Posted by herpills on March 25, 2010, at 14:38:42
In reply to Re: Lamictal: Bipolar II dosing difficulties, posted by MistressJes on March 25, 2010, at 1:01:00
I would talk to pdoc about going back up on the lamictal before trying antidepressant. I am also BPII, and AD just causes cycling. I had very nice AD response on 100mg lamictal. Stayed at that dose for almost a year, then had bad hypomania that wouldn't stop so had to go up to 200mg. And yes it is a weird drug, seems like there is a wide variety of responses for people compared to other meds, also dosing is tricky.
herplls
> Man, what a weird drug. I'm still doing well on the 50mg dose, except for the occasional irritability and anxiety, but it's mild. If it means not cycling fast and loose like I was, I'll gladly take it. I see the pdoc on the 7th of April, so I'll let you all know what he does then, or if there are any changes. I think he's going to add a antidepressant. I hope that doesn't spark a whole new round of fun.
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