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current Lamictal trials in action

Posted by phillybob on March 8, 2001, at 20:37:11

In reply to Re: Spoke too soon... » Cece, posted by JahL on March 4, 2001, at 17:25:46

I have read your info Cece and thanks for it ... and, Jah, I am also sharing your trial (in a way)!

Upon recently ending a successful and yet sadly unsuccessful [check out my topamax experiences' last post: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010302/msgs/55563.html] trial with a different neuromodular drug, topiramate, I have, after a week plus off, started Lamictal too at 12.5 mgs/day as monotherapy for my BPII rapid cycling dysthymic-type condition (all of the details, again, are in my posts in the topamax thread).

So far, for the past 4 days, I've already felt some mild improvement (somewhat consistent in depression-lifting but not in energy level). Only side-effect so far was a (provoked) laughing fit which I could not seem to shake. It was definitely a giddiness which I am not inclined to have so I will attribute it to the med.

I'll keep watching (as is my pdoc) for signs of (hypo)mania. Intention is to keep at 12.5 mgs/day for another week and a half to see what happens. (as I'm hugely sensitive to meds, in general, I am not expecting to need too much but we'll see, huh?). If I become too semi-permanently giddy, I'll think of adding topamax (anew) or neurontin.

Keep posting, Jah! I feel a kinship in a lot of ways.


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