Posted by JaneB on September 11, 2003, at 12:41:59
In reply to Larry Hoover, Re: Lamictal...., posted by McPac on September 10, 2003, at 22:56:04
Lamictal and Wellbutrin were the two medicines that gave me that anger/irritability. Shocked everyone because anger/irritability was void in my life. I probably would have benefited by a little capability to express anger in the past but not now. Those two meds also gave headaches. AD's contributed to cyclothymia. I need to balance any AD with clonazepam (chosen originally because I refused depakote.) I finally decided to try clonazepam w/o an AD and feel better! The AD's that are supposed to decrease anxiety only increase it in me: ex, zoloft, effexor, wellbutrin, lexapro. Go figure.... That is why I wonder why doctors continue to use AD's for anxiety as first line treatment. Perhaps if years ago I had recognized my real problem was anxiety I would not have succumbed to such a severe depression.??
Jane
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