Posted by gardenergirl on February 14, 2006, at 15:20:06
In reply to Re: Upped Lamictal--vibration feeling side effect? » gardenergirl, posted by fires on February 13, 2006, at 12:12:53
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> Could the floor have really been vibrating? If so, it wouldn't be that unusual for the sensation to continue long after the exposure to the vibrating.I still can't really tell. I'm quite sensitive, physically and emotionally, so if the floor were vibrating slightly, I'd be more likley to notice, than say, my husband. And I've experienced that feeling lasting after the vibration stopped at times like after roller coasters and stuff. So could be.
I still feel more activated at 100 mg, and that seems to be good for getting me going on a backlog of work. I don't feel like a three-toed sloth anymore. I guess I was worried about it getting worse or moving into hypomania or akathisia. I really HATE feeling jittery or wired.
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> Also, I've attributed symptoms to meds that turned out to be wrong. I told my doc that I got way too sedate on 25 mg of Lamictal. I now take 300 mg of Lamictal.Yeah, I've done that, too. I thought some stomach upset was Lamictal related in the past, but my pdoc reminded me I'd been on a stable dose too long for something like that to appear.
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> The best thing to do, according to my neuro., is to drop the dose of a med down some, until the side effects go away, then raise the dose again and see if the side effects return. Failing to "rechallenge" a med can cause one to stop a med that could be very beneficial.That is very good advice. So far it's not annoying enough to consider dropping, but I did do that back when going from 50 to 75 caused really bad insomnia. Now I'm at 100 mg and so far not bad, so your doc's right.
Thanks for your input.
gg
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