Posted by Cari on June 8, 2000, at 13:02:37
In reply to Re: klonopin + wellbutrin, posted by Carol on June 7, 2000, at 0:58:29
Please be VERY wary of the Topamax. There is a very scary & sad posting on here from Dari that shows his personal experience with it. It made his IQ drop drastically among other things. My doctor prescribed it for me when I complained about weight gain from anti depressants, because Topomax has a side effect of weight loss, but THANK GOD I never filled the prescription. He (doctor) scared me when he said people had a difficult time thinking on Topamax and specifically could no longer "form words out of their thoughts." After reading Dari's account I will never touch the stuff. As for Klonopin, it has worked extremely well for me in controlling anxiety for many years. I know everyone is different, but I could never even feel anything less than 1 mg, even when I first began taking it, so you'll have to see if .25 or .50 will do anything for you. I pretty much took 2 mg each morning before work to take the edge off, and that awful anxious knott that never left the pit of my stomach till I started taking Klonopin. I've never even heard of anyone only taking .25, that's a tiny dose. People around me also have needed at least 1 mg just to feel any benefits. As for the jittery-ness from Welbutrin, if it's doing that to you, have you considered stopping it and trying another anti depressant that does not have anxiety has a side effect??? Paxil and Remeron don't cause anxiety, and Remeron has no negative sexual side effects either.
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