Posted by heatherann on October 30, 2005, at 9:56:02
In reply to Re: lamictal withdrawal, posted by catmint on October 30, 2005, at 0:11:25
So far only one person has identified the same withdrawal symptoms from Lamictal that I described. Anyone with ideas about allergies to meds please pipe in.
I'm posting the following to connect with Catmint - hoping I will catch up with her here or on another board:
Hi Catmint (we grow that here :)
You are not alone and you won't always feel this way. Everything really does pass. Things will get better if you want them too. I promise.
I identify with everything you said. I know about alcohol dependency and there is nothing worse - nothing - than drinking anyway even when I didn't want to anymore - when I didn't want to drink but I had to. I couldn't live. Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life - gave me a choice about whether I pick up a drink or not everyday. I've been sober 14 years.
I want to have a baby and its tearing me up and I don't want to accept that it may not be possible -I can't take it and denial can be a scary thing because its making me defiant - which can lead to recklessly trying to 'do it on my own' which can lead to sickness and drinking - which will lead to death - or wishing i was dead which is not the way i want to live. I'm trying to go about this responsibly...reading your post really helped my perspective. Thanks.
Meet me on the substance abuse board, or email me if you want to talk about drinking or AA or whatever. Where do people talk about having babies? thats a real heavy issue for me.
Take it easy. Love, Heather
> I quit Lamictal cold turkey after 2 and a half years on it and had none of those symptoms.
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> I am completely depressed and alcohol dependent, yet again, I've been like that before, even while on the Lam.
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> I going to the Psychology board to get some advice, because I'm sick and tired of this.
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> I thought Lamictal was it for me, why did I stop taking it, well I wanted to eventually get well on my OWN!!!! I want to feel like I can have a baby and I can' t do that on any kind of meds, so I guess I'll get through this,
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> Maybe it's like cigarrettes. Who know, I am sick and tired of a chemical induced "happiness" or whatever. I have'nt been happy in 14 years. And that is about 1/2 my life. I know I was happy before.
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> Every day there is some irritating depression that I feel.
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> I was going to the Psych board.
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> Here goes.
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