Posted by Emme_V2 on May 28, 2013, at 21:55:07
In reply to Re: Just trying to find the right meds for me, posted by diana1981 on May 27, 2013, at 18:31:49
> Thank you Dinah and Emme
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> The Lamictal had made me too drowsy to even stay on. Space cadet.
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> I am just so distraught over this situation. I don't want the anger fits but on the other hand I don't want the falling asleep mid day and jaw clenching and overeating.
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> Its very stressful.
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> DianaHi Diana,
How high was your dose of Lamictal when you had to give it up? I wonder if you were on a higher dose than you needed to be. I'm pretty sensitive to side effects, and the strategy that my doctors have sometimes taken is to use a couple of drugs that work in concert, avoiding side effects by keeping the doses on the low side.
Obviously being to drowsy to function is a problem. If you get some mood benefit from drugs that make you very sleepy, is your doctor willing to discuss adding a speck of something like provigil to counteract that?
Then of course there's double shots at Starbucks. ;)
I've been posting enthusiastically now and then about my experiences with minocycline. It's been very helpful for me over the past 9 months or so. It feels like a clean antidepressant and took effect pretty quickly. Studies are either in progress or have been completed on its use in bipolar depression.
Anyway, those are a few thoughts. Hang in there.
emme
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