Posted by sjb on August 21, 2002, at 7:17:59
Hi,
I've just started Lamictal under the advice of a Sport PDoc. He said he's had good luck with athletes on it. I'm afraid of the side effects, and of course the weight gain potential. I also binge eat, big time. Anyway, the first 4 days I take 25mg, I think and then double. He's going to recommend to my regular PDoc that I taper off of Luvox and perhaps augment with Effexor. However, he said that Lamictal has good AD properties on it's own, as mood stablizers go.
Any advice/experience would be appreciated. I know everyone reacts differently. He did say that I may have blurry vision for the first few days but that would go away. He also seemed to think that if rashes weren't a problem for me on anything else, and the dose is small to start, it shouldn't be a problem.
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