Posted by Tony P on December 22, 2003, at 15:12:03
In reply to Lamictal for BPII, posted by Lyrical13 on December 21, 2003, at 21:54:29
I am on Lamictal as a trial for BP2 or 3. Just got up to 100 mg/day 4 days ago, which sounds like the start of the effective range for most people for the depressive side of things, judging by postings here.
The couple of weeks I was on 50 mg/day, I noticed an edginess, sort of borderline anxiety plus anger. Complicated by having to go off the Serzone I had been on for a long time --- my main A/D, I've gone from 500 mg/day down to 0 over the last 3 weeks.
Today I am a mess. I called in sick to work. Mixed anxiety and depression, nausea, I couldn't get up the energy/decision making to take a shower, let alone get in to work; borderline suicidal -- which is unusual for me, I usually just retreat and isolate when my depression is severe.30 mg Valium helped a lot - or I wouldn't even be posting here! But I'm supposed to only take 10 mg a day. I have an appointment this aft. to see my MD, and I see my pdoc in about a week. I'm having trouble imagining hanging on that long feeling like this. i hope my MD will prescribe a short-term benzo, but he is very reluctant to.
Any help/experience out there?? is this part of the early side-effect profile of Lamictal, i.e. will it get better if I hang on? I am feeling desperate today - like nothing really works, even huge doses of OTC muscle relaxants, which used to at least numb me out.
Tony P
> Anyone take Lamictal for BP2? Alone or in combo with an AD? My doc is suggesting trying Lamictal with Effexor XR b/c he suspects BP2 is my dx vs. depression and anxiety.
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> Any side effects? Also, any sexual side effects?
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> Thanks
> Lyrical13
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