Posted by theo on October 7, 2004, at 7:36:26
In reply to Re: Survey - Lamictal, memantine, neurontin » SLS, posted by Emme on October 6, 2004, at 14:48:17
I'm obssessing about this this topic. Right now, I'm on 750mg Keppra and 125mg of Lamictal.
The Keppra seems to have it's place but is also easy to start and stop which is good. Since I started Lamictal, my sleep has been light and full of negative anxiety. I don't know why but a lot of people have this with Lamictal.
Anyway, I've never been prescribed a med, meaning in 1991 I asked my doctor if I could try one, and Zoloft was new so he gave me that. Ever since, I've been on this magic pill search and been all over the board with meds.
I've taken Keppra alone before but not Lamictal. I'm thinking about stopping the Keppra just to get a true read on Lamictal. If it's not overwhelming, I'm going to cross taper off the Lamictal with a low dose of Keppra and then stop the Keppra and see where I am.
I think most of my problems were alcohol related in the past and since I've been sober now for 1 1/2 years, I would like to know where I really am, and if I need to, go back on something.
I've had my general doc who's known me for 20 years think it's a great idea to stop and see where I am, then there's my pdoc who I've only seen for 6 months that thinks it's a horrible idea to stop. Now I doubt myself instead of going with my gut feeling. You hear about people feeling good and stopping their meds which could be a mistake, but I want to stop because I DON'T feel that great.
It's really plain old addictive, dependent behavior getting the best of me.
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