> Trileptal is out. Lamictal is out. (And since Trileptal is out, I'm guessing Tegretol is also out.)
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> Please -- if you have experience of weight neutral mood stabilizers, post 'em here.
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> (And please -- "weight neutral" is the key phrase here. And the two listed above are out for good reasons.)
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> Thanks, in advance, for any and all responses!Low dose of clonazepam, it has been an amazing mood stabilizer for me. I know your body doesn't like benzo's but the modafinil/clonazepam combo I have been on for the last 6 months has been the most amazing combo I have ever been on over the last 15 years.
I'd heard people say clonazepam has mood stabilizing effects, even my pdoc said it and for me it true. I then researched it and found out it does and is used off label for it. Just like most anti epileptic meds are.
I have never suffered from the clonazepam depression syndrome, I've heard a lot of people do, but it's never been a problem for me personally and I was on it before I started modafinil for OSA, which together quashed the residual depression I had lurking in the background that has been on and off for years.
I have had severe bouts of depression and when it was really bad I was never on clonazepam. Good luck racer. C
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