tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post4945279965280477404..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Trick Question: Lamictal for Bipolar DepressionJohn McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-58967675227133861192012-03-03T15:50:09.605-08:002012-03-03T15:50:09.605-08:00Lamictal is not a good drug for everyone. The side...Lamictal is not a good drug for everyone. The side effects out way the good. I went to the hospital yesterday with my throat closed and my tongue swollen. Come to find out if your allergic to sulfa you should not take this drug. Why do they have you fill out those papers if they don't look at them. I'm really mad. Lamictal can cause insomnia and they gave me a pill to sleep. Does this MRosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465240080157742741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-89957495959018607822011-11-13T09:06:55.923-08:002011-11-13T09:06:55.923-08:00Hey, Sue. Lamictal is a miracle med for a good man...Hey, Sue. Lamictal is a miracle med for a good many people with bipolar depression, even if the studies do not bear this out. But you need to give the med a chance to work. For safety reasons, it takes six weeks for docs to prescribe full-strength doses. And it will take about three or four weeks before you start noticing any change.<br /><br />Unless there are extreme side effects, do not quit John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-76000201623350568412011-11-13T08:25:48.772-08:002011-11-13T08:25:48.772-08:00Can someone please, please help me? I am really fe...Can someone please, please help me? I am really feeling depressed and extremely hopeless. I recently stopped lithium and started on Lamictal for my Bipolar/Depression. Well, I could care less about life & feel as if it was not for me having to raise my gorgeous son, I would give up on life completely. I started feeling this way about a week into taking Lamictal. I really would love to hear Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-80646544614920846502011-08-15T13:38:24.961-07:002011-08-15T13:38:24.961-07:00This is strange, updating myself. I never got to f...This is strange, updating myself. I never got to find out if Lamictal worked or not. I was having so much trouble with mixed moods that my pdoc added Geodon which promptly turned around and ate my brain. I was terrified all the time, I could barely speak two slightly coherant sentences and I could not write at all. I was a BIG emergency in my pdocs office. She spent over an hour with me and I Lizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-82149481553173017662011-06-04T06:33:30.149-07:002011-06-04T06:33:30.149-07:00I was on 300mg of Seroquel and 300mg of Lamictal. ...I was on 300mg of Seroquel and 300mg of Lamictal. I find the Seroquel on its own works well but the combination is sedating and I spend most of the day popping Ritalin to wake up. I have always had a severe problem staying asleep so the Seroquel was amazing for that as well. The Amphetamine thing is funny because the Seroquel is stronger than them so I can still fall asleep.<br />The Lamicatl AndrewMunsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514835451220761367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-14745288387596231372010-03-20T21:22:00.330-07:002010-03-20T21:22:00.330-07:00I AM SO RELIEVED THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THE EXPERIEN...I AM SO RELIEVED THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF SPIRILING BACK INTO DEPRESSION AFTER A FEW INITIAL WEEKS OF FEELING WONDERFUL AFTER TAKING LAMICTAL. IT ALSO HAS GIVEN ME EXTREME TENSION, AND EVEN 2 SLEEPING PILLS AT NIGHT WILL ONLY KEEP ME ASLEEP FOR A FEW HOURS. SEEMS THAT I AM HAVING A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS DRUG.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-42956782961167657562010-02-17T17:04:55.448-08:002010-02-17T17:04:55.448-08:00After taking Lamictal now for a few months it seem...After taking Lamictal now for a few months it seems that for the first two or three weeks at each dose, i improve and then sprial back down into a nearly suicidal depression and then my pdoc increases it again and i feel better again for a few more weeks.. I take seroquel at night and lamictal in the am. Am wondering if this is normal until we find the right dose or if this may be an indicator Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-90653812736658797352009-11-29T20:19:58.017-08:002009-11-29T20:19:58.017-08:00interesting that depression can be awakened by tak...interesting that depression can be awakened by taking a med. having a diagnosis of bp is giving me trouble managing my life. Being talented and loved and having wonderful support all of the time is, right now, too much for me to appreciate. so, after realising that it must be the increase of my lamictal that was making me very depressed i could kick myself for not seeing it sooner. i wouldn&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-30236324826157521832009-10-21T12:09:19.780-07:002009-10-21T12:09:19.780-07:00I cannot comment on severe depression with bipolar...I cannot comment on severe depression with bipolar but can share that a low dose of Seroquel has helped me to be in touch with reality. I had been on 150 mgs. of Lamictal and also Lithium Orotate plus supplements for a couple years before the Seroquel was added. Lithium Orotate can be ordered on-line and it doesn't have the side effects of Lithum Carbonate. The Orotate takes the Lithium Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-84328573737792747062009-07-29T14:47:00.736-07:002009-07-29T14:47:00.736-07:00Anonymous,
I have gone through a similar experien...Anonymous,<br /><br />I have gone through a similar experience as you. I was very depressed and put on lexapro. It seemed to lift my depression and then i became manic. I was put on lithium which i hated. and then on lamictal. at first it lifted me out of depression a little but then it just seemed to keep me from having ups but i was still depressed. I then added an antidepressant to the mix Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-86752787646344428552009-06-15T10:43:04.310-07:002009-06-15T10:43:04.310-07:00I have titrated from .25-.50 in 2 week intervals n...I have titrated from .25-.50 in 2 week intervals now on 100 mg, I feel less anxious,better concentration and hopefully my mood and depression will continue to improve only side effect is a little fatigue in the beginning, lamictal while maybe not perfect for everyone has been very good for me, no rash. I would encourage someone troubled with depression, anxiety and mood problems to listen to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574279901909682045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-45173231267574365062009-04-08T10:30:00.000-07:002009-04-08T10:30:00.000-07:00** Lamictal ( I spelled "Lactimal" above) - is the...** Lamictal ( I spelled "Lactimal" above) - is there a med for reversing letters ? I need one. Oh well - right letters, wrong order ... such is my brain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-32105054305951934632009-04-08T08:23:00.000-07:002009-04-08T08:23:00.000-07:00My very cautious pdoc is taking his careful time w...My very cautious pdoc is taking his careful time with assessment, but told me he is thinking of starting me on Lactimal. I like the idea that it is less likely, from what I glean, to cause weight gain (I have a battle with my weight and a past eating disorder) and that it can help with my migraine symptoms. <BR/><BR/>Lots of times I feel I don't need or want meds, but then I sit in a bone-suckingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-48761060089747079012009-04-06T11:50:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:50:00.000-07:00Hi, Anonymous. Meds work differently for everyone....Hi, Anonymous. Meds work differently for everyone. And we are all unique. So individual internet medical advice - besides being illegal - is dangerous.<BR/><BR/>As a general rule: A mood stabilizer is your backbone med if you have BP. A mood stabilizer works to get your cycle under control, and when that happens you are less likely to cycle into depression and (hypo)mania.<BR/><BR/>The good news:John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-29647957812834401742009-04-06T11:32:00.000-07:002009-04-06T11:32:00.000-07:00I am on 175 mg of lamictal and I just went on a sl...I am on 175 mg of lamictal and I just went on a slow taper off of Lexapro. I have been on SSRI's since I experienced my first major depression at 20. Around 30 I was told I was bipolar (I was in a hypomanic state. I blew the guy off) Many years and cycles later I saw the light when my brother was diagnosed with bipolar I. My husband could not afford my spending sprees. I went to the Psych. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-87404873380765731282009-03-26T09:59:00.000-07:002009-03-26T09:59:00.000-07:00Hi, Lizabeth. I think it's safe to believe your pd...Hi, Lizabeth. I think it's safe to believe your pdoc on the value of Lamictal. Clinical wisdom and patient results trump any study data - I heard this from two different psychiatrists at a symposium on treating bipolar depression. I've also heard clinicians swear by Lamictal. Often, study data is incapable of verifying what people actually see with their own eyes.<BR/><BR/>And of course the John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-77793239513106766982009-03-26T08:39:00.000-07:002009-03-26T08:39:00.000-07:00Well, my pdoc has me slowly going on Lamictal(gene...Well, my pdoc has me slowly going on Lamictal(generic version) so I hope it does something. Both she and my tdoc say they have patients on it that are doing well.<BR/><BR/>The depression is nasty, mostly I am hoping getting my mood stabilized will help me crawl out of it. Then maybe the Lamictal will help me stay out of it. It is my third worst symptom, right after mixed states and anxiety--whichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com