Posted by Eric on March 19, 2001, at 19:27:13
In reply to Mood stabilizer only for depression?, posted by shelby on March 19, 2001, at 11:42:34
> My psy. doctor mentioned trying neurontin along with anti-depressents. I have been trying nortriptyline along with amitriptyline hoping to lower the amitriptyline while raising nortrip. I have been going by 10 mg. increments and changing the dose every 2 weeks.
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> Everything was going along fine and I was down to 70 mg. elavil and 30 mg. nortrip. until I increased the nortrip. to 35 mg. since Thurs. I have been battling a killer headache that hardly responds to Tylenol, had a couple of nosebleeds and Friday night, was woken up with my heart beating too fast for a couple of seconds (never had this happen before).
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> I phoned my psy. doctor but he was not available on the weekend and is still not available today (Mon.). Today I took just 30 mg. nortrip. and will take 70 mg. elavil tonight and hope this is okay. He is in tomorrow. So, there's the history.
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> Would taking neurontin help in decreasing the elavil? He said it helps with irritability and anxiety Any interactions that I should be aware of? Can neurontin be taken alone instead of anti-depressants or is this trial and error?
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> Thanks.
Lamictal would be a better choice if you decide to take the mood stabilizer only route. Lamictal has more antidepressant(mood lifting) properties than Neurontin.
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