Posted by europerep on March 9, 2010, at 14:50:05
hey there..
as the latest attempt to combat my TRD the professor at the university clinic prescribed me lamotrigine.. hm, it's what I suggested to my original doc (at the same clinic) already two months ago, but ok..
I received a "starter box", which contains 42 tablets 25mg each.. it says I am supposed to take 25mg for two weeks, then 50mg for two weeks, and then maybe go higher, BUT the instructions inside the box says this is ONLY (it's highlighted like that in the text) for those who start lamotrigine while taking nothing else.. for those who add lamotrigine to other medications there is no starter box..
what does this mean? can I actually increase the amount of pills I take before two weeks have passed? because, in fact, if I have to wait another two months before even getting near a therapeutic dose, I am not going to start this.. I intended to finally propose the buprenorphine option to someone, but I decided to not even try it when my suggestion of phenelzine already earned me a "but we don't use it anymore since 20 years ago!" .. right.. why is still being sold then? maybe I should just steal a block of blank prescriptions and prescribe it to myself, I mean this can't be true.. and I don't even get it, so many modern medications mention "isolated cases of death" as adverse effects as well, only with MAOIs it is known what it is caused by..and what's with the all the people who don't have the possibility to research their diseases on the net etc., in order to put such nonsense into perspective?..
I'm sorry, I am just very disappointed right now.. if someone who has added lamotrigine to venlafaxine, an SNRI, or also an SSRI could tell me how he/she did it, that would be very appreciated! thanks a lot! byebye..
poster:europerep
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