Posted by banga on April 5, 2005, at 9:35:29
In reply to Re: anyone that will listen? » banga, posted by lara53 on April 5, 2005, at 3:24:36
Hi Lara,
It is great that you posted, I am sure you will get a bit of answewrs/help here. I am very glad you feel a bit better.
I do wonder a bit about your symptoms...it does feel like more of a mixed bipolar episode, or what some term "dysphoric mania".when you feel agitated and sleepless, what else ig going on? What are your thoughts, do they feel like your mind is working overtime? Have other people commented about this, what do they notice?
Having no response at all to the ADs is a little unusual for depressive symptoms...I was extremely reluctant to take several meds at once in the beginning...then I bagan to think, perhaps a little bit of several things is better than a ton of one--perhaps in the long run more balanced biocheically. I say this of course in my opinion, it is not necessarily substantiated.
100mg Lamictal really is not a lot.
Maybe write a separate post in a new topic heading here asking about people's Lamictral doses, and a rehash of what helped is you have not alread done so--so people notice the post more. As I said, I am taking 200mg, in combination with quite a few other meds.
**Do you remember what was in that original cocktail that had helped?
**When you were on Zyprexa, did you sleep better?
**Is the lack of sleep problem only recent--when did it seem to start in terms of when you took LAmictal?But if it seems to be the culprit then you may want to swithc to something else. Has it helped at all?
See you around the board!
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