Posted by Tony P on May 16, 2009, at 14:50:55
In reply to Re: Lamictal/Lamotrigine tremor, posted by Jeroen on May 16, 2009, at 14:20:13
> lamictal is a dangerous drug for me, im not surprised you have tremors on this
It seems to me the last time I was on lamotrigine the tremors subsided after a while. I also worked up to a larger dose, 400 mg/day, which may (paradoxically) be a factor.
I'd blame it on my going cold turkey off my Remeron, except the tremors & anxiety started before I went off it altogether -- although I did cut my dose in half (with pdoc's approval) from 30 mg to 15.
I tried cutting my daily dose of lamotrigine from 200 to 150 mg. for a week or so, and noticed a small difference, especially when I went back up to 200 mg, but not really enough to make it worth while.
I'm getting very tired of this medication merry-go-round. There's little evidence that I suffer from major depression *except* in some highly stressful circumstances. Mild endogenous depression, yes; mild bipolar specrum (ultra-rapid cycling, "cyclothymia"); mild OCD; mild GAD and social phobia. So I'm thinking of suggesting to my pdoc that I go off everything for a while, except maybe the lamotrigine.
I was doing OK a couple of years ago on just the lamotrigine; it was just a lack of energy and anhedonia that started the current medication experiments, and I was taking large doses of non-prescribed OTC drugs at the time.
I'm hoping someone will post who's been on lamotrigine succssfully long-term; do the tremors eventually go away?
Tony
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