Posted by Ritch on March 26, 2003, at 9:20:24
In reply to Neurontin , posted by SpreadDaALoha on March 26, 2003, at 6:36:05
> I had good experiences with Neurontin. It helped my general anxiety, my social anxiety, and my irritability. But my doc had me quit taking it to concentrate on bipolar meds (I know it has been shown to not work for bipolar). I miss it for its social anxiety benefits...
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> Anyone having similar thoughts?Why can't you keep taking the Neurontin while your pdoc tries lithium, Depakote, Trileptal/Tegretol, etc.? Neurontin is primarily used as an add-on for epilepsy to existing AED's because it doesn't interact with metabolizing the meds (liver enzymes). I found Depakote+Neurontin to be a nice combo.
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