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Evening blues » wcfrench

Posted by Ritch on April 3, 2003, at 22:23:58

In reply to Re: Mom, and my vacation » Barbara Cat, posted by wcfrench on April 3, 2003, at 0:13:19

> Drastic change of subject- I just got back from a week in Vegas. I was dancing in the street literally with the music loud, usually by myself, and provided much entertainment for those around me. I even set up a quarter bucket outside the hotel and tried to sing for money, but I only made $1.25 because most people knew it was a joke. Most days were great.. the pattern seems to be a great daytime (100mg Lamic, 100mg Zoloft) then things seem to get worse as the day draws to a close (or it gets dark, I can't figure out if it just has to do with the night time).. 100mg Lamic, .5mg Klonopin afternoon/night. I altered it slightly by adding 50mg Zoloft in the afternoon and .5 Klonopin in the morning to try and "balance out" what I took in the morning and at night, and it seemed to help. But I still feel better in the morning/day than I do at night. The fearful depression returns, and I can't figure out how to get rid of it. I might try some mid-day meditation. The book "Meditation as Medicine" has been working wonders for me, literally. Any suggestions or related experiences with the day/night cycle? Moon?? Who knows. Just wondering if someone has experienced this. As my first doc said when I was on a complicated cocktail, "if you tell me you feel a certain way, I believe you and don't question why, since there are so many possibilities. We just work from there."
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> Take care,
> Charlie

Charlie, I know what you are talking about. I always feel bright and alert in the mornings and then the evenings start to get "wicked" when I am prone to be depressed. It's difficult to describe.. an existential "blackness", an apathy and simultaneously a feeling of dread. Just a thought here, but you take your Lamictal twice daily, once in the AM and then again at bedtime, right? From what I understand, Lamictal can be taken once daily (for epilepsy anyhow). If that is the case, then you could take your first dose in the AM, then take the 2nd dose say 8 hrs later in the early evening. Might make a difference. I also found Trileptal to alleviate that ickiness also.


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