Posted by JohnX2 on February 8, 2002, at 21:36:03
Fellow Lamictalians,Summary Question:
Has anyone else felt that Lamictal had SSRI like effects?
Background (Ok, I type too much):
Ok, I've started a brave move pushing my Lamictal
dose upwards from its long seated 150 mg. Target
goal is maybe 300 mg.I am bipolar II/I depending on who you ask when.
Anyways, I'm taking also 400 mg Topamax and 15 mg
Zyprexa. Lately I have had a bit of a crash coming
off of a binge hypomania from Klonopin tapering.
I still am left with residual psychomotor agitation
and a bit of dysphoric hypomania. So I thought I would
retry bumping the Lamictal dose as I already pushed
Zyprexa and Topamax.So I pushed Lamictal to 225 mg, and it is giving me
a bit of a headache and some loose stools. This is
what happened last time at 300 mg, but that time I
also had severe emotional numbing. This time I get minor headache/loose stools
at 225 mg but without the severe emotional numbing.
Also, I seem to be hitting paydirt on the psychomotor
agitation front. I feel a lot calmer. I walk slower.
I feel less hurried. I swing my golf club with a better
tempo. Kinda weird.My question is: the effects I am getting at these increased
doses are consistent with those I would expect if I had
added on Zoloft. Particularly the loose stools and the
alleviation of the psychomotor agitation. I have experienced
this before when taking Zoloft with Klonopin. When I
took Zoloft without Klonopin I got really bad emotional
numbing and tension headaches. So I say Lamictal is somehow
nudgeing sertonin and Topamax is replacing Klonopin (this
was the intention during the tapering).
So, has anyone else felt that Lamictal had SSRI like effects?
Regards,
John
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