Posted by tulip on March 13, 2000, at 8:33:53
In reply to Re: neurontin, paxil, hormones, posted by Noa on March 13, 2000, at 6:46:18
> Tulip, do you think you had a hypomania? Maybe you are on too high a dose of paxil. In any event, the neurontin might help
> control any hypomania, because it is a mood stabilizer used in manic-depressive illness.i'm not quite sure, that's kinda why i laid it all out here. :) i've only begun with getting treatment, and all i know is that i definitely have depression. after just one psychiatrist visit (which is all i've had so far) he did reveal that, "well, you are definitely depressed."
i have a theory, but i don't know if it's right, it's just guessing, and maybe that's all i can hope for. not hard answers, but theories, you know? i saw somewhere that bipolar can exist without a manic episode presenting itself yet. also read that paxil can have the side effect of causing a manic/hypomanic episode. (whether that would be in a bipolar or unipolar/depression i don't know).
my theory is that paxil was working a bit, and when my dose stalled at 40 mg, after a while perhaps i started having more days that were "overstimulated", a precursor to manic, let's say. then i got an increase in paxil to 60 mg which helped me "break through" the depression, and neurontin was there to combat the increase in "overstimulation" or manic side effect. but once my period began two weeks into this increase/addition in meds, all bets were off. neurontin was then increased immediately by 600 mg to stabilize the manic. whether the manic is part of me (possibly bipolar) or a side effect of the paxil in regular depression, i don't know. i would appreciate if anyone can reply and say, yeah, that could be what happened, here's why. :)
> The hormonal aspect of your mood is an interesting area to explore.
heh, this makes pms seem like a picnic! ;) thank you for replying noa.
tulip
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