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> > > Does anyone have any information/opinions on the use of Lamictal for
> > > depression or bipolar disorder? Has anyone tried it?
> > > -Elizabeth
> > Yes on it about a month on dose125mg 50 am 75 pm if I take it all
> > at night does not work...starting to work first drug in 10 years
> > some success and rather benign side effects..very hopeful
> Elizabeth,
> Did you titrate (start at a low dose and go up) the initial doses to
> prevent the reported skin rashes? Also, how about weight gain? Have you
> experienced any, and/or is that one of the side effects? -rjr-
> --
> "Bi-Polar illness is...
> lonely and incessantly tormenting, as it
> eats away at the very fabric of who you are."
> -RJC-
I started out on low doses of lamictal and effexor. I am bipolar and a
very rapid cycle and am resistive to most {*filter*} the{*filter*}combination
held me in check for four months. during the last three months I had my
meds increase to 600 lamital and 225 effexor.
I don't know what is instore for me now. my doc is a psychiatrist how I
can call anytime for help. we even use a psycopharmecologist to help
but the change in meds doesn't last long for me.
when my meds fail all i think about is suicide. i tried to do it five
years ago but was found unconscious within an hour of taking the
overdose.
yes i've had weight gain and like others the dry mouth syndrom.
Lamictal