Posted by chloe on June 25, 2001, at 13:02:59
In reply to Re: Dry itchy skin/Moodstabilizers/Neurontin » chloe, posted by Mitch on June 25, 2001, at 12:38:00
Hi Mitch,
I am glad to hear that Neurontin has helped with your outbursts. I am only on 400 mgs right now, so I have a ways to go up, if I need to. I wish it gave me oily skin. It would be the perfect adjunct to Trileptal! How about the sun? Are you extra sensitive to it, too?Interestingly, no, I never had a problem with my skin on Tegretol. Just horrible GI stuff. I lived on Mylanta and saltines for a couple years. BUT, I was thinking, maybe the XR form of Tegretol would be good for me if the Neurontin experiment fails (Where is my pdoc in all of this? Do I have to think of everything?). It's coating would help it not get dissolved in my stomach...My wheels are turning now. Tegretal was a much better stabilizer for me anyway. I wish I had thought of this before the Trileptal switch.
ANYWAY, I am just praying the Neurontin and Celexa (which doesn't help me much with outburst...) keep my lid on. How much Neurontin do you take, if you don't mind me asking?
Many thanks,
Chloe> Hi, Chloe
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> So Neurontin seems to worsen your dry skin? I have the opposite effect-it increases oil in my skin-weird.
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> Neurontin lessens aggressiveness/hostility just as much as Depakote did (for me anyway). I also take a VERY low dose SSRi as well (12.5mg of Zoloft every other day) and I haven't had a blow-up in a couple of months (beats daily ones!)
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> So you never got the dry itchy skin while you were on the Tegretol before you switched to Trileptal??
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> Mitch
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