Posted by zotzo on November 12, 2011, at 10:50:11
Hello. I'm currently taking 150mg of Welbutrion and 1800mg (600mg 3x/day) of Gabapentin/Neurotin for ADD, Depression and Anxiety.
I recently moved and began seeing a new therapist. Before I was taking Vyvanse which was very effective for ADD but it only revved up my anxiety to a point where my wife wanted a divorce and I wanted to kill myself.
My new therapist and I made the following changes:
1. Replace Vyvanse with 150mg Welbutrion
2. We began doing cognetive worksheets
3. I began a running regiment
4. I began taking Neurotin and am at 1800mg/dayI'm three months into this and results and my marriage and my life are both happier. Welbutrion is effective but not as good at handling my ADD as Vyvanse. My depression is much better (I don't get as hopeless as I once did).
My anxiety is better but I don't think it's as good as can be. I'm really wondering if any positive outcomes of my anxiety are due to the excercises and welbutrion and not due to the neurotin.
For instance, some days I forget to take my afternoon dose of neurotin and I don't really seem to notice its abscence. There will be times when I am up on my dose and will still feel the panics and anxiety.
What really brought this into focus was on Halloween. I was feeling a lot of anxiety meeting my new neighbors and really noticed myself being panicky and nervous. So I started popping extra doses. In all I took 3 600mg pills over the course of an hour and felt a little better but, of course by then trick or treating was over.
These thoughts are making me think that Neurotin is not really helping me or not helping me as much as I would like.
Thank you for reading my thoughts. I would be eager to hear your thoughts and experiences with Neurotin or other anxiety drugs that you use.
poster:zotzo
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