Posted by vince on May 1, 2001, at 1:17:27
In reply to POLL : Neurontin or Lamictal 4 BPII/majrdepr.HELP, posted by katrina on April 30, 2001, at 17:46:01
> If one needs anti-depressant and anti-anxiety help which sounds best? Or should one go with the bigger guns of depakote or Lithium??
> Do either Neurontin or lamictal cause sexual dysfunction. I think nuerontin may??
> Oddly, the first day I took neurontin at 300 mgs. was the best I had felt, but thus it has gone away. Weird...same thing with 4 days of zyprexa.
> Symptoms:
> Anhedonia
> Irritable
> Dysphoric states
> Major depression cycling between mild depression
> Mild to moderate hypomanic periods, which drop into depression
> Social Phobia/anti-social that looks like irritability/avoidance
>
> I just don't know what to do. I am seeing Dubovsky in Denver in two weeks...I think I have had many of the same symptoms but I never thought of myself as BP2. I guess because even my best moods still felt like depression.
What do you mean by disphoric states? I have had really bad periods where I suffer from this unexplainable mental pain. It is not sadness, but just a psychological pain that I can't describe. I just have these strong erges to extinguish the pain. I get really suicidal. Is that disphoria?The only thing that has helped me so far is neurontin. When I started on it, one pill would feel really good, like a benzo. Then it would wear off and I would get jittery. It took me a while to get used to neurontin. I'm at 1800 mg/day and some of the worst symptoms have left. I don't get the lows and the psychological pain any more. I don't think about suicide.
I took lamictal once along with an ssri and it didn't seem to do anything for me, but I think ssri's just screw me up.
I'm thinking about adding either lamictal, Zyprexa or Geodon to the neurontin. I can't decide. Zyprexa sounds to me like the best option but I don't want the weight gain.
Hope your doc helps you make a positive choice, complete remission would be nice :)
Vince
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