Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Can you take Lamictal for anxiety/depression?

Posted by Nickengland on June 4, 2005, at 11:43:00

In reply to Can you take Lamictal for anxiety/depression?, posted by DoYouKnowHim? on June 4, 2005, at 10:39:01

Hello there :-)

I've taken Lamictal on its own before (i'm bipolar) and was using it when I was very depressed, I suffer with anxiety too.

For me personally I found it to act very much like an anti-depressant and not like a mood stabiliser.

I think it would be a good alternative for depression compared with the more traditional anti depressants eg SSRI's etc..

Theres actually study here in England going on I think which is comparing Lamictal to SSRI's for the use of depression in bipolar disorder.

Sadly my experience was not so good. I suffered from pretty bad insomnia, also I found it not help for anxiety what so ever...in fact it *increased* my existing anxiety and after about 6 weeks this was the main reason I stopped taking it.

On the positive side though, from the first dose I took, (i remained at 25mg the lowest dose when I took it) Lamictal had an immediate effect on lifting my depression. The anxiety though was just too much, to the point of being unbearable. I think some people, in fact the majority have good results...Only way you're know is to try it..

Hope this helps

kind regards

Nick


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:Nickengland thread:507586
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050601/msgs/507590.html