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Posted by WhatsInAName on January 8, 2005, at 1:37:46
I feel Lamictal helps me in some way in terms of goal focusing and being active in life's daily works. But often times it makes me feel, or its mechanism of action, has me feeling like its strong block of emotional activity is causing an unwanted bottling of feelings rather than a letting extreme emotions flow out in their natural way, or channeling these feelings to their proper outlet. Anyone else find this with Lamictal?
Posted by theo on January 8, 2005, at 8:22:30
In reply to Lamictal causing more extreme feelings?, posted by WhatsInAName on January 8, 2005, at 1:37:46
I'm finally dropping my dose of Lamictal down to 25mg twice daily. This med is a miracle for some and I honestly stayed with it so long because I wanted it to work.
It did the same thing for me with emotions, to the point of feeling so bottled up and alone I got depressed. At first, it worked great. I went to a couple of job interviews and felt like taking on the world. It completely pooped out and now I just feel stupid and drugged (sluggish on it).
Also, whenever I go up in dose, I get flu like symptoms and me eyes feel dry and get bloodshoot. This med for me is not very friendly as far as adjusting the dose.
The best advice I can give about Lamictal is that if you feel good at a low dose, STICK WITH IT! My doc wanted to titrate to 150-200mg without stopping along the way and I wish I would have. I was feeling really good all the way up to 100mg, then went 125mg and had stomach upset (nausea) and felt like my brain was running in slow motion. When I dropped back down, the same results were not present.
I hear it's a great med, but for me, mood stablizers (except Keppra) in general seem to make me feel sickly and worn out with tunnel vision and lack of creativity and emotion.
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