Posted by Treehugger on July 24, 2008, at 12:17:21
In reply to Re: Lamictal - Strange heartbeat/Anxiety » SLS, posted by mjbogdanov on July 21, 2008, at 7:40:27
Hi - I started Lamictal 7 days ago, 12.5 mg per day (drug sensitive so going slow) I felt an initial postive response for a couple of days except for sleeping less & feeling a little agitation. Last night I had - I'll call it a panic attack, & took .5 Xanax which worked. It is fairly common for me to have periods of arrythmia, but it has gotten worse, & my hands were actually (left hand) trembling, fingers jerking, last night. Feeling agitated & a little manic a lot of the time, & butterflies (big ones) high in my stomach. I do not have a diagnosis of bipolar, just SAD & depression. My rapid cyling led me to want to try Lamictal thinking I might be bipolar 2 - I also take 1mg. Clonazepam & .25mg atenolol a day. So - I am concerned about upping dose which I was going to start tomorrow - 50mg, fearing the side effects will get worse. I would like to hang in there, but not sure I can. No sign of rash. I guess I am looking for some encouragement to continue, or advice if it sounds like this is not a good med for me. TH
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