Posted by morgan miller on November 19, 2010, at 14:51:43
In reply to how long til lamictal side effects go away?, posted by Cydnie on November 19, 2010, at 12:58:51
I hope your Lamictal trial turns out to be successful. I have to say though, I'm not crazy about your doctors decision to go with Lamictal, it just seems to be a trendy one, not the best one. I think there were many other better options out there to try instead of Lamictal. Sorry Cydnie, I'm not trying to make this trial harder for you, I just think Lamictal is a very dirty and very invasive medication
If you end up sticking with Lamictal and it works really well, make sure you take a good form of folate, as Lamictal deplete's the body's stores of folate. I would also take with a really good multivitamin if you are not already. Who knows what all these psych meds we are taking are depleting our bodies of.
One thing to remember, there is no perfect treatment out there. Sure some are lucky and experience complete remission with very little or no side effects, but that is not the case with many of us. So whatever you do, if you receive even 70 percent relief of symptoms with minimal side effects, this may be the best it will ever get. Also, at 70 percent relief, you should have the strength to do many things that may give you the remaining 30 percent relief for short periods of time.
Good luck and I hope you start feeling better soon!
Morgan
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