Bipolar Disorder/medication

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Expert: - 8/23/2007


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Hi
About 7 years ago I was taking a course of antidepressants I felt great they ran out so i stopped taking them . i got headaches then started having panic attacks and at one stage i felt high i wasn't sleeping etc etc Any way i realised something was very wrong I went to doc he said i was bipolar i was put on a drug to bring me down ..after a few weeks i was fine ... I got a second opinion as i didn't want to be on a drug for the rest of my life  The second opinion was I had a reaction to the antidepressants and i should never take any ever again .. i haven't for 7 years and have never had another episode ... Now my question is .. I have neuropathic pain I have seen a specialist today and he has given me 2 boxes of LYRICA PREGABALIN .. 75gr to see if it helps with the jaw / teeth / nerve pain...Is pregabalin a form of antidepressant ? or like a mood stabilizer ? I really don't want to take something that may eventually make me manic ! help!!

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Hi Rachel,
As a Nutritional Psychologist i am not familiar with all the ramifications of antidepressant medications. The best is to discuss this with your doctor.

For an alternative treatment of pain I suggest you read:

Management of Chronic Pain at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/pain_management.html

Jurriaan Plesman

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Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist

Expertise

Have worked as a psychotherapist for overv twenty years, dealing with many personality disorders

Experience

I have a degree in Psychology from the Sydney University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Nutrition. I am also the author of “GETTING OFF THE HOOK” which deals with the nutritional and psychological treatment of personality disorders. It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. I am interested in the relationship between nutrition and behaviour, and as a Probation ans Parole Officer facilitated groups for offenders, many of whom were alcoholics and drug addicts, sex offenders or compulsive gamblers, as well as the whole gamut of “personality disorders”. I am also the ex-editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia Newsletter, a quarterly publication dealing with hypoglycemia and related health problems. Its web site, together with a shortened course of PSYCHOTHERAPY can be visited at: http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Organizations
Editor of the Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia. Its web site is at:

http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au

Publications
Author of the book "Getting off the Hook", It is freely available on the internet at Google Book Search. Various articles in the Hypoglycemic Health Association's Newsletters

Education/Credentials
BA (Psych) (University of Sydney), Post Gad Dip Clin Nutr (International Academy of Nutrition)

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