Posted by bleauberry on February 18, 2010, at 16:35:06
In reply to Re: rapid cycling caused by lamictal?)) Blueberry, posted by linkadge on February 16, 2010, at 15:36:10
Personally I despise lamictal and view it is poison. I understand some people like it, but that sure doesn't include me. It is however one med I NEVER suggest to anyone on this board. You'll hear me mention things like Parnate, Zoloft+Nort, Ritalin, Savella, Prozac, Zyprexa...and such, sometimes lithium...but NEVER lamictal.
You could be right about the responder rate of revolutionhealth and similar sites. I never thought about it that way. Makes sense.
Good talkin with ya. Wishing you a smooth day.
> Yeah, well lamotrigine was pushed like crazy before there was much good evidence to support its use. GSK did many many trials to get it approved for this and that, but I think only 1 out of 10 trials was positive.
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> You can't really trust boards like revolution health for an accurate ratio of responders to nonresponders. People who respond well on it are more likely to report this (publication bias). Also, because it causes an initial buzz, people are probably likely to feel great and go online to report it.
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> People who don't do well on it (I would argue) are less likely to care about rating it.
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> Lamotrigine made me very dysphoic. It gave me terribly akathesia. I couldn't sleep on it. It also messed up my thinking. It did not put me in a good zone, it was a very artifical feeling. It also gave me visual distortions - visual field disturbancs, tunnle vision etc. Withdrawl made me feel psychotic. Lithium IMHO actually seemed to deepen thought. If it works for you then great, but if it doesn't don't worry too much.
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