Posted by LUKA62 on March 20, 2003, at 2:07:22
In reply to lamictal questions, posted by sedona on March 19, 2003, at 1:11:11
> Hello again-I have been taking Prozac and Wellbutrin for over a year and feel that they have increased my mood swings and made me extremely irritable. I am pretty sure that I need a mood stabilizer. Depakote has been suggested but since I have already gained so much weight from Prozac I am scared to try it. I know that Lamictal is supposed to be great for bipolar depression and as an adjunct to other mood stabilizers, but has anyone had success using it as their only stabilizer, either with or without another antidepressant? thanks
>>>I have had success with Lamictal as only mood stabilizer....it had been started in conjuction with Neurontin(which I thought was no good for me at all), I wanted to see if it would be sufficient with only Nardil for depression and trazadone for sleep. It is. (When I was put on Depakote about 7 yrs ago [pre-Lamictal] I gained a LOT of weight, like 60lbs. I went off of it because of that, fortunately I lost all of that weight.)
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