Posted by poop'd-out on December 17, 2003, at 15:07:37
In reply to Re: Lamictal- dosage recommendations for depression? » poop'd-out, posted by zenhussy on December 15, 2003, at 14:39:33
> Beth,
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> Thank you so much for the encouragement. Spoke with my pdoc this a.m. and was told to switch taking the lamotrigine at night to avoid this daytime sleepiness. "I did feel extremely spacey almost verging on dopiness, also just wanting to sleep all the time, not fun at all." That is exactly how I've been feeling since being at the 25 mg mark. Sheesh!! Dopey and spacey...what fun!
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> Since I do not appear to be having major se's from this med. I will continue this tiny titration in hopes that it kicks in and lifts some of this confounded darkness.
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> Your feedback is invaluable. It has been a long time since I've been on the med board because my cocktail was the same for so long. Now I've been going through adjusting every dang med since October. I'm glad that better living through chemisty exists. Now if I could just have some of that 'better living'!!
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> Take care. Glad you had good visit with pdoc. Let us know how the 100 mg treats you.
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> zenhussy
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Zenhussy,Well, the 100mg didn't last that long. Into the second week I began to have the extreme somnolence that I had had previously. It was a little discouraging. I decided to go ahead and increase the dose again by 25mg. That was 3 days ago, and it has helped alot. I have already decided that I am going to stay on the lamictal til I at least reach the 200mg point.
This is a strange drug. It can be very motivating and helpful or the complete opposite depending on what dose you are at.
Have you had any positive experience with it or has it just made you feel mopey? I know with me I had to wait til at least after the 50mg mark before I saw any benefit, and when it does help it really makes a big difference. If only a little consistency, please!
I'll keep you posted, so far so good!
Beth
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