Posted by lucie lu on October 23, 2008, at 22:38:52
In reply to meds 'causing' depression?, posted by lucie lu on October 22, 2008, at 20:51:29
Yesterday, when I posted my question, I had been going downhill very far and very fast - e.g. crying in my office at work, feeling so dysphoric I just wanted to crawl into a hole. So I decided to not take the neurotin last night. So after 24 hrs off neurontin - I woke up feeling much better! I had a session with my T this morning, after having one earlier during the week where I cried most of the session. He too was impressed by the rapid turnaround in my mood. I was lead to believe that neurontin was pretty harmless. OK, I guess I can cross neurontin off my list too, next to the diazepams. I am amazed, though I shouldn't be, that the drug companies seem to minimize depressive side effects for psych meds other than A/Ds. Thank you Raisin and NewQ, for sharing your experiences. It is interesting to me that others of us have had similar reactions to various other psych meds.
I think I'm going to return to amitriptyline - not fancy but works reasonably well. Bad news on the weight front though with all these pain drugs - after having a stable weight for the past 2+ years, I have gained *7* pounds in *3* months! Going to have to exercise that off and watch what I eat more carefully. I didn't think I was eating any differently, but who does? I wasn't overweight but guess I am now - grrr...
Thanks all for your helpful replies.
Lucie
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