Posted by polarbear206 on April 15, 2002, at 11:51:05
In reply to Re: LAMICTAL usage for soft Bipolarity(BP2), posted by Mondeo on April 15, 2002, at 10:35:27
> Thanks John and I am pleased to have you"on board"
> and I 100% agree with your point of view ;I shall be waiting for your PERSONAL e-mail
> regards
> MONDEO
> ====================
> > 100-300 mg is a typical theraeutic range. Some people push the medicine as high as 600 mg. (I take 150 mg for BipolarII).
> >
> > Lamictal is a very effective core medicine for soft bipolar/bipolar II disorder, in my opinion.
> > Of the mood stabilizers, it has the more noteable antidepressant qualities. You may be able to do well without adding an AD. If you still need an AD, you will probably find that the Lamictal does a decent job of keeping your mood stabilized (maybe you are only a bit anergic depressed instead of major depression and cycling, etc). The side effect profile of Lamictal is fairly benign for many. So if you can tolerate the medicine, and it wipes out the big lows and cycling, you may have more freedom to swap other ADs in/out without horror (just my opinion, a nice benefit - the search for a tolerable AD add on).
> >
> > JohnHi everybody,
I just wanted to let you know that I tried the Lamictal again. I think it's going to do the job!! I guess I should of waited to start it before because it was that time of month and I was getting headaches. I guess it was because I was hormonal that I was getting the headaches. No side effects from the Lamictal so far. On a low dose and hope to work up slowly to 100mg.Laura
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