Posted by Zo on June 5, 2002, at 23:43:54
In reply to Re: Lamotragine - V. Worried - Further Symptoms » Ritch, posted by sweetmarie on June 5, 2002, at 5:22:13
Anna,I just had to reduce my Lamictal dose because of The Lamictal Headache. . .and this was ten months into treatment, with no other change in the program. Maybe I got better?
I went from 250mg. (which, when added to my other meds, totally vanished my lifelong depression) to 225mg and then 200mg within a week's time. . .and kinda crashed. If a vegetable can be said to crash. Depression lurked.
But then it evened out! Sooo. . .maybe hang in, maybe really tweak the Lamictal, I mean, shave it by milligrams! It looks like my dose is now somewhere around 212mg. I get 25mg pills, in addition to the 100s, to slice more accurately.
BTW, too much Lamictal is, for me, really awful - besides The Headache (and you're right, it's sort of migrainey but not, and Imitrex didn't touch it) my head felt *packed* with static, I got dizzy. . .stumbled and sprained my foot.
I understand, if one is in trouble, but it's usually best not to increase two meds at once. . .else how can one measure the effect. But you knew that.Here's another synchronous thing: when my Lamictal level fell a little too low, not only did my sleep suddenly fall apart - and it had been sooo good - I got Very Worried about the Long Term. . ! Those thoughts themselves were a result of the dip in blood levels; although one does worry, this Very Worried had a particular feel to it. . and has retreated again as I've pushed the Lamictal molecules back up. When my dose is right, I don't worry about the longterm - even though my prognosis is in reality not terrific. . .but you know what, it was the addition of Provigil that, come to think of it, really put me in the Now. I mean, The Now!
So I wish you luck, you have every reason to be optomistic, mine was a "hopeless case". . .keep us posted!
Zo
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