Posted by Kingfish on December 13, 2000, at 7:13:37
In reply to Re: The joy of getting a diagnosis!!, posted by Lisabet on December 12, 2000, at 19:12:20
Thank you, thank you Lisa and Noa.
Re: Meds. I have not tried the ones you've mentioned Lisa. I am very sorry you've had so much trouble finding the right combo.
I started on Zyprexa which had a lot of side effects - my right eye even started to twitch. At that point, my psych. thought there might be some psychotic symptoms but we've ruled that out.
Then I tried Serzone which did nothing.
I went on Celexa, which has helped some and hardly had any side effects, and Neurontin, like you. I just haven't felt anything from the Neurontin.
O.K., so now I'm on Celexa, 40 mg. and Topamax, 50 mg. I had a lot of trouble with the Topomax at first. I slurred, had trouble gathering my thoughts and was extremely sedated. I was up to 100 mg. and could not handle it, but when I went down to 50 mg., it got better.
I am worried because both drugs are so new - there's so little info on them and Topomax isn't even considered a mood stabilizer yet. But it does seem to be helping. (I am too pessimistic to say it is working - I'm afraid it will stop as soon as I say that). I figure I'll follow the developments and perhaps change medications later.
Good luck - let us know if you try Topamax or find something to counteract the Wellbutrin.
- Kelly
poster:Kingfish
thread:50434
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20001130/msgs/50479.html