Posted by BaxterMckay on August 28, 2003, at 9:15:58
In reply to Re: Lamictal Anxiety /sleep problems--does it go a » BaxterMckay, posted by BarbaraCat on August 26, 2003, at 12:47:30
Gosh! It's really good to hear someone else who's had trouble on Lamictal. I was up to 100mg in 4 weeks and having tremendous anxiety/panic. ( I've always has tremendous sensitivity to medications/caffeine ) and some small rashes, but I was being told that I should keep going by both my therapist and my psych. He even suggested that I should go up on a higher dose to help with the panic. Since last Saturday I've went back to 50mg and I'm still having some panic. I want to go down to 25mg, but I'm having lots of trouble sleeping since I've ramped down to 50mg. I also feel like I'm wired all day long, which makes sense because I felt extremely subdued when I started taking it. I remember the first day I started taking it I sat in 3 hours of traffic and just stared in a complete daze. I felt like I could look at a brick wall for hours and find it absolutely entertaining. I've NEVER felt like that in my life. I've been taking Xanax to try and sleep, but I just feel wired since ramping down wired last Friday. I want to go down ( or possibly quit ) to eliminate the panic, but I would like to be able to sleep and not feel like a grasshopper in small fish tank. I wonder if I should stay at this dose and see if the panic goes away or if should cut down to 25mg and hope that I sleep again someday. I really appreciate your comments/suggestions. At least I don't think I'm alone in this mess.
The silver lining is that I'm as losing weight which I've wanted to do for several years.
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