Posted by McPac on October 15, 2002, at 20:26:59
In reply to HELP-I'm sick of this! Trileptal as last resort?, posted by Peter on October 15, 2002, at 13:26:36
"The problem is that he said I'd have to first taper down to a tiny amount of my zoloft before starting lamictal, since the lamictal and zoloft actions would overlap in a bad way."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Lamictal will allow you to take LESS Zoloft and still get the positive Zoloft effect (it 'magnifies' Zoloft, so to speak, so, for instance, a much smaller Zoloft dose will still give you good results). Many people can greatly lower their Zoloft dose when taking Lamictal for that reason. Ask your Dr. to let you begin the Lamictal while still taking 50 mg. of Zoloft; then, as you raise the Lamictal you can try lowering the Zoloft.
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