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Re: Lamictal giving my intense Anxiety.Does is go away

Posted by oldschool305 on December 14, 2007, at 16:54:40

In reply to Lamictal giving my intense Anxiety.Does is go away, posted by garyengelm on December 14, 2007, at 16:12:55

Darn, I am thinking of starting Lamictal myself and also suffer with anxiety/panic disorder. The Lexapro has really helped my anxiety and panic attacks, pretty much diminished the panic attacks entirely!!!! However, at only 5mg it makes me very sleepy so I take it at nighttime before bed. Have you tried taking it before bed? Even break it into 4 quarters and take only 2.5mg before bed, it really helped me and I have tried almost EVERY SSRI on the market which gave me horrendous side effects.

I was also on Serzone for years and that worked wonders for me. Due to some black box warning and possible liver failure, my doc took me off of it immediately =( Too bad, that stuff really helped the panic attacks.

I tried Lamictal for one week, honestly, I felt nothing, good or bad. 25mg one week though, is not enough time so I will give it another shot and still take the Lexapro before bedtime.

Are you currently taking Lamictal by itself, or with Serzone? I also heard that lamictal could cause anxiety so I would definately want to take it with something else to help the anxiety. Xanax is great, PRN. However, it is so addicting and I have a history with substance abuse so that's not an option. If you don't have a history, xanax is perfect (but can cause depression!!!!!).

So my two cents is take the Lamictal with an anti-depressant with anti-anxiety properties (like lexapro, serzone). And keep a bottle of xanax in your pocket in case of an emergency =O

Hopefully someone with more experience on Lamictal can offer better advice, I have only one week experience with it like yourself. Good luck!


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