Posted by F00TBALL on May 17, 2008, at 23:21:23
I have a family member who after trying several anti-depressant medications with no success, was prescribed Lamictal, and the difference was night and day. It was such an improvement, that after talking to my psych and being told that since we were related, it could possibly be extremely effective for me as well, I made a decision.
Despite the effectiveness of Nardil, I was becoming more and more irritated with the side-effects that had not gone away, so I decided to lower my Nardil dosage from 90 MG to 60 MG per day and add Lamictal.
Long story short, I'm now completely side-effect free and Lamictal + 60 mg Nardil has been even better then 90 MG Nardil.
And on an interesting note, when I was solely on Nardil, I almost completely stopped dreaming. Now I'm dreaming almost every night. And in turn, I'm feeling more refreshed upon waking.
From what i read, it seems sometimes Lamictal works absolutely brilliantly, and sometimes it does nothing. But if you've been through drug after drug with no success, give it a go. Side-effects are usually fairly minor (and in my case non-existent).
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