Posted by Vincent_QC on June 13, 2013, at 18:48:25
In reply to Re: New PDoc RX Lamictal for severe anxiety... » Vincent_QC, posted by ihatedrugs on June 13, 2013, at 15:26:04
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> My brother suffers from panic attacks and severe anxiety as well as depression. My diagnosis is MDD and GAD, although anxiety for me wasn't as big an issue as depression. I'm sorry you have to start a new med fearing its side effects due to your heart condition. Hopefully it will be a Godsend for you. Perhaps you could call the dr. who treated you and ask him if he could look into the correlation of heart problems and Lamictal further. Drs. have access to all kinds of peer-reviewed literature. Your starting dose is also tiny in comparison to what is normally recommended but given your situation is a good thing to be cautious. I truly wish you the best of luck.Hey thanks for your answer, you're a nice person!!!
I'm glad it's working well for your brother! You stop the lamictal no?
When the PDoc write the script to me in his office I ask him directly the question, I ask about the side effects on the heart and he answer that he never heard of heart related side effects... I know that PDoc have access to a lot of literature about all the meds, here in the Canada they have a big book call CPS, it's listing all the meds and all the side effects and interractions for each med... I have to trust him and try it...
It's not just about the fear of heart related side effects, it's because since 2010 I'm really med sensitive and no Doc know why my brain and body react like that... Like I was saying, I was used to take huge dose of meds, sometimes 4 meds at the same time and didn't had sensitivity to meds... I remember a cocktail of 40 mg of lexapro + 300 mg of Wellbutrin cause the lexapro was making me feel soooo tired and was also on low dose of seroquel for the insomnia and 20 mg of Ritalin to have more energy and was a heavy coffee drinker at the time with around 8 cups a day... Wasn't more anxious, never had heart palpitations or tachycardia, no dizziness or low blood pressure... But all those meds did nothing for my social anxiety... Lexapro alone in high dose was perhaps the worse ssri I was put on and never did anything to help my anxiety... Only the Paxil help me... And the Nardil help also but had orthostaric hypotension even with some florinef so I didn't stay on it more than 4 months... But overall the Paxil 20 mg and even 15 mg was enough for me to stop all the panic attacks and other inappropriate fears and phobia...
The lamictal dose the PDoc RX is 12.5 mg every 2 days the first week and up to 12.5 mg each day and after 25 mg day and 50 mg... It's low dose but he know I'm med sensitive... And just to play more safe, I will start even lower...and see what happen...
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