Posted by Christ_empowered on August 25, 2011, at 10:37:33
In reply to Re: Lamictal dosage » floatingbridge, posted by Solstice on August 25, 2011, at 8:51:17
Thanks for your input, everyone. The Lamictal titration schedule works like this: 10 days 25, 10 days 50, 10 days 100, 200. At least that's how my doctor has me doing it.
I wish I could get off the Abilify. I'm much more prone to psychotic depression than I am psychotic mania, so one would think that sufficient dose of Lamictal would prevent the psychotic depression, right? Plus, I have a friend who takes 400 and it seems to have smoothed out the agitated upper end of his Bipolar II. I imagine it would do the same for Bipolar I. Or not?
Oh well. If nothing else, I'll be getting a dosage reduction in the Abilify, which I think is long overdue. I would go ahead and do it now--cut down from 30 to 15--but I'm concerned about cutting the dose by 1/2 w/o a sufficient dose of another medication on board to keep me calm. I think my doctor shares that concern.
Does anyone know if Lamictal helps with psychosis? I googled it and got mixed results. Yes for schizoaffective, no for paranoid schizophrenia (weird). Nothing replaces actual experiences, so has anyone seen it work in people where psychosis was an issue?
Thanks again.
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