Posted by alchemy on September 4, 2009, at 17:54:19
In reply to Re: Saw pdoc today raising Lamitcal?? and more » bleauberry, posted by cactus on September 4, 2009, at 5:07:39
> "I have always reacted very badly to SSRI/SNRI's especially when I have to stop them, so basically I'm terrified to take it."
----- Why does your dr think you should take them again? Did they make you cycle up & down? It is common to use an ssri with a mood stabiizer. But if it was completely hell, I'm not sure what he is thinking.
> "Things are getting worse with lamictal and he wants me up to 150mg in 2 weeks."
----- Is it both the depression & the irritability? If it is just the irritability, maybe adding a benzo for a while might help. If the depression is getting worse, I don't know why he would increase it. I had some agitation when starting Lamictal, but I'm ok now. When I started it I looked for some positive stories on this board:
- Quintal 4/3/08: "I was taking it for about 2-3 months before I noticed the full effect...I had been taking Klonopin prior to Lamictal, and think it may have been masking some of the Lamictal side effects like irritability and insommnia. Maybe a small doese of something like Valium might help with the irritability in the short term, at least until you reach the right dose."
- Colin Wallace 6/3/03: "Titrating can be difficult at first, wit many experiencing a degree of irritability which can be managed by taking smaller increments."
- Barbaracat 8/31/03: "I got a little agitation with each weekly 12.5 increase, but had been through that before & knew it passed."---- But if SSRI/SNRIs and Lamictal make you more depressed...in my opinion, that makes no sense.
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