Posted by oceansun on October 15, 2014, at 0:12:16
In reply to Re: 600 mg Lamictal for depression + anxiety?, posted by Christ_empowered on October 13, 2014, at 15:42:42
I'll see how raising the Lamictal goes, but I think adding Trileptal is a great idea. Hopefully it will help with anxiety, I heard it does, along with depression. Next on my list is gabapentin, but I really can't handle the weight gain. I tried it a few times as needed and it knocked me out flat!
> I dunno...I'm not a doc, but...couldn't you just add something? I take 1200/Trileptal and 100/Lamictal on top of 30 Abilify for...something, lol (diagnosis changes, or seems to, depending on the shrink).
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> Anyway, I was just thinking that instead of ramping the Lamictal dose up and up, you could add something to deal with your current problem(s). Even an additional anticonvulsant may not be that big a deal (although I would def. stay away from harsher AEDs like Depakote and Tegretol).
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> I also take low-dose, PRN neurontin. Do you think gabapentin might help you? Lyrica? That's a fairly tolerable, quick fix. Probably better than a BZD.
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> Good luck!
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