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Posted by scatterbrained on March 25, 2004, at 19:40:46
Can lamictal blunt creativity like lithium and other mood stablizers can?
Posted by shadows721 on March 25, 2004, at 19:48:37
In reply to LAMICTAL AND CREATIVITY, posted by scatterbrained on March 25, 2004, at 19:40:46
I felt flat on that med. It just wasn't me.
Posted by f l y on March 25, 2004, at 22:37:37
In reply to LAMICTAL AND CREATIVITY, posted by scatterbrained on March 25, 2004, at 19:40:46
no effect on mine, but i have not taken lithium to compare.
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Posted by harryp on March 25, 2004, at 23:15:48
In reply to Re: LAMICTAL AND CREATIVITY, posted by shadows721 on March 25, 2004, at 19:48:37
> I felt flat on that med. It just wasn't me.
Same here. I wasn't creative and it seemed to make me less sharp. It wasn't doing much AD-wise anyway so I quit taking it, and suddenly I started writing again and devouring books...
Posted by Budgie on March 26, 2004, at 8:59:01
In reply to Re: LAMICTAL AND CREATIVITY, posted by harryp on March 25, 2004, at 23:15:48
Actually I started taking at the very end of last semester. I felt an immediate response and wrote two of the best (critical) papers of my life for finals.
Granted, I had been depressed and all over the map w/ BP2. It calmed me down so that I could actually focus and think again. In the few months since, I've been pretty unmotivated and unexcited by my studies. I had thought that that was more a function of the depression, though, not the med.
Anyway, I definitely didn't feel flat, per se. It's a wonerful med for what it does, IMO.
Posted by redmaryjane on March 27, 2004, at 8:25:15
In reply to Re: LAMICTAL AND CREATIVITY, posted by Budgie on March 26, 2004, at 8:59:01
I feel equally or more creative. I write about two pages a day and find that I am better able to stick with ideas and my mind slows down to notice details. I do a lot less bantering. My senses seem keener. When I am hypomanic my mind spins like crazy. The Lamictal slows my brain down just right.
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