Posted by lucyfly on July 28, 2008, at 12:25:03
Hi everyone,
I've seen multiple posts on this and it's nice to hearing other peoples stories. I thought I'd share mine because it game me comfort to hear. I believe I was misdiagnosed last November when I was told I was bipolar. I was going through a rough time in my life and the doctor talked to me for a an hour and suggested Lamictal.
I tried it. Started on 25mgs and went up slowly. I noticed I started having anxiety issues, just freaking out and being afraid of death and all sorts of other stuff I've never contemplated much before. I got up to 100mgs and told my Dr. I was getting anxious. He said I sounded depressed and wanted to bring me up to 150mg and maybe a few other things.
I got the prescription but in my heart I said this isn't going to help. I started weaning myself off of it because he didn't seem to listen to my needs.
I went from 100mg to 50mg for a week. Then to 25mg and I have been on that for 3 weeks now. The anxiety has gotten terrible. But I've managed to deal with it with a therapist. My therapist tells me that I have no sign of bipolarism.
I went to my Dr. and he said I weaned off just fine. He said there weren't many withdrawals. Because I didn't trust him I went to another Dr. he said that I should stay on this low dose for a little while so that way getting off of Lamictal completely won't be as dramatic.
Since last week I have had major anxiety. Debilitating and scary. I've also been very dizzy. As the week has gone on my anxiety has gotten better, but it still exists. I'm wondering how long this may last. I'm dealing with it in other ways, but living like this is exhausting and frankly scary. I just want to know how long it may last.
Sorry so long. I wanted to be detailed because I know going through this I wanted some comfort that I wasn't going crazy and there is hope.Thanks,
lucyfly
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