Posted by mjbogdanov on July 8, 2008, at 6:44:51
I have been on Lamictal for several weeks at 50 mgs.
I have tried to go up but get agitated and cannot sleep. The problem I am having though is that my heartbeat feels labored, especially when I am lying down or when I get up from a reclining position. At that point my heart just pounds, not particularly fast but hard. It seems to be pounding harder than normal, again not particularly quickly. I have had a hard time to describe it to my pdoc but he is certain that it isn't Lamictal because it's not a typical side effect. They think I should 'work it out' in therapy citing some well reasoned notion that my body has learned to react to meds and I have to 'unlearn' it (sounds a little nuts to me but I'm trying to be open-minded and not over-react.) I have been very med-sensitive in the past and there is arguement as to whether I am bipolar. I am terrified and am not sure what to do. I have had some reasonably good response to the Lamictal but now the anxiety is creeping in and I am concerned about heartbeat stuff. Any thoughts?? They did send me for an EKG but that is a 30 second reading and can't tell one much. Does anyone think this is a metabolism issue?
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