Posted by JohnX2 on January 21, 2002, at 0:19:00
In reply to Re: How can I be depressed on an antidepressant? » JohnX2, posted by Mr. Scott on January 20, 2002, at 16:27:29
Hi Scott,I found out by accident that Klonopin is a
form of mood stabilizer. This was when I was
misdiagnosed as Major Depression and added
Klonopin to Effexor to help with sleep.
Taking it as an add on to the Effexor trial was
the 1st time my mood *really* stabilized after
a bunch of AD tests (i.e it was the Klonopin,
not the effexor).Klonopin is an anti-convulsant acting at the
GabaA receptor. It is a poor mood stabilizer
over time as the body develops tolerance to
its effects, but short term it should have
some stabilizing effect for any bipolar patient.
It would never be used as a primary stabilizer
however. It was looked into for use in epilepsy,
but disgarded due to the tolerance build up issue.regards,
John> John,
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> I wanted to ask you if you think klonopin qualifies as a mood stabilizer that one could combine with an AD to settle the storm and hence get a sustained AD response? Or do you think it has to be Lithium, Depakote, Zyprexa, tegretol, etc..
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> Scott
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