Posted by iforgotmypassword on October 17, 2006, at 21:32:48
In reply to Re: Lamictal, dang it, dang it, dang it! » Phillipa, posted by wacky on October 16, 2006, at 11:49:28
augh! best of luck. :(
do you have to stop lamotrigine forever if this happens? can you ever give it a break for a month or two and start again?
maybe you could look at this as an opportunity to give another med a try! how about memantine (prolly low-dose like 20mg, higher if you don't get any cog. s/e), have you tried that? NDMA receptor anatgonism sort of approaches a lamotrigine effect and goal. some say that how the resultantly attenuated glutamate release causes less NDMA receptor activation is HOW lamotrigine has such positive effects, and its mineral ion channel effects just give acts as a built in MOOD STABILIZER AUGMENTER, essentially potentiating the postive anti-gluatamate effects! (i sorta hypothesized the last two bits.)
i sorta worry that i will get this. i throttled to my current dose of lamotrigine to 100mg in literally the last few days! yes i am crazy and pretty much asking for it, i know. i am just so impatient over really losing my life.
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