Posted by bleauberry on February 15, 2010, at 20:35:15
In reply to Re: rapid cycling caused by lamictal?)) Blueberry, posted by linkadge on February 14, 2010, at 15:27:08
> >Lamictal is popular, and many people do very >well on it and improve.
>
> Says who?
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> LinkadgeSay me. :-)
Actually Link, that comment is based just on what I see here. A lot of people have done well with it. And at askapatient and revolutionhealth, there also. It is pretty popular. I mean, if bipolar is suspected, it is the go-to med it seems like. Almost fad-ish.
But as I also commented, I can find boatloads of people that did very badly with it. I guess another poster who responded to my post didn't seem to like that comment, but it's true.
Personally, just for perspective, lamictal makes me suicidal. I'm glad it helps some people. Even when it does, it just doesn't seem to for very long. Even in the clinical studies looking at longterm, it almost always pooped out by 9 months.
It's good for antiseizures, which is, well, what it is intended for.
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