Posted by JackD on June 7, 2005, at 23:23:41
In reply to Lamictal and drink-booze, posted by lushkins on June 6, 2005, at 7:00:05
Hehehehehe... funny you should mention that... it's nice when someone else acknowledges some of the less talked about mysterious side effects of medications that you too have experienced. Lamictal also prevents me from getting stoned. I mean, when I used to smoke pot, not that I was a stoner, but I'm the kind of person that HAS to test out everything to find out more about meds, I would get twisted/manic/debilitated. Now I just get kinda high, but almost entirely functional.
I'm guessing it's the sodium channel blocking/other anti-manic/mood-stabilizing properties of Lamotrigine that effectively puts a cap on your brain's typical surge of pleasure chemicals and other heightened levels of neurotransmitters associated with recreational drug and alcohol usage.
Hey, this drug is meant to stabilize your moods; ie. block the highs = theoretically also prevent the accompanying lows. Guess it works, eh?
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