Posted by Emme on September 26, 2003, at 21:52:51
In reply to Re: Lamictal making me tired?, posted by SLS on September 26, 2003, at 8:56:40
> > > > Hi All,
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> > > > I've generally found Lamictal stimulating. I just reached 300 mg. I am very tired and sluggish and unmotivated.
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> > > Zonegran can do that. Are you still taking it?
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> > > - Scott
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> > Hi Scott,
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> > No. I negelcted to follow up with my Zonegran experience. I've been too out of it. The stuff darn near put me in the hospital (100 mg). At first it knocked me out for a day, then my depression worsened and I got almost no sleep for two nights, and I was just a wretched mess with a worried doctor. I'd tried lower doses before that, and didn't think much of it either way, though I'm sure it didn't give me an antidepressant effect!
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> > Anyway, Zonegran's out of my system. I was just left with 275 - and now up to 300 mg Lamictal, a little clonazepam, and a dash of atenolol. But I'not as energized as I thought I'd be at this dose of Lamictal. I seem tired. For now I'm going to just use clonazepam as really needed. And Lamictal's not cutting it alone for antidepressant effect as I hoped it would. The strategy now is to spot treat the depression with selegiline.
> > Long answer to short question.
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> > I forget what happened with you and zonegran...(bad memory here).
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> > Emme
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> I began to experience intense itching after three weeks at 200mg. My doctor wanted me to stop it because he thought it might be an allergic reaction. It turns out that Effexor was the culprit, but he didn't think I experienced anything promising enough on Zonegran to continue with it. I just started taking a small amount of Remeron at night in the hopes that it will provide an antidepressant response.
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> - ScottI assume you ditched the Effexor? I have a friend who itches from Seroquel but does well on it otherwise. Her doc prescribed some sort of antihistimine - I can't recall the name - that has the benefit of also being calming. So far so good.
What else are you taking?
Good luck with the Remeron. I liked it overall. It took about 8 weeks for it to really kick in for me - YMMV. Once it did, it bought me several months of good response with minimum side effects - as well as good sleep.
The only thing I didn't like about it was the porkogenic effect. As you know, everyone moans about it. I did keep the weight gain to a minimum - it is possible. I cut my calorie intake a lot and was exercising a lot. (Once I went off it I started eating more and lost the weight I'd gained on it.)
Emme
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