Posted by Racer on September 3, 2005, at 12:43:09
Yesterday was my first day at 100mg, and last night I had some weird effects that I think are from it, so it's time to start asking about them...
First of all, anyone else have some constipation on it? [blushing] Flatulence?
Also, last night while I couldn't sleep, I also started getting a weird kind of effect that I usually get with high fevers: it's a sort of distortion of my environment, which is very hard to describe. Best I can do is that I felt as though my whole body was stretched out to about three times my height, and my "self" -- consciousness, whatever -- was somewhat removed from my body. Kind of felt as though my mind was way at the back of my head, rather than inhabiting my body? It's a weird feeling, and when I have a fever it's the sign that it's time to take to my bed or the ER. (I know it's time for the ER when "the elephants start walking across me in bed" -- don't ask, but that's what it's like, has been since I was a little kid.)
Also, the past couple of weeks, since going up to 50mg, I've been having bouts of very, very intense depression. Days of gulping sobs and hating life and just nothing good at all. They do pass, but they're like something I'd have with no meds -- much worse than what I'd been dealing with before the Lamictal. And they seem to come out of nowhere.
Has anyone had any of these things with Lamictal? Are they transient? Long lasting? A sign that this ain't for me?
Thanks!
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