Posted by Miragee on June 7, 2001, at 16:20:40
In reply to Re: question for mocdoc?, posted by mocdoc on June 6, 2001, at 21:10:33
Hi Mocdoc,
Just thought I'd put in my two-cents worth. I am on a very high dose of Neurontin (4000 mg. per day achieved slowly over a period of ten days). It worked miracles for me and took away the insomnia I battled for 15 years (and which was exacerbated by all SSRI's). I only had a few minor side effects during the first two weeks and they went away. I have been on that dosage for more than two years. It is a very safe medication, but has to be taken three to four times per day because it is quickly excreted by the body. Also, my pdoc told me if I take Neurontin, it is *very* important to *not* take any supplements containing Magnesium. Magnesium blocks the receptors in the brain for Neurontin .
My medical doctor just put me on Actos as part of a protocol to lower my high cholesterol and it took away my anxiety -- an amazing, unexpected result! I did not even know I had anxiety (part of "faking it") until it went away! Has anyone else had experience with Actos? (I am not overweight, nor am I diabetic, the usual reasons for prescribing it.)
> Dear Jodi,
> I have rapidly cycling Bipolar II as well as OCD. The old tricyclics and the newer SSRIs particularly (and paradoxically) make my OCD worse,as well as causing anxiety.None have helped my depression which often clears when not on antidepressants.I also have light and colour sensitivity, and smell and occasionally taste hallucinations, i.e. I smell and taste things that just aren't there. These latter symptoms may represent some temporal lobe brain dysfunction. My doctor is now trying gradually increasing doses of the antiepileptic Neurontin added to a low dose of clonezepam which I have been taking for two years. Its too early to know for sure but it seems to have helped the light sensitivity. High doses of Neurontin occasionally help OCD so I'm hopeful. Other antiepileptics like Lamictal, Depacote and Tegretol have been of no help. Nor has lithium. I have had no experience with tianeptine but perhaps I'll try it if the present plan fails.
> Don't give up-there's lots of drugs out there to try as well as cognitive therapy, prayer, Yoga, meditation, etc., etc.
> Be well. And If you can't -fake it- and soon the fakery will become your new reality! That's what my cognitive therapist taught me.
> mocdoc
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