Posted by SLS on December 30, 2011, at 21:20:52
In reply to lamictal +prozac/prozac onset of action, posted by n_shrimpie on December 30, 2011, at 21:01:53
> I've been on lamictal for years. At first it worked extraordinarily well as an antideppresdant and for my mild bipolar. After about 6 months, it stopped working completely,so i stopped taking it, and several months later i started up again. It worked for a while, then stopped again, but i stayed on it because going off sent me into the abyss. if i don't take it for 2 days, i'm miserable, but when i restart, it works for 2 days then stops again. I think I get desensitized to it. I added 20 mg of prozac on 10/27, and after a month i was unable to have sex and it wasn't working, so i stopped. Oddly enough, after a week off of it I started feeling much better. My cognitive faculties and sex drive returned, and my anhedonia dissipated for the first time in many months. This went on until 12/20, and then, in the course of one day, i went back to ground zero, so i restarted on 12/21, felt great on 12/23, then the anhedonia returned on 12/24. why did i feel the best when it was leaving my system? Did it take 5 weeks to start working even though i'd only taken it for 4? It worked when it was leaving my system and my blood levels decreased, so maybe i need less, like 10mg? i feel so hopeless, i cannot function, i can't work, I spend 7 hours a day in bed, i'm numb and I can't think clearly or read.
I'm sorry that you are going through such hell right now. It seems that your brain is somewhat responsive to drug treatment. This is a good thing. My guess is that you will find something that works - just not today. :-(Your experience with Lamictal (lamotrigine) is not so rare. I am taking Abilify along with Lamictal. They might be complimentary, as they both increase limbic dopamine activity, albeit through different mechanisms.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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