Posted by Opolonio on July 12, 2000, at 17:03:05
In reply to Re: Lamictal and Neurontin in combination, posted by SLS on July 12, 2000, at 7:44:00
> Dear Opolonio,
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> Prior to Lamictal, what else were you taking in combination with Neurontin?I was taking Neurontin alone as my mood stabilizer
> 1. The NIH recently published a report describing success with the Lamictal + Neurontin combination...Would you provide me with a URL for that document if it is available on the Web, please?
> Questions:
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> 1. Is depression your main problem, or are manic symptoms also resistant to treatment?Neurontin has kept me from having any significant manic symptoms for over 3 years now. After I finally gave up on antidepressants altogether it had a subtle mood-brightening effect but that was insufficient as far as relieving my depression. I have been depressed for a very long time now, my longest depression ever, and while I'm overjoyed that I no longer have to worry about my mixed episodes, which were horrifying, I don't like the idea of spending the rest of my life battling depression.
> 2. Have you ever combined an antidepressant with Neurontin?
I don't toleraate antidepressants. Even when they don't bring on a mixed episode they make me anxious and make my insonia much worse as soon as they 'kick-in', and I have taken nearly every antidepressant that the FDA has approved since Prozac. I haven't taken an MAOI, but I'm not interested, since most of the foods that I like would be proscribed, but more importantly, they have a reputation for being 'energizing'. I have industrial-strength insomnia -- I don't need to be energized.
> 3. Have you ever tried Wellbutrin or Parnate?
I don't tolerate 'stimulating' antidepressants at all. I have comorbid Panic Disorder, and antidepressants in general, but especially Prozac and Wellbutrin, have greatly increased my perceived anxiety and worsoned my insonia.
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> - ScottI started to feel my depression lift in a way that it never has before, without an increase in anxiety, when my Lamictal dosage was increased to 200 mg, but I still have problems with motivation and I still cry for the slightest reason. This is why I would like to try increasing the Lamictal.
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