Posted by Mitch on August 23, 2001, at 0:40:26
In reply to How good is NEURONTIN as a mood stablizer?, posted by chloe on August 22, 2001, at 17:39:07
> Does anyone know if neurontin is a good mood stabiliizer on it's own? I have always used neurontin as an adjust to other stabilizers like tegretol or trileptal. Now that I am just on neurontin, I wonder if neurontin can do the job of smoothing out swings without another stabilizer on board.
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> Has anyone had success with neurontin as their primary mood stabilizer for BP 2 or major instability? I can't seem to find much about neurontin used alone in the archives....
> Gratefully
> ChloeHi Chloe!
There was a recent study that showed gabapentin effective for controlling cycling. Before this one I believe the results were inconclusive. There was also some anecdotal stuff I heard here that gabapentin had been shown to be *selectively* quite effective for people that had bipolar start in their teenage years with high overlap of ADHD and mixed states. I seem to need something "else" with it though for the best stability. BUT, it is the only mood stabilizer I have taken that clearly improves my attention (doesn't WORSEN IT) AND calms me down.
Mitch
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