Posted by JohnX2 on January 21, 2002, at 16:17:31
In reply to Re: How can I be depressed on an antidepressant? » JohnX2, posted by mr.scott on January 21, 2002, at 11:49:22
My trials (in order):- Klonopin 4mg
1st med to stabilize my mood (after
barking up the anti-depressant route).
Made me really drowsy (until
tolerance built up).- Depakote , upto 1000+ mg
Placebo (Strange)- Lamictal 1st trial
Quit at 100 mg due to rash.
Doctor dosed it too quickly.Many moons later...
- Lamictal 2nd trial (150-225 mg Current)
Has had 0 side effects and works the
best for me at 150 mg, but it was the
most challenging to dose onto (it
took 2 months of careful dosing, but was
well worth the wait).While dosing experienced transient slurred
speech, stupor, itchy skin.- Neurontin (upto 400 mg TID Temporary)
Took only while tapering Klonopin. Helped relieve
anxiety and tingling in extremities. VERY
ANNOYING DOSING SCHEDULE. A little brain fog
that never went away. Kept me in control while
lowering the Klonopin dose (this was about 1 yr
ago). I didn't want to stay on this one long
term because I had to take it exactly 8 hrs
apart or I would have crappy side effects.- Topamax (200 MG BID Current)
This is working awesome for me as an ADD-ON
to LAMICTAL (see above). I am one of the few
people to use this strategy. The Topamax has
a property that makes it similar to the benzos
like Klonopin and for some reason I am having
good luck in that it is not having coginitive
side effects AT ALL. I believe that when added
on TOP of LAMICTAL it behaves uniquely as opposed to
when used alone. This is just my guess as my
experience has been unique (and you could
argue the case base on the neurological
underpinnings between how the two meds would work
together).So, right now I take 4 meds:
Lamictal 150 mg
Topamax 400 mg
Klonopin 2.5 mg
Zyprexa 5 mgI am quitting the Klonopin because the Topamax
replaces it. And the Zyprexa makes me a little
fat. So I hope I can quit that. If I can narrow
my meds down to Lamictal and Topamax I can safely
say that I have no side effects from medication.Everyone's results may very.
I still scratch my head to my placebo
Depakote response.regards,
john
> Thanks for your reply John!
>
> Which of the more conventional stabilers have worked for you? Some of them can be challenging to tolerate.
>
> Scott
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