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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Getting back on Paxil
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD) , bipolar disorder , dementia , electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) , learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) , panic , personality disorders, phobias , post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) , schizophrenia , stress , transitions, and work problems.
Getting back on Paxil
by mqpi, Mar 10, 2001 12:00AM
My aunt suffers from manic depression and had taken Paxil coninuously for 2.5 years. However, in December 2000 she starting having brief seizures and gradually stopped taking PAxil. She has been completely off the medication for the past 4 weeks. Now she wants to start taking it again, because she feels she needs it, because her depressive and manic episodes are worsening. Do you think she can start taking Paxil again, or should she try a different drug?
Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot.
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Mar 11, 2001 12:00AM
, Mar 11, 2001 12:00AM
There are better drugs than Paxil for manic depression, including anticonvulsants like tegretol that would help with the seizures and the manic depressive symptoms. Her doctor should know about all the other mood stabilizing drugs she can take.
