Posted by St. John on October 24, 2003, at 23:07:54
In reply to Re: Lamictal » St. John, posted by BarbaraCat on October 24, 2003, at 22:41:04
Thanks Barbara for the information and insight. When my doc suggested the possibility of Lamictal working where other things haven't, he posed the possibility of "overlooked" mania, even though we've been working together for nearly 10 years and he can't see that there have been any indications of conventional bipolar disorder. He has just attended a workshop in Boston where one of the primary advocates of using Lamictal for unipolar disorder gave a presentation. Who the heck knows. The last time I sat before the Cambridge luminaries, it was for the Harvard/Mass General Bipolar clinic to consult. For an hour and a half, I answered questions to a shrink who typed furiously on a laptop. I figured he was taking notes and would use them for reflection and then evaluation. At the end of the 90 minutes, he said that he would provide me with an evaluation and report to give my doc. I asked when that might be available, and he said "as soon as Ms. X here prints it out." He then handed someone a disc that had the report he had written while we talked. The report was essentially a reiteration of what I'd said in response to his questions, ie, I read myself describing myself. His drug regimine was the last foray I've taken into the AD world. I'm convinced that anyone who has a answer to depression/mood disorders wouldn't sit on it, so I was skeptical on that trip to Boston, and I'm skeptical about yet another "guess what" imminating from the ivy halls. But all of what you say and what else I hear makes me waver on rejecting Lamictal out of hand. I'll let you know.
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