Posted by Tabitha on May 25, 2016, at 15:13:14
In reply to Re: Better with more Lamictal » Tabitha, posted by porkpiehat on May 25, 2016, at 7:57:54
> I cannot take it at night. It doesn't give me a speedy feeling but I certainly feel very untired and if I do sleep I'm "conscious" throughout the night, if that makes sense.
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> I've also experienced a hypomanic feeling on it at times, but I don't feel that it's a true mania because it kicks in hours after dosing and fades.Wow, since I posted last I've been having problems with the 200mg. During the daytime I was feeling just awful-- not depressed exactly but a combo of sadness, anger, and sort of a disgusted feeling. Like nothing I've experienced before. I thought it might be either (1) the change to morning dosing, (2) the increase to 200mg. I tried night time dosing and barely slept at all, but it turned out I'd forgotten my sleep meds :-(
Anyway I am wondering if like you suspect, there are bad reactions tied to the dose timing. It makes no sense to me since it's supposed to stabilize mood.
I'm also on an SNRI, but am tapering off it. Perhaps that is making the situation worse.
Re therapy, I don't do it anymore. I went for over 20 years and can't say it helped. Meds and life situation make a much bigger difference for me than talk therapy ever did.
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