Posted by BarbaraCat on September 3, 2002, at 22:15:32
In reply to Re: Medication experiences for hypomania/bi-polar II, posted by Peter S. on September 3, 2002, at 18:27:02
Are you also taking another antidepressant concurrently, or is this it for your med cocktail? BTW, I was taking 1800mg Neurontin for a while and then just recently upped it to 2700mg and sometimes more. It's helped alot with creating a nice smooth feeling. Perhaps a tad more neurontin will counteract the unpleasant buzz you mention.
> I've been taking Lamictal and Neurontin together for a while. When I first started taking Lamictal, the effect was almost immediate. I felt better more consistantly than I've ever felt. I noticed a drop after a week so I increased the dosage. I am finally up to 600mg and 900-1200 mg of Neurontin. I have'nt yet figured out these meds. I seem to crash for a couple of days and then it works. I take 400 mg of Lamictal in the a.m. plus 300 mg of Neurontin. I notice the effect in about an hour. It is an energized, wired feeling- not exactly anti-depressant but speedy. I actually find it a little unpleasant, but it is definitely an improvement over straight depression. I've experimented with Carbamazipine but this doesn't seem to help with the cycles. Someone said depakote is useful- maybe I'll try it.
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> Anyway this combination is the best thing I've found. It doesn't work consistantly, but at least it works. There are no side effects at all which is great.
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> Peter
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> > Your 'gory details' would be welcomed here. Sometimes its very therapeutic to know that I'm not the only one squirming and that we're all kind of in this together.
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