Posted by Ritch on March 13, 2005, at 17:51:41
In reply to Re: Neurontin » Sarah T., posted by SLS on March 13, 2005, at 8:49:16
> > I have no idea if this drug could worsen depression.
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> My experience as a bipolar patient is that Neurontin can destabilize me and make my depression much worse. One of my doctors explained to me that this can sometimes happen when one anticonvulsant changes the function of the system in a direction that works against already established mood-stabilizers.
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> With Neurontin, I experienced an antidepressant and anxiolytic effect when I first started taking it. Then things became nasty and stormy. It seems that there are many people for whom this worsening does not occur.
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> - Scott
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My pdoc took me off a small dose (100mg) at bedtime because it tends to induce a mild hypomania (despite it working rather well for sleep issues). However, I still feel that combined with Depakote it worked quite well for my depression and was more benign than most antidepressants that I've taken...
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