Posted by Cam W. on February 6, 2000, at 22:03:07
In reply to Any suggestions for a new med for me?, posted by Sef on February 6, 2000, at 20:34:54
> > If anyone has had a similar experince or a sugestion for a new med for me to try I would really appreciate it. Thanks!
Sef - Maybe talk to you doc again about the Neurontin. Just because a drug is used for one condition (eg epilepsy) doesn't mean that it will not work for another. Neurontin has been used successfully in a couple of different disorders (eg as a mood stabilizer; also in some pain disorders) and may augment the Prozac you were (are?) taking. Most medications work at a number of different receptors and recptor subtypes. This is what leads to what we call "side effects." While treating epileptics for convulsions in clinical trials, one of the "side effects" that they noticed was that Neurontin improved the mood of the people taking it. Recently, clinical trials using Neurontin have been done for mood stabilization in bipolar disorder and in neuropathic pain (I believe). While not everyone has seen improvement using Neurontin alone, many have had dramatic results when using it as an add-on agent. I have heard of it being used successfully with antidepressants in bipolar depression, I cannot remember seeing any studies actually using it unipolar depression. Since bipolar depression is usually much harder to treat than the bipolar kind, it may be worth a try to use Prozac with Neurontin. Give it an adequate trial of a month or two to see if it helps. Neurontin is a relative safe drug compared to some of the others used in psychiatry. Also, you problems with Prozac ("Prozac Poop-out") is not that uncommon and using the strategy of adding an augmenting agent for this is also not uncommon. Hope this has helped. Good luck - Cam W.
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