Posted by SLS on February 21, 2005, at 16:32:34
In reply to Re: Kindling?, posted by Minnie-Haha on February 21, 2005, at 15:24:30
Hi Minnie
Your contribution was EXTREMELY helpful. Thank you.
> > Has anyone discontinued Paxil, Effexor, or a benzodiazepine while taking an anticonvulsant / mood stabilizer? Which one(s)? How would you describe your withdrawal experience?
> I got off of Effexor while I was on a mood stabilizer. I can't remember now whether it was Depakote (my first MS) or Trileptal (my second/current MS), but I just don't remember having severe problems. I gradually decreased my Effexor dose and slowly started up on Wellbutrin.Have you ever needed to discontinue an SSRI (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Luvox, Celexa, Luvox)? Were you on a mood stabilizer at the time? What was your experience?
> > It might not be a bad idea to look at glutamatergic activity as being involved in the development and persistence of a withdrawal syndrome...
> You completely lose me when you talk like this,That's OK. I get lost often when I try to make heads or tails of what the neuroscientists are talking about. Out of necessity, I have been learning this stuff - VERY SLOWLY - over the course of many years. I think that applies to a great many people here who would just as soon not know anything about medicine at all should there never have been a need to.
Thanks again.
- Scott
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