Posted by ChicagoKat on October 21, 2012, at 18:39:31
In reply to Re: Feeling REALLY down, posted by schleprock on October 21, 2012, at 16:30:47
Actually, I tried Lyrica before I tried neurontin. Lyrica made me feel more depressed and didn't work very well for me. Neurontin, on the other hand, does not make me feel more depressed and it works great. Only problem is a rapid development of tolerance.
Kat
> I would suggest trying Lyrica if you begin to suspect that the neurontin is no longer helping (I initially chose Lyrica over neurontin because it was initially developed as a more potent version of it. It looks like it's been the most successful thing for me over the last month+ I've been taking it. (of course it could also be the 1.5 mg dosage of clonazepam, but needless to say I haven't had to raise my clonazepam dose in over a month, which I had to keep increasing for a couple of months before.)Whatever depression i was feeling from it before seems to have passed. I don't feel "great", but it's been quite a while since I felt myslef in an exruciating condition. I'm going to try replacing my clonazepam with buspar soon, so I might get a better idea of what the Lyrica is doing.
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> Truth be told, I haven't been through a panopoly of medications (somewhat due to being tied to a tricyclic,) but for the time being, but I don't see any immediate reason to stop taking Lyrica.
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