Posted by Cindylou on February 1, 2002, at 12:33:24
In reply to Re: Cindy Lou--Lamictal increases » cindylou, posted by Hattree on January 30, 2002, at 18:28:06
Hi Hattree --
I'm so glad to hear you're feeling better! Sometimes it seems that it happens like that, kind of like a happy accident.I've been all over the map this past week.
After I cut down to 50 mg Lamcital, I started feeling incredibly sick -- but I don't think it's because of decreasing the Lamictal. It was most likely because I was incredibly stupid and tried doing about 4 things all at the same time -- sometimes I get so desparate I just don't have the patience to try one change at a time, but then I get myself into trouble.
First, I tried adding a small dose of Prozac at the same time that I reduced the Lamictal. After 2 days on the Prozac, I felt so exhausted that I tried Wellbutrin to give me some energy -- but that only made me feel worse -- exhausted, dizzy, nauseated, etc. I have noticed that I cannot augment with the Lamictal like I could with SSRIs.
On top of all that, at the same time I decreased the Lamictal and added the Prozac, I decreased the Serzone I was taking from 50 mg to 25 mg (I know -- a VERY LOW DOSE! I just wanted to get off of it for good in case that was causing my fatigue/foggy-head. I didn't think cutting back 25 mg would be a big deal.)
I went back up to 75 mg Lamictal immediately, but for about 5 days it was all I could do to keep myself from passing out.
After those 5 days, I finally started feeling better. I'm now on 75 mg Lamictal and 25 mg Serzone. I feel better than before -- not as clouded in my head. I think perhaps the Serzone was the culprit! And my guess is that the Prozac and Wellbutrin don't mix well with Lamictal! (at least not for me).
So that's where I'm at for now! We'll see what happens next week.
Most of all, I am glad that you are doing better. Keep me posted!
cindy> Hey Cindy--
> More out of distractedness than anything I have dropped my Lamictal back down to 25-50 mg, and am feeling cheerful again the last few days. Go figure.
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