Posted by mocdoc on June 6, 2001, at 21:10:33
In reply to Re: question for mocdoc?, posted by jodsteroo on June 6, 2001, at 20:08:59
Dear Jodi,
I have rapidly cycling Bipolar II as well as OCD. The old tricyclics and the newer SSRIs particularly (and paradoxically) make my OCD worse,as well as causing anxiety.None have helped my depression which often clears when not on antidepressants.I also have light and colour sensitivity, and smell and occasionally taste hallucinations, i.e. I smell and taste things that just aren't there. These latter symptoms may represent some temporal lobe brain dysfunction. My doctor is now trying gradually increasing doses of the antiepileptic Neurontin added to a low dose of clonezepam which I have been taking for two years. Its too early to know for sure but it seems to have helped the light sensitivity. High doses of Neurontin occasionally help OCD so I'm hopeful. Other antiepileptics like Lamictal, Depacote and Tegretol have been of no help. Nor has lithium. I have had no experience with tianeptine but perhaps I'll try it if the present plan fails.
Don't give up-there's lots of drugs out there to try as well as cognitive therapy, prayer, Yoga, meditation, etc., etc.
Be well. And If you can't -fake it- and soon the fakery will become your new reality! That's what my cognitive therapist taught me.
mocdoc
poster:mocdoc
thread:611
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010605/msgs/65596.html