Posted by 4WD on July 22, 2005, at 21:53:06
In reply to Re: Lamictal discontinuation causing hyper anxiety?, posted by spriggy on July 22, 2005, at 20:45:59
> OHHHHHHHHHH yes, I know what you mean.
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> I took Lamictal for 2 weeks ( I was only on 12 mg's) and went off of it right before a trip to Dinseyland with my family.
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> It caused horrific social anxiety in me like I've never known. Imagine having social anxiety while you are in the middle of a huge amusement park full of thousands of people. ROFL Not good a combo.
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> I ended up spending most of my vacation hiding away in the hotel room while my husband hit the parks with my son.
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> I also had a full blown mother of all panic attacks while we were down there at the beach as well.
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> It never occurred to me that it was the coming off the Lamictal that caused it ( I forgot it at home) but now it makes so much sense.
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> We were in California for 5 days and by the the time we got home, I started feeling better.
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> My husband just thought Mickey terrified me. ROFL
Hi Spriggy,What would I do without this board? I thought I was having a relapse back to my former state of horrible unbearable terror/anxiety.
That must have been awful having to go through that away from home. And you missed your vacation! You should take one on your own now to make up for it.
The increased anxiety is already much better. I'm about back to normally scared/anxious now. It's especially weird because I didn't feel like the Lamictal was really doing much (if anything at all) as far as decreasing anxiety while I was on it. And I wasn't taking it for anxiety. Just weird. Thank God it's about over.
Marsha
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