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Re: LAMICTAL-END OF MY ROPE-PLEASE HELP

Posted by Peter on December 28, 2002, at 13:53:02

In reply to Re: LAMICTAL-END OF MY ROPE-PLEASE HELP, posted by polarbear206 on December 28, 2002, at 8:56:09

> Peter,
>
> Lamictal has been a wonder drug for my cyclothymia. It got better the higher the dose and backing off of the a/d's. I did however have some short lived mixed states as I titrated higher doses. This does subside. You have to be very patient with this drug!! It's been worth the wait for me.
>
> Laura
>But these mixed states are very extreme, and what makes them worse is the heightened social phobia I'm experiencing. I can't leave my apartement; my girlfriend is returning with her dad and brother and I'm so nervous I feel like throwing up! I've been going out with her for almost 4 years! It's completely irrational, but, hey, I feel it anyway. My levels of antisocialness and dysphoria are intense. I'm down to 25mg zoloft, decreasing from now every 4 days by 12.5 until I'm off of it. But pdoc told me to stay on 50mg lamictal, which I've been taking for weeks-and it's taken me over 3 months to get up to 50mg! I realize you have to be patient, but how patient?
Does the lamictal have any benefits for social phobia to the levels that an SSRI does? Is lamictal seratonergic? Does it deal with dopamine? I just have no improvement at all in any of my target symptom areas from this med.
Peter


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