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Posted by n_shrimpie on December 30, 2011, at 21:08:13
I'd been on lamictal for 6 months. At first it worked extraordinarily well as an antideppressant and for my mild bipolar. After about 6 months, it stopped working completely, so i stopped taking it and started feeling better for 3 mos then i needed to restart it. It worked for a while, then stopped again, but i stayed on it because going off it, even for a day, sent me into the abyss. if i don't take it for 2 days, i'm miserable, but when i restart, it works for 2 days then stops again. I think I get desensitized to it.
I added 20 mg of prozac on 10/27, and after a month i was unable to have sex and it wasn't working, so i stopped. Oddly enough, after a week off of it I started feeling much better. My cognitive faculties and sex drive returned, and my anhedonia dissipated for the first time in many months. This went on until 12/20, and then, in the course of one day, i went back to ground zero, so i restarted on 12/21, felt great on 12/23, then the anhedonia returned on 12/24. why did i feel the best when it was leaving my system? Did it take 5 weeks to start working even though i'd only taken it for 4? It worked when it was leaving my system and my blood levels decreased, so maybe i need less, like 10mg? i feel so hopeless, i cannot function, i can't work, I spend 7 hours a day in bed, i'm numb and I can't think clearly or read.
Posted by henryo on January 3, 2012, at 3:56:06
In reply to lamictal +prozac/prozac onset of action, posted by n_shrimpie on December 30, 2011, at 21:08:13
My advice? Scrap it- start over completely. Cocktails are guess work with way too many variables. Try something new. Keep looking. You will eventually find what works for you. This process sucks but keep at it. Just keep trying. The whole game is- to get the response you want without side effects you don't want. And you are the only one who knows the experience you are having. That is, the only person that gets to judge what is a good response and what is an unacceptable side effect is you. It all takes way too long and it is quite painful but just keep trying meds until you find the one that works for you. And do doctor shop, all doctors are not created equal.
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