Posted by katia on December 4, 2003, at 15:55:45
In reply to Re: Lamictal side effects + arsenic for anxiety, posted by fluffy on December 4, 2003, at 11:23:48
Hi Fluffsters!
Long time no hear! I've been here, but no one has posted anything really. Which has been a nice break - I've gotten a lot of other writing done! But great to hear from you.
I'm getting ready to up my levels to 175mg (once a day of Lam.). I'm taking 10g of fish oil a day and it seems to help some with the depression? It may have been the increase in Lam.? I'm down today and yesterday as it's been a week at 150mg now already - and it fades so quickly for me. Not to mention I've been drinking like a fish - well not quite bad as a fish, but I've had some nights of enough to give me a whooping hangover the next day. I'm having a hard time making another committment to stop. Maybe I shall go to one of those meetings...just feeling defeated, deflated, cynical, unmotivated - yes depression but it's also about self-esteem = depression! I pushed my pdoc appt. back to the 19th to see how I fare on fish oil and Lam. at 200mg (the therapeutic level). And the goal is to not drink anything. It's such a vicious cycle because I get depressed when I eliminate that and do it to get better then feel worse, but a different worse, more a numbing foggy headed just trying to get over the hangover feeling rather than the brute force of awareness. But I guess that says something, I"m not better if I'm depressed while in sobriety. The symptoms of depression are stark telling on their own. no masking.BTW, I've heard people taking more than 200mg and it doing something for them and only beyond that. If i'm not better by the 19th, I'll probably start Lithium. I'm so reluctant to do so b/c of the hypothyroid thing and weight gain. i've already gained almost twenty lbs. this year - my absolute limit.
Again, anyone out there know if hypothyroid starts when taking Lithium does it end when stopping Li?
Glad to hear you're well - apart from your kidney problems.
I wonder what happened to Barbara??!!
take care,
Katia
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