Posted by gardenergirl on November 15, 2007, at 22:18:02
In reply to Re: Ran out of Provigil + stopped Lamictal = depre » gardenergirl, posted by Phil on November 15, 2007, at 10:46:14
> gg, I take Lamictal and Lithium(and Clonazepam and Cymbalta). Not sure I understand your doctors reasoning on this. "This combo is working--let's drop something."
I think it's because I never felt a really robust response to Lamictal while I did once I added Lithium. So we thought we'd see.
> I understand not wanting to be on too many meds but if something is working, especially for those of us that have tried everything, it's no time to start tweaking and dropping meds.
That's a very good point. I do sometimes fall into the stigma trap about the number of meds I'm on. I try to use self-talk to counter it, and it does help, but that stigma and stupid shame I feel is rather persistent at times.
And if I ever got pregnant, I'd have to do some serious rearranging, so I guess I thought that if I didn't need it, it would be best to go ahead and get off it, and he agreed. It's not looking like such a good idea at this point, though, sigh.
> I'm glad you're getting the Provigil back and I'd tell the doc to stay the course on Lamictal. You weren't on a high dose anyway.
True. The Provigil arrived this afternoon, so I'm back on that tomorrow a.m. If no significant improvement in a few days after that, I'll call him about the Lamictal.
Thanks Phil.
gg
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