Posted by BaxterMckay on August 25, 2003, at 15:56:29
In reply to Re: Lamictal Anxiety /sleep problems--does it go a » HenryO, posted by BarbaraCat on August 25, 2003, at 12:10:45
My therapist kept telling me that it was all in my head as a I progressivly had more and more panic attacks and nervous crawling while ramping up 25mg per week until I was 100mg. I kept saying to myself that they know what's best. Finally, I decided that maybe I needed to do something different and go off the Lamictal just to find out if that was the problem. I ramped down to 50mg ( 25mg 12 hours apart ) for a day and then tried to stop completely.( big mistake! ) I felt so depressed I couldn't hardly move. I've never had depression like that in my life before, ever. I went back up to 50mg ( 25mg 12 hours apart ) and haven't had panic or depression since I did that. That was really fun. I think I will stay at this dose for a while and see how things go. With hindsight I should have insisted on a much lower ramping schedule and dosage when I first started having trouble.
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