Posted by Sheilac on January 11, 2013, at 13:10:17
Saw my pdoc and got my insomnia under control. I'm back to my faithful Trileptal and klonopin combo for mood, anxiety and sleep. That's all good.
But, for my low grade depression or ADD, I still have an issue. My doc is not convinced that is it depression and is open to me being on adderall or Ritalin. In the past adderall was great, but would cause mood instability after about 4-5 days. Ritalin and Vyvanse were no better.
Right now I'm taking a low dose of Lamictal. Doesn't matter if its 12.5mg or 100mg it makes me sooooo crazy hungry. I get where I can't think straight because I want food so bad. And Lamictal des not help my stability.
My doc said I have something wrong with one of my chromosomes or genes that gives me the opposite effect of a lot of meds. She said this can happen depending on the medications the mother took when she was pregnant with me. Interesting. So that would explain why Lamictal makes me revved up and not calm. Very weird.
At this point, I'm not sure I want to stay on Lamictal. I don't want to pile on the weight. My husband actually pointed out that I ate more than he did! Not cool.
I'm wondering if I stay stable with Trileptal (which I have been for months and like it), if I can tolerate a small 5mg Adderall XR instead of Lamictal. At least I would be able to think straight and not be raiding the house for food! Plus, the Adderall wears off and the Lamictal doesn't. Lamictal gives me insomnia. I guess I have to manage the Adderall wear off with my dosing of Trileptal and Klonopin. My doc actually suggested dosing Trileptal 3 times a day to keep me even.
Is going back to Adderall stupid or should I consider another med for motivation? Both my reg doc and my doc point me towards Adderall.
My reg doc thought more Adderall might not make me hyper, but I was afraid to take a higher does. I once tried low dose Vyvanse and didn't sleep for a week! It just never wore off.
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