Posted by Uppendown on May 6, 2002, at 21:14:34
In reply to Re: Ctrl ... Alt ... n Del.. Ready, Set.. GO ! ;O) » Uppendown, posted by CtrlAlt n Del on May 6, 2002, at 20:16:32
Hey Drea...mer..
;O)
Well... I guess we're on the same page with that Goldberg site... It IS the best one that I've found... and I do a LOT of research on this psych stuff... LOLOL! For better of worse ! LOL!
I'll post it in case there are others interested...
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.gabapentin.html
I have to laugh.. because I remember sitting in the waiting room of the clinic I went to for "treatment ( LOL! Sorta like a car going in for rust preventative "treatment, eh ? LOL! ).. and a Depakote sales rep walked in. I couldn't help myself... I walked up, and engaged the poor thing in conversation.. ( She never knew what was going her way ! LOL! ).. I told her what a bad reaction I had to the stuff... so she asked me what I was on now.. I replied "Neurontin".. and she flips out " Do you know studies have shown that it isn't an effective treatment for Bipolar? ".. To which I said " Have you seen all the clinical, double blind studies saying Depakote is no more effective than placebo? " LOLOL!! I was ROTFLMAO inside, watching her reactions... almost giggling like a school kid... She sputtered a bit.. and said how concerned she was. I responded that *I* was concerned for all my fellow loons that were being put on a drug (Depakote) that had such serious problems with depression and creating serious apathy... and that I had seen BP1s that were doing very well on Neurontin.. something that got me to try it... I can still see the look on her face... LOLOL!Anyways... joking aside... why won't your doc listen to you ? Might it be time to look for another ?
(And.. where are you that this time equates to "insomnia" ?? If I may be so bold as to ask... ya don't hafta tell me.. I'm just curious... UK ? )
"S*P*A*R*K*L*E", eh ?? LOLOL! Hey.. I've been called worse ! ;O) LOL! Glad to participate in the smiles..
Sorry I didn't have a different resource for ya... but now the burden is on your doc... I may support "minimum meds" approaches... but the meds should be at *LEAST* doin' something beneficial for ya when ya take 'em ! Keep this up, and I'll be sending ya mine ! LOLOL!
Enjoy...
Uppendown
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