![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 3 of 3. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by bi.polerate on September 2, 2008, at 14:28:18
on....
PARNATE with LAMICTAL -- PARNATE has been only MAOI to WORK for me... (emsam and nardil did nothing).....BUT.... RECENTLY ive been feeling like the LAMICTAL has been bringin me DOWN.....
anyone else feel this way... OR have i just got it in my head (no pun) that the LAMICTAL is to blame......
note: effect.... confusion.... lethargy.... low-grade dep.
Posted by Quintal on September 2, 2008, at 18:03:37
In reply to PARNATE with LAMICTAL, posted by bi.polerate on September 2, 2008, at 14:28:18
Parnate + Lamictal was one of the best cocktails for me! I can't really say what might be happening in your case, but I wonder how long you've been on each med? Did you start Lamictal or Parnate first and which have you been taking the longest?
Lamictal tends to have a mild antidepressant effect and it is sometimes used to augment antidepressants, so it would be unusual for it to start causing depression. It could be just one of the natural fluctuations in your illness, in which case it should pass if you keep taking the meds. It can be a mistake to want to quit the meds when you start feeling unwell after taking them for a while. My mental health team keep suggesting I go off my meds 'and see what you're like without any medication at all' every time I have a depressive episode. It's taken quite a bit of willpower to resist this advice, but years of experience with this illness have taught me the best thing is to keep on going whenever I'm going through a bad patch. It's all part of life.
Sometimes Parnate makes people feel worse, especially in the beginning. How much are you taking of each? Also, is the Lamictal prescribed for a bipolar disorder? Bipolars often fear that mood stabilizers will lower or flatten their mood. I haven't found this with Lamictal, but with lithium I felt slowed down and flat, as if it had put a cap on the level of excitement I could reach.
Q
Posted by bi.polerate on September 3, 2008, at 8:21:02
In reply to Re: PARNATE with LAMICTAL » bi.polerate, posted by Quintal on September 2, 2008, at 18:03:37
>> Parnate + Lamictal was one of the best cocktails for me! I >> can't really say what might be happening in your case.......
as I think about it.... it MAY be EXTERNAL forces, pushing me a bit " down " ..... OR perhaps I am in a LOW point of a cycle....
EXTERNAL forces at the moment are STRESS & ANXIETY in a few areas of my life....> >
>
> > Also, is the Lamictal prescribed for a bipolar disorder?YES.... for an "atypical" BP disorder (as my doc calls it)
been on Lamictal for bout 2 years... (300mg) now.... took Nardil for a year or so.... made me worse.... EMSAM worked for a month or two, then bottomed out....Now been on PARNATE for 6 months or so.... and IT WORKS....
(thanks G*D).....I think my LAMICATAL plasma levels were fluctuating (from missed doses, off-timing etc).... Gonna go back to the "regimen" my doc laid out and see how it goes...
BTW: MANY THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT......
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Medication | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.