Posted by karen m. on August 16, 2004, at 22:30:19
In reply to Re: I have officially lost hope with Lamictal!! Help!, posted by malthus on August 16, 2004, at 19:18:42
like you and those others of us on this post, i have been working with lamictal to see if it's "the one". wouldn't it be nice to just have it work and not have to bounce around any more?
everytime i increase my dosage, the following 5-7 days just suck. anxiety and irritability to rival jack the ripper. you have depression, i have anger... we both have negative reactions to increases.
i would watch and see if those feelings fade at 7 days after. sometimes just knowing what to expect can make it easier to deal with...knowing it'll pass after x days.
i have heard about what scott said. it seems to be common to add an ssri. since i (like you) have problems with ssri side effects i'm going to hang in there until 400mg. 300 mg didn't seem that much different from 200mg. but, sometimes it's hard to see changes in ourselves. i usually need someone to say 'you seem like a different person lately'. maybe we're doing better than we think we are! gaad those pills are bitter!
poster:karen m.
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