Posted by Soulnik on November 23, 2004, at 0:28:11
In reply to Re: Lamictal dosing, posted by CraigD on November 19, 2004, at 13:25:04
The jury is still out on me and the Lamictal. I am on 50 mgs as well as 10 mgs of Lexapro and 100 mgs of Topamax for the hypomanias (and the very fabulous help with binge eating). This IS the first week in weeks that I haven't been suicidal - still depressed but not wanting to die. I even have a job interview tomorrow so I guess something good is happening with my brain chemistry! I couldn't have even considered that a few week - even days - ago. (Though I am overwhelmed with racing negative thoughts and feelings about it. Go figure!)
So, I would say, I guess you can see SOME kind of change at a lower dosage but I guess it's different for everyone. I don't know if the change I feel is the combination of drugs or the Lamictal or what. The Lexapro and Lamictal are still relatively new to my system. I go up to 100 mgs of Lamictal in 2 days. I did the Lamictal starter pack which does the increase to 100 mgs over the course of 4 weeks so it's hard to say what my response to it has been and I've only been on Lexapro for about 2 weeks. I'm just hopefully optimistic that the increase to 100 mgs of Lamictal and the combination with the other drugs will buy me some stability that will last long enough for me to build some kind of life. We'll see!
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