Posted by SLS on November 22, 2001, at 8:31:31
In reply to Re: Lamictal - once a day okay? JohnX and SLS, posted by Cindylou on November 21, 2001, at 14:39:02
> Hi,
> Thanks both for your advice. I have another question for both of you ...
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> Did you experience difficulty with Lamictal while titrating up? It seems as if the higher I get, the more irritable and agitated I get. I'm at the point now where the anxiety really gets out of control at times. (you should have seen me today waiting 2 hours with my toddler to get her photos taken ... nightmare!)
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> Klonapin doesn't seem to touch it, and if I try taking more Klonapin, it just knocks me out.
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> I'm also trying Serzone which helped at first, but now (five days into it) is making me feel very drugged feeling (a feeling I am all too familiar with from the myriad of other SSRIs and ADs I've tried).
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> After all that, my question for you guys is:
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> Is it worth keeping on with the Lamictal? I keep clinging to the hope that things will start to change when I hit 100 mg. That maybe I can stay at that level for a longer time and the anxiety effect will subside. (FYI - I just went up to 75 mg.)
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> Or should I just give up and move on to yet another trial?
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> Thanks in advance for your help and support.
> cindy
Cindy - If you began to experience irritability and anxiety before adding Serzone, then I guess you can assume that Lamictal is the culprit. I can't speak to whether these things would disappear with continued treatment. I didn't experience them myself and I don't recall coming across anyone who has. Of course, my recollections are always suspect.Some people can become somewhat manic on Lamictal, although it is infrequent. Mild mania can sometimes be expressed as irritability. However, Serzone has been known to produce irritability and anger also. If your symptoms appeared after adding Serzone, I would suspect it to be the culprit.
Perhaps the two drugs in combination produce irritability while neither does when taken alone. Since stopping and starting Serzone as an experiment would be much easier and quicker to do than with Lamictal, it would make sense to try that first. Of course, you would then have to make the difficult decision as to which one to commit to.
- Scott
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