Posted by waki on August 11, 2004, at 17:43:25
In reply to Re: Lamictal dosage question?, posted by karen m. on August 10, 2004, at 0:18:06
It may be a good thing what your experiencing.
I've been on 400 mg per day of Lamictal I think for at least 2 years. For the longest time I took it in the morning or closer to noon if I forgot to take it in the morning.
I really never knew what the lamictal did for me except my p-doc said it was a rocket booster to meds and it appeared to keep me from bottoming out.
I then started taking these other meds and started to feel better.
What is interesting is that when I took the lamictal, i felt a sedating strange slightly depressed feeling.
My point is I felt like crap for so long that the Lamictal did not drop me any more because I was already emotionally and physically in the sewer.
I then started PM dosing the lamictal at night before bed.
I felt even better in the day. I believe the lamictal even relaxes me slightly before bed.
I have tried to get off this lamictal many times, but I developed a dependency towards it. I'm going to wait until I feel better to go off it. They (research department) still have a lot of work to make me feel better.
I want off the lamictal because in my personaly opinion I believe that "we" (people on anti Dep's) sometimes become complacent and leave our cocktails alone.
I believe our cocktails become so complicated that we don't know which are helping us or which are hindering us.
My goal is obviously to feel better and get my life back. However my second objective is to take as minimal of meds as possible.
The less med's I take the more clearer I sem to understand how these drugs effect me.
My point is I had to feel better to know that the lamictal made me feel worse at the moment i took it.
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