Posted by theo on September 19, 2004, at 10:21:30
In reply to Re: Cymbalta (duloxetine) - report, posted by SLS on September 19, 2004, at 9:30:48
You actually brought up an intersting subject between Lamictal and Keppra. When I tried Lamictal at 150mg (15 days) I felt a little social anxiety relief but felt dead energy wise, maybe because of the Keppra in addition to.
Trying to up the Lamictal and drop the Keppra may be a good option to try. A lot of people can handle two mood stabilizers but I'm more on the depressive side mixed with anxiety and I think having the Keppra on board has made my attempts to increase the Lamictal harder because of feeling to washed out. I think the Lamictal plus Cymbalta will be my next attempt.
My pdoc prescribed the Keppra for anxiety, Lamictal for depression and she has a hard time listening to me because in her head this combo ought to be the magic bullet for me, and I really think she's having a hard time accepting this combo is not working for me.
For anxiety I've also tried Neurontin but it seems to work for 2-3 days then poop out and it never seems to end with dose increase and also made me feel a little paranoid and dumb, along with Topomax. I was actually scared to deal with anything while on these meds. I also experienced flatulance problems with both of these, ever heard of that?
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