Posted by ronaldo on November 12, 2006, at 11:02:10
In reply to Re: Depression is getting worse, posted by tensor on November 12, 2006, at 10:34:16
Hi Mattias,
How about this? Take 100 mg tonight. Did you have any of these symptoms on 100 mg - I think not. So IF it is the Lamictal you should see an improvement in your symptoms. If it is not the Lamictal then you have only gone down by 100 mg and you can quickly continue to acclimatise to the 200 mg. But it sounds to me like Lamictal is not for you. Are you taking any other anti-convulsant? They can interact with each other.
"Valproate has the ability to double plasma levels of lamotrigine. Because of that, when lamotrigine is started in people taking valproate, the initial dose should be approximately one-half as much as is usually initially prescribed."
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.lamotrigine.html ....see point 10
Don't make this Lamictal a stick to beat yourself with (like I did with the Zyprexa).
....ronaldo
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