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Re: lamictal acute psychosis, the cause ? » yxibow

Posted by softheprairie on June 15, 2009, at 6:34:14

In reply to Re: lamictal acute psychosis, the cause ? » Jeroen, posted by yxibow on June 15, 2009, at 2:16:18

I'm thinking you meant correlation (such as things happening at around the same time, or one right after the other) is not the same as causation?
If so, I agree.


> > hi, i have read that, in schizo, you have low levels of glutamate, and lamictal blocks the glutamate so as a result you get a worsening of psychosis or acute psychosis
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> > is this true? can anyone tell me the damn truth lol
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> Possibly in writeups... but the case reports that I have seen in literature on the net and in journals of very short use of Lamictal that has led to psychosis all terminated with the removal of Lamictal.
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> I still say without prejudice that there are a number of other factors going on and that causation in this case is not causality.
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> (I know, I hate that term because I can definitely link up certain things -- tics and syndromes due to certain neuroleptics, but I've probably been sensitive to those my whole life until I started to need them [offlabel])
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> -- Jay
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