Posted by SLS on July 10, 2010, at 4:32:40
In reply to Re: Short Term Memory Loss - A symptom or inherent? » SLS, posted by cycling on July 10, 2010, at 0:07:52
> Yah I'm up to 400mg lamictal. I'm getting down of this sh*t. It didn't really do anything for my cycling random thoughts. It made me feel better, but I noticed that at around 100mg.
I recently reduced my dosage of Lamictal from 200mg to 100mg for precisely this reason. I recovered a great deal of my memory and cognitive function and retained the antidepressant benefits. I don't know if this would be true of rapid cycling, though. I think it is worth investigating a dosage reduction before abandoning Lamictal altogether. Just be sure to taper gradually or you will be likely to experience a dosage-reduction rebound depressive reaction. Such a reaction is not necessarily an indication of an inefficacy of the lower dosage.
Good luck.
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