Re: Lamictal Colin

Posted by polarbear206 on January 9, 2003, at 10:45:13

In reply to Re: Lamictal » polarbear206, posted by Colin Wallace on January 8, 2003, at 4:49:55

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> > When my bipolar got under control the binge eating stopped. The dose of imipramine I'm on is low at 25mg. My appetite is under control. No carbo cravings.
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> > Laura
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> Hi Laura,
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> Glad you're still faring well on Lamictal.I'm still doing fine at 150mg,(although the awful UK weather is testing me to the limit), but I'm guessing that at some point in the future, the depression will finally outrun a viable dosage, and I'll have to add an AD- makes me shudder.
> I've not had much fun with any AD in the past (especially SSRI's) and I was looking ahead and thinking perhaps desipramine or lofepramine in low doses;thing is,current opinion seems to suggest that tricyclics are the most destabilizing med. for any type of bipolar.I see you're on imipramine, and was wondering how you've found it.Looking back, I actually think that Lofepramine was probably one of the least troublesome meds I tried when compared with all the others.Then again, maybe I didn't take it in high enough doses or for long enough to become destabilized.Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
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> Cheers,
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> Col.
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> ps.Anyone else's input welcome here too.

Hi col.

My pdoc told be that some bipolar's do well on low doses of tricyclics. I also read some info on this on Dr. Ivan's site Depression Central. I think you should give it a try if you need to add an AD. Sart out real low at 10mg. You might want one that is more sedating then the other's. Imipramine has moderate sedation. The reason I do so well with imipramine is that I feel more like myself on this class of AD. My emotions are not blunted. So glad your still hanging in there with lamictal. It's been wonderful for me. Stable at 200mg. I'm looking forward to my next pdoc appt. to share the good news. Please keep me posted. I hope sunny days are ahead for you!

Laura

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