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
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