Posted by Maxime on January 2, 2005, at 12:22:19
In reply to Re: Lamictal Exhaustion/Brain Fog - Cache Monkey » Maxime, posted by cache-monkey on January 2, 2005, at 1:05:43
I'll keep my fingers crossed as well. My doctor thought I would need to get to 300 mg. I went as far as 200mg and stayed there for a while to see if it would improve but it didn't so I stopped.
It's frustrating when this happens! Keep us posted.
Maxime
> Hi,
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> I'm sorry to hear that your turn on Lamictal was so rough. I'm glad the Trileptal is working for you.
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> My increase to 50 mg has been... weird so far. First came the brain fog. Then came a couple of days of agitated hypomania. I'm interested to see where I land. The big problem for me so far has been in the libido department. I'm keeping my fingers crossed in both regards.
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> Best,
> cache-monkey
>
> > I'm bipolar and when I started Lamictal I thought it was going to be the answer since I could not find a mood stabiliser. Long story short, I couldn't take it. The fog did not clear and I felt so depressed. Luckily I had one more stabiliser to try - Trileptal and it works.
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> > In my case I KNOW it was the lamictal that was causing the fog and depression.
> >
> > Maxime
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> >
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > So, I'm in the process of starting up on Lamictal and have felt really out of it after each dose increase. Tired all the time. Foggy in the head. Can't think straight, and mildly agitated in the background.
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> > > I feel like it's cleared a little about 10 days or so after the dose increase. But even then it's a little up and down, and I still feel like I need to sleep more than normal. Of course, after a couple of more days it's time for the next dose increase, and I go back to square one.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else experienced this with Lamictal? I'm especially curious if it's (as I think it is) a transient start-up/ramp-up side effect. Since I haven't gone longer then two weeks at the same dose, I'm worried that Lamictal is possible just fundamentally sedating for me.
> > >
> > > TIA,
> > > cache-monkey
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> >
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