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Re: Has carbamazepine gone out of fashion? » fiona

Posted by Ritch on March 28, 2002, at 9:37:55

In reply to Re: Has carbamazepine gone out of fashion?, posted by fiona on March 28, 2002, at 7:57:24

> i have only recently been diagnosed with cyclothymia and have been prescribed carbamazepine 400mg. do you think something else would be more effective, if this seems to be out of fashion?

Depakote *might* be more effective, or even Neurontin. Carbamazepine (Tegretol) was used with generally good results for rapid-cyclers before Depakote, so it might work for you better than the newer, meds. Everybody responds a little differently. I tried Tegretol once during bp depression and it didn't seem to help much, so I stopped it. If it would have been at a time of year where hypomania tends to dominate I might have responded well to it.

good luck,
Mitch


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