Posted by Barbara Cat on July 2, 2003, at 14:11:10
In reply to Lamictal side effects, posted by seamus o'noolan on June 30, 2003, at 17:37:40
Very appropriate subject for me right now. I'm on lithium 300mg and lamictal 75mg for bipolar II and nortryptiline 75mg, ambien for sleep, occasion benzo for off the charts anxiety. I would LOVE to decrease my med load. I want to do away with the nortryp because of cotton mouth, tremors, weight gain and then work on reducing the others. I had a very good response to Lithium/lamictal at first and then severe depression cause by extreme life stressors convinved me it wasn't enough.
Every trial to increase lamictal made me feel agitated. Anyone have any advice for this? Is agitation something that will resolve in time, or is it a sign that this may not be the right drug. I'm working with a very savvy naturopath who is quite knowledgeable about HPA-axis disregulation and we're targeting that route instead of synaptic reuptake. Eventually I'd like to just be on lithium and lamictal to control primarily mixed states bipolar depression. I'd DEARLY appreciate anyone's experiences with lamictal titrating up, drug tolerance, side effects, beneficial effects, etc. There's nothing much out on the net and I trust you all here more than med abstracts. Thanks. - BarbarCat
> Can anyone tell me of the side effects of Lamictal, or just any benifical info on the med.
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