Posted by llurpsienoodle on August 13, 2008, at 15:57:09
In reply to Lamictal - dosage - Abilify?, posted by blueboy on August 13, 2008, at 11:51:32
Hi there blueboy
I have been on lamictal (300mg) + geodon (120-240mg)
---> super sedated, almost comatose, thank god for provigil. Still had anxiety and depressionThen there was lamictal (300mg) + abilify (5mg). Wow! This did the trick. My busy thoughts were gone, I was falling asleep well, and no daytime sedation. Some persistent flashbacks and suicidal ideation led us to increase abilify to 10mg. I felt calmer instantly. please note that I was also taking .5mg klonopin and 50 or 100mg of sertraline (zoloft) at the time. My anxiety was still pretty bad, however. The rapid cycling was gone.
So, recently I have added wellbutrin 300mg to the mix, with positive results-- my anxiety is GONE! and depression is better too. I have felt sufficiently well to discontinue the abilify. First there was 3 weeks on 5mg and then I quit altogether about 10 days ago. Some obsessive thoughts, busy busy mind and slight hypomania (pleasant, not agitated). The past few days I feel okay, although more susceptible to PTSD stuff again. I think I can tolerate the PTSD stuff this time, however, and I can always take abilify prn. I also have zyprexa zydis (10mg) for this purpose as well- for destroying a particularly wicked daytime dream or cycle of self-destructive thinking.
I have been on lamictal 300mg for 18mos
Good luck, and let me know if you have other questions. I'm bipolar II, with both big cycles and rapid cycles, and also have ptsd symptomology. lucky me
-Ll
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