Posted by becksA on November 1, 2004, at 10:37:45
I have been diagnosed with bipolar II...we're pretty sure that's what it is. I JUST started taking Lamictal, starting VERY VERY slowly, so that will take a while to see if it works. I struggle mainly with depression. However, in the morning before work I take 60mg of Adderall XR (I'm 6'7"), and it seems to help my mood a LOT. for most of the morning, and up until around lunchtime, my mood stays very elevated. Then as the Adderall begins to wear off, my mood drops as well. By 1 or 2 I feel totally depressed, and, knowing it's stil in my system, hold off on my next dose until about 3...when I take 10mg of regular short acting Adderall. This seems to boost my mood back up, though not quite as much.
Does anybody have any suggestions how I could (while we wait for Lamictal to start working) better dose myself, amounts and spacing, to alleviate somewhat the hard comedown around lunchtime...(between 12 and 3 I really feel very depressed, and then the 10 short acting only helps about 75% of what the morning 60mg of XR does for me. Much appreciated.
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