Posted by Emme on June 10, 2004, at 22:15:48
In reply to Re: Need IMMEDIATE help re: Lamictal/Lamotrigine » Emme, posted by Angel Girl on June 10, 2004, at 17:20:14
> My goal is to come completely off the Depakote due to it's side effects. The Lamictal was started at 1/2 pill per day and increased by 1/2 pill every 2 weeks. My last increase was 1 1/2 pills per day, which is the most it has ever been increased at any one time.I assume you mean 25 mg tabs. That's a nice conservative titration.
> Don't know why she all of a sudden decided to increased it at a faster rate.
When you get to a higher dose, you can generally speed up the titration a bit.
> Maybe it was too much of an increase for me? I'm very drug sensitive, including dosage changes. The inflammation of my mouth has only occurred after the last increase.
So yeah, it's possible that was too much of a change.
> I haven't tried any of the other meds you listed. I haven't had a hypomanic episode for more than a year. I need something for depression which doesn't seem to want to go away.
I think the folks here will have lots of thoughts to offer. Have you been on any combos of mood stabilizer plus an AD? Any dopamine agonists?You will see people voice different opinions on using atypical antipsychotics for mood disorders. From my own experience, about 2.5 mg of abilify gave me a lot of relief from a sluggish nasty depression. In only about 3 days. I didn't end up using it long term, but it sure was hepful for a while.
> BTW, I've read that Zonegran and Topomax have 'possible' side effects of weight loss. I certainly could use that. What's your thoughts on that.
I didn't do well with Topomax or Zonegran, so I wasn't on long enough to see if they made me lose any weight. But from what I read, it seems to be pretty common. There's going to be loads on Topomax in the archives and I'm sure others here will tell you about it. I've seen posts from one or two happy Zonegran users.
Let us know how it goes with your mouth.Emme
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