Posted by bleauberry on June 20, 2008, at 19:01:35
OK, so except for a couple antidepressants from other countries, the only one I haven't tried in USA is effexor. I think I've pretty much made the rounds in the whole reuptake inhibition game and it just isn't my game. As I always say to others, but don't acknowledge very well myself, when the logical doesn't work, look elsewhere.
Sooo...lamictal is high on my list. Bipolar? Maybe, maybe not. No doc can agree. As familiar as I am with diagnosis, I have a hard time making the call. No matter, lamictal has merits one way or the other.
I tried lamictal a few years ago. I remember an almost immediate boost in mood that within a week turned into a severe depression worthy of being hospitalized (though I wasn't). I quickly got off it. Don't remember the days after stopping. That's what I'm here to ask about.
If anyone has stopped lamictal due to any adverse effect, was there a period of worsened depression shortly after stopping it? I expect that would happen. With me, even when a drug has me more depressed than I started, when I withdraw it there is a period of 2 to 5 days of yet even worse depression, as if I thought it couldn't get any worse. And then I bounce back to my baseline which is far better than either on the drug or withdrawing from it. As long as I know it is coming, I can get through it. Been there done that plenty of times.
I am just trying to cover my bases. If I get side effects...insomnia, anxiety, memory, tiredness, whatever...ok, not cause to stop. But if worsened depression happens, I have to stop. And if that happened, I want to know how others felt after they stopped it.
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