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Re: Lamictal worked great, pooped out, now what?

Posted by Blue Cheer 1 on January 16, 2002, at 19:52:30

In reply to Lamictal worked great, pooped out, now what?, posted by jaby on January 14, 2002, at 14:13:17

> After dealing with anxiety/depression/fibromyalgia for 5 years now, I was throw absolutely back to my normal healthy self for the first 3 days I used lamictal. I was cured! Since then I had tried to chase that experience uping the dose as directed, but never found it again-only side effects. I have used all of the SSRI's, effexor, remeron, trilpetal, trazadone, welbutrin (maybe a few more). I currently take 2600 mg. neurontin, 2.5 mg valium. Anyone have any ideas? All input is much appreciated!

If you're going to discontinue Lamictal, it's prudent to do so in a stepwise fashion (e.g., in increments of 50 mg. every 2 weeks). Otherwise, you might find that it actually did have mood stabilizing and/or antidepressant effects after all. I discontinued Lamictal once (from 250 mg/day) over a 2 week period -- only to find that I was far more depressed off it. Then, you have to go through the slow escalation once again to regain the efficacy you thought was lost. Same goes for Trileptal d/c from a 900 mg/day dose - in two weeks. The depression (and increased anxiety) was unbearable, but with Trileptal I was able to go right back up to 900 mg/day in a week. So, by going down slowly you can better determine (and at what point) whether or not it had been working.



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