Posted by platinumbride on April 4, 2004, at 15:55:28
I was on lamictal for quite a while until I spent a month without it and realized that I felt no different without it than I had with it.
But now I have read that some people are on doses of up to 500 mgs. I was on 200. Do you think that it might be worth trying to take it again, this time at a higher dosage?
(Just skip to the bottom few paragraphs if you want the abridged version...)
I am currently on 1200 mgs of trileptal and 400 of wellbutrin. I don't know if it is me and my attachment to being depressed, somehow, or simply that the cocktail isn't working, but....well, it isn't working!
I have been on the trileptal at this doseage only for a few weeks, so I guess I can give it more time...the wellbutrin, however, has been a part of my life since late last year.
I also take neurontin and klonopin as needed, which is like every day, because I have so much anxiety. Neurontin calms me down and eases my depression a bit, but it doesn't necessarily make me want to leave the house of my own volition! (And I desperately need to leave the house if I am not going to feel like life is one big funeral. Some people don't, but I do).
The problem with neurontin is that even on a low dose, i want to eat everything that isn't tied down(well, even things that are tied down ha ha). And I am waaaaay too obese to be adding more poundage.
Hence, the goal of trying to 86 the neurontin with trileptal. Trileptal isn't doing it alone, hence the notion that perhaps another shot at lamictal at a higher dose and perhaps along with the tripleptal...
And now that I have purchased a three month supply, I do'nt know WHAT to do about the stupid wellbutrin!
Soooooo, after all that, I guess I just want to know if anyone has had minor miracles happen with lamictal above 200 mgs, when previously there had been nothing.
Thanks
poster:platinumbride
thread:332555
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