Posted by Hattree on October 14, 2001, at 19:23:00
In reply to Can Lamictal make you worse?, posted by Cindylou on October 14, 2001, at 17:10:54
In my experience, anything that supposed to make you feel better can make you feel worse.
But with PMS, going off an SSRI and starting a mood stabilizer and a stimulant, I don't know how you would know what to blame. Either the Provigil or the Lamictal could make you edgy.
If it were me I'd drop them both, wait a few days, and then start one at a time. Or lose the Provigil. Lamictal might be activating enough by itself after awhile.
Hope you feel better tomorrow.
> Well, I finally started my Lamictal trial. I started at a very low dose -- 12.5 mg. I've only taken it for three days. But I have been extremely volatile -- very irritable, angry, short-tempered.
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> It is PMS, and I'm not on an SSRI for the first month in a long time, so I don't know if PMS could be the cause. It feels too severe for PMS, but who knows?
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> In addition to the Lamictal, my pdoc suggested taking 50 mg of Provigil for energy, since I had been so fatigued. It seemed to help with the energy for a couple days.
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> But today is a different story. Today, I have gone beyond anger and irritability, and I am more depressed than I have been in ages. All I want to do is cry, but I can't even do that because I need to be somewhat together in front of my 2-year-old.
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> To recap, I've been on 12.5 mg Lamictal + 50 mg. Provigil for three days. So ... am I getting worse before I get better? Is it a "good" sign that I am at least "feeling" now, and not a fatigued zombie? That's one thing I can say, the fatigue is not so intense now.
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> Does anyone know if low doses of Lamictal could bring on this kind if anger/depression? I'm wondering if things will get worse or better when I increase up to 25 mg. I don't want to quit yet ANOTHER med.
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> Sorry to bug everyone with this. It was either you or my pdoc, and since it's Sunday, you guys are the lucky ones. I hate bothering my pdoc so much as it is.
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> Thanks in advance for your help.
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> cindy
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