Posted by yxibow on December 8, 2007, at 19:10:47
In reply to Re: check out this lamotrigine blurb » linkadge, posted by LlurpsieNoodle on December 8, 2007, at 18:14:58
> I guess my insurance is paying an awful lot for a placebo...
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> He didn't mention that the pills are more bitter than sugar placebo. heart-breakingly bitter.
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> I had a depressive episode following withdrawal from cymbalta and was started on an aggressive taper of lamictal. I do think it helped slightly, but eventually I found myself on an atypical (now abilify) and an AD (zoloft). Which leads me to my thread of "poundage and redundant meds" I feel like the lamictal is redundant.
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> thanks for the link linkadge
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> -LlWell you can believe anything you want from a single doctor but I happen to personally know someone being helped by Lamictal and numerous people on here with bipolar and other anxiety disorders as well.
And sure, there will be people who won't be helped by an AED. There are at least half a dozen common ones out there, one will have some minor effect. Maybe they'll have no effect because your transmitters just don't respond to Ca and Na gate voltage regulators. Maybe you're not bipolar or someone who responds to bipolar oriented medication.
Second of all while I suspect this doctor is mostly a vegetarian (yay, just personal opinion), his food advice is a bit conflicting. Omega-3s are great, but in fact mercury doesn't just exist in the Great Lakes.
Vegetarians do not suffer from B-12 withdrawal, this is a perpetuated myth, as the vitamin can stay in the body for a decade, and is in your morning cereal and most fortified foods.
Sodium is necessary for intracellular branching and there is nothing wrong with the ceiling set by the government. What's wrong is that unfortunately due to processed food we end up eating 4g a day often instead of 2g. Some foods are naturally high in sodium, like tomatoes, or tomato paste (unsalted).
This doctor has a bit of an agenda -- oh, I'm sure he's done his case study research and backs it up but there are other aspects which are kind of fuzzy. Don't believe everything one reads on the net unless it has a HON code or similar thing like Emedicine/WebMD/NIH/Pubmed etc.
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