Posted by SLS on October 5, 2012, at 8:57:52
In reply to Lamictal withdrawal??, posted by sleepygirl2 on September 25, 2012, at 7:32:38
> I dropped from 200mgs to 150mgs 6 days ago.
> Well, my anxiety has been a bit intense. My thoughts are annoying, too many of them, one leads to another, which leads to another, etc. I'm feeling dizzy too, didn't sleep well, my head hurts... feel like maybe I'm getting some type of cold/flu, but I don't have significant congestion.
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> This sucks! I don't know if this is some withdrawal effect, or just me. It's just a 50mg drop. I took 200mgs last night just in case that's what this is.
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> Anyone notice any lamictal withdrawal effects when tapering down?
Yes. I experienced severe depression when I reduced my dosage from 300 mg/day to 200 mg/day. However, after a few days, I recovered and recaptured the antidepressant effect. This is indicative of a temporary withdrawal rebound depression.Your situation is different in that you have not recovered after a week or so. I have only read your first post, so I am unaware of any information you have added to this one. As you describe it here, it is more likely that you have relapsed at 150 mg/day and that you need to take 200 mg/day to recapture and maintain a therapeutic effect.
Now, if anxiety was never a component of your illness, I would consider your experience more of a withdrawal reaction, especially in light of the dizziness and other things you described. I will try to read the rest of the thread to see how things have resolved.
I have also had "partial" relapses while being treated with a dosage of a drug that is not quite high enough to reach a full response. I experience a dysautonomia that includes anxiety, dry mouth, heart palpitations, dizziness, blurred vision, mydriasis (eye pupil dilation), and a few other things. This might be what is happening to you if 150 mg/day is close, but not quite enough to produce a stable improvement.
- 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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