Posted by Vincent_QC on January 7, 2010, at 16:28:09
Just wanted to know if someone see any improve of their anxiety problems on the Lamictal.
It's a kind of last ressort med for me, since I try almost everything to stop my anxiety.
Since more than 6 month, i'm living on a constant panic disorder state, with 5 to 10 panic attacks a day, some trigger (drive my car, going out of the house alone, shopping center) and some panic not trigger (when I watch TV, in the shower...).
Living in that constant panic mood almost kill me. I have no energy, i'm hypervigileant about my body sensations, especially the blood pressure, pulse rate and head pain.
Also, I start again having cluster headache (one side of the head near the temple, sometimes 2 side at the same time) and I have also a big JAW pain, I can'T chew a gum anymore... Will have a MRI test done soon...
Anyway, I wake up in the morning with no pain in the head... and usually the pain start in the morning, increase in the afternoon and when I go out of the house in the evening, the pain reach a level of no return, I mean that it's very painfull and sometimes I feel just like I will be sick because of it or do a seizure...
That's why I ask about the Lamictal, I read it was good for this type of headache... but I also read that the Lamictal have some nasty side-effects...
Also, just to let you know, i'm currently on 8 mg day of Rivotril... I try to take only 1 mg pill with a gaps of 2, 2:30 hours between each dose at daytime...
I try to return on the Paxil one month ago but was not able to deal with the increase anxiety. I had to cut the 10mg pill in 4 pieces and even at 2,5mg day, I was feeling like I was on speed!!!
This week I try the Lexapro... I had the same kind of reaction with a low dose of 2.5 mg!!! In fact it was worse than the Paxil...
I have a high level of anticipatory anxiety, but the side-effects I had when I try again those meds (Paxil and Lexapro) was not from my imagination, it was real!!! Increase anxiety, increase sweating, racing heart, worse headache, more panic attacks, sensibility to the light, stronger head pain, unable to stay sit and have to move all the time...
Strangely, last summer I was on 20mg of Paxil, was in the same kind of high anxiety state and was able to start it at 10mg with no problem!!! I just had a lot of sedation and a major weight gain with the Paxil... I stop it because of the weiht gain... what a mistake!!!
So any goods comments or story about the Lamictal will be appreciate...
Thanks to all
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