Posted by wishingstar on December 29, 2006, at 18:53:04
Just a brief update for those who remember me questioning my lamictal a few weeks ago. I took 25mg for 2 weeks, 50mg for a week, and then one more week at 25 to get off of it. I was feeling much more depressed and suicidal than I had in the weeks before starting it.
I have been off lamictal about a week now and what a difference! It was absolutely the drug causing me to feel worse. I'm still unhappy and struggling, but I feel much, much better than I did 2 weeks ago. I also stopped taking the lithium a few days ago (300mg) just as a test - I have felt more irritable and agitated since I began taking it - and I feel better than I have in quite awhile. I see my doctor Jan 4 and I will tell him this. I initially thought the lithium was helping, but now I just dont think these mood stabalizers are for me.
Thank you everyone for encouraging me to talk to my doctor about that. It's scary when drugs have the opposite effect of what is intended.
poster:wishingstar
thread:717379
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20061224/msgs/717379.html