Posted by cache-monkey on January 16, 2006, at 13:14:02
In reply to Re: Lamictal, posted by 4WD on January 12, 2006, at 20:13:56
Too bad to hear about the pain. Have you considered something like Neurontin? This could help neuropathic pain and *may* provide additional mood support...
As far as only getting up to 50 mg, randomized trials (e.g. http://tinyurl.com/c2oy4) indicate that there is significant response among some people benefit from doses that low.
Good luck,
cache-monkey> Hi all,
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> Lamictal is supposed to be more or less without side effects but I experienced some. I got sharp shooting pains in different parts of my body that would come and go for maybe a couple of hours then disappear then reappear elsewhere in a day or two. No big deal.
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> But they finally settled into a kind of neuralgia in my lower front teeth. Still tolerable. But I also got a chronic low grade headache. And it made the SSRI-induced muscle tightness in my back and neck much much worse.
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> OTOH, it did help with the hyper, jittery, wired feeling. I was able to reduce my Klonopin very considerably while on it. I never even reached a therapeutic dose, just up to 50mg.
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> Marsha
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