Posted by Christ_empowered on January 11, 2012, at 20:07:52
I dropped lamictal a while ago. I'm going to guess 2-3 weeks. I feel a bit more melancholy, but I'm not "depressed" or anything. I kind of like this feeling...I feel more "awake," somehow.
Anyway, I told my counselor. That little tidbit of info was the topic of discussion for the bulk of our session (I don't have a whole lot going on in my life right now, anyway). I saw my doc at the checkout/payment/appointment counter and told her. Surprisingly, she knew what meds I was on--without having her notes in front of her (!). I stammered at first when talking to her, because I realized it was kind of ridiculous to just expect her to know my medication combo right off the bat. She did know it, I told her that I had been feeling agitated and had dropped the Lamictal, and she said just stick with the Abilify. No drama, no fuss.
I am up to 30 on the Abilify. I am *so* scared of tardive everything (dysphrenia, dementia, akathisia, dyskinesia...), but 30 works so well. Its not so much that I feel calmed down, although that's certainly part of it. Its more like at 30 my thoughts seem clearer and I don't freak out as much. I'm taking plenty of antioxidants to try to prevent the development of tardive syndromes, so hopefully that'll work.
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