Posted by Angielala on February 9, 2004, at 10:24:02
In reply to Lamictal experience, posted by lauram on February 5, 2004, at 19:24:05
Thank you SO much for sharing. Last night was my first night taking Lamictal. I was on Depakote before, but because I'm like you, with more depression than mania, my pdoc wants to see if it's AD will help me too. I'm doing the same thing- increasing every two weeks, until I reach 100mg, and then my pdoc said he'd up it to 150mg. Now I dont' feel so alone, I kept reading bad thing about Lamictal.... thank you for calming me :)
> I've been reading quite a bit about the anxiety/irritation that some are experiencing with Lamictal. I thought I might share my experience as well. I've been slowly increasing my dose by 25 mg every two weeks per my Pdoc, with a target dose of 150 mg. I am finally there.
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> I did notice with each dose increase quite a bit of anxiety and irritation, for about three to four days. This would then subside and I would feel much calmer. This happened like clockwork.
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> My job is quite stressful and I would find myself less able to handle the pressure on the days after we increased the dose. I then would settle down and be able to handle the stress once more.
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> I am Bipolar with a tendency more towards depression. My Pdoc would like to see if the AD effect will work as well as it's stabilizer effect. I know this med is intolerable to some, but I'd thought I share my experience to encourage some of you to hang in there through the anxiety to see if it goes away.
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