Posted by Snowie on June 22, 2001, at 19:33:25
In reply to Re: Gabitril » Snowie, posted by Mitch on June 18, 2001, at 23:18:42
Hi Mitch,
No, your response was perfect. I guess everybody is different in how they react to anxiety. It would be great for me if I only ate when I was calm since it would be easier for me to stay thin.
I've been taking 4 mg. of Gabitril at night only for about 5 days. It's done nothing for my daytime or night time anxiety, but it seems to have made me a little more energetic. Perhaps I'll go on Klonopin and Neurontin when I see my pdoc next week, but he also mentioned that he would like me to try Wellbutrin. I'm totally confused. Why would a pdoc give an anxious patient who has no history of depression something that would make her even more anxious? I don't mind being a guinea pig, but it seems counter productive since one med peps you up and the other calms you down.
Snowie
> Hi Snowie,
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> I hadn't thought of that possibility-getting uptight and eating to alleviate the anxiety (that is actually a common response). Usually, if I get uptight and I don't eat at all.
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> The trick to figuring out whether Gabitril is causing anxiety versus NOT taking Neurontin is when you get the most anxious. Ask your pdoc if you can take all of the Gabitril at bedtime (4mg). If you see an improvement in your daytime anxiety (NOT taking it in the morning as well), it is probably the Gabitril triggering it. This is just an intuition: If you had success with Neurontin before and could tolerate it (to some degree), then why not bring the Neurontin back in right now (Neurontin+Gabitril+Xanax) and see if the anxiety *resolves*. You said you didn't like taking 300mg Neurontin during the daytime. My suspicion is that you might see about taking the 4mg Gabitril (all at bedtime) AND adding back 300-400mg Neurontin at bedtime with it and just take the Xanax during the day and see how that goes. If it works and it seems better than Neurontin+Xanxax was previously, THEN increase the Gabitril from there carefully.
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> Hope this is not too convoluted a response!
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> Mitch
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