Posted by yellowhat on August 16, 2004, at 16:56:09
In reply to Re: Lamictal and Memory Loss, posted by SLS on August 16, 2004, at 14:31:36
> I find that when my dosage of Lamictal exceeds 200mg, it significantly impairs my short term memory and blunts my cognitive capacity. I purposely lowered myself from 300mg to 150mg three weeks ago in an effort to minimize these effects. I don't seem to have lost the small antidepressant effect I glean from Lamictal, but I believe this is because the addition of memantine, a glutamate NMDA receptor antagonist, has helped offet the loss of glutamate release inhibition resulting from the reduction of Lamictal dosage.
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> Lamictal might have been more of a culprit than the Zyprexa. Very few people ever complain of cognitive impairment from Zyprexa.
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Now I'm worried that I got off the wrong medication. I'm pretty opposed to medication in general at this point, so any medication is the wrong medication. Anyone out there just taking Zyprexa or just taking Lamictal? I'd like to hear about any cognitive side effects you may have suffered on any one of these medications alone, that way I can sort out what's doing what to me. I really need to know: I'm starting grad school in a week.
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