Posted by Lorraine on June 25, 2001, at 9:36:57
In reply to Re: subthreshold epilepsy 'n' stuff » Lorraine, posted by Elizabeth on June 25, 2001, at 7:18:29
> [re drug abuse:]
> > Actually, I just messed around and took a lot of drugs for a couple of years in my teens. Shot speed for a month or two. The drugs I took depended on who I was around at the time and what was available.
>
> So you were a "garbage-head," in other words?LOL. Well, I hadn't thought of it that way. but, now that you mention it, yes.
> No thanks. I tolerate Parnate fine, and moclobemide doesn't have a very good reputation. It's not worth the time, effort, money, red tape, etc. to me.Parnate doesn't cause sexual dysfunction with you? It is on my list of "to trys"
> > Depekote--really slammed me down sedation wise.
>
> What dose did you start on, and what was your serum level?Well, yeah, like i had a doctor who believed in serum levels--I was just on it a week or so. I couldn't stand it. I felt very stoned, druggy, unable to concentrate.
>
> > Lomictal just made me feel wierd and uncomfortable.
>
> Can you be more specific? (I found Lamictal to be free of all effects, even at the highest doses.)Lomictal just made me feel funny. I can't recall exactly. I think it made me feel unpleasantly aroused--kind of edgy. I may not have given it an adequate trial to tell you the truth. I know that adequate trials take time, but time is all I have and I feel it trickling away while I watch the parade from behind the glass wall.
>
> > Now it's Neurontin. There are others to try, but I don't want a lot of cognitive side effect (because my cognitive abilities are weak due to the depression anyway).
> I think the cognitive impairment is secondary to the depression: if you treat the depression adequately, the brain fog will follow.Maybe, but then sometimes you take a med and you start to forget things
I'm glad your back, elizabeth.
> -elizabeth
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