Posted by stargazer on November 28, 2006, at 23:58:30
In reply to Re: It's Treatable. No, it's not. » clint878, posted by SLS on November 28, 2006, at 21:38:23
Lamictal messed me up too cognitively, I was not able to remember anything for more than a brief moment. I would deny someone saying something to me. They would look at me like I was out of it, which I guess, in retrospect, I was.
I swear it was from the Lamictal, but for some reason my pdoc wanted me to stay on it along with some other meds, can't remember now what they were (memory was deleted). I decided to wean off it and it was the right thing to do.
That's an example of me saying to my pdoc, "it's making me worse" and eventually feeling better and proving I was right.
Currently I'm on Seroquel, which my pdoc also wanted me to stay on at higher doses than I am currently on and I insisted it was making me lightheaded and dizzy and with a past year of falling on my face, I have weaned myself down to 25-50 mg from 200 mg. One day I took only 50 mg during the day instead of at night and I felt almost immediately off balance. These drugs can really mess you up if you don't watch out for yourself, since sometimes you are all alone with your bad self. Sorry for bad joke.
Why do I have to tell my pdoc what is the right thing to do. Sometimes it does get really frustrating but in the long run, he's still better than most docs I hear of.
SG
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