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Re: Lamictal (lamotrigine) High Doses » maryhelen

Posted by Peter S. on July 31, 2003, at 13:04:26

In reply to Re: Lamictal (lamotrigine) High Doses, posted by maryhelen on July 30, 2003, at 21:56:06

Wow- my sediments exactly!
I got up to 600mg of Lamictal as the wonderful effects continued to keep wearing off. I now take 50mg in the morning 5 days a week approximately. For me Lamictal has an immediate effect which last 4 to 5 hours. It is not as good as when I first took it and if I take it every day, I build tolerance. I find that the 50mg dose is ideal for me and going higher doesn't make a lot of difference.

I'm also taking 20mg of Lexapro and 600mg of Lithium. The Lexapro seems to be making a slight difference but I'm thinking of going up to 30mg- if I can tolerate the sleepiness/fatigue.

I wish I knew what was going on with the Lamictal! I hope you figure out the right combo for you maryhelen (and to Greg too).

Peter


> I just got to 300 mg. of Lamitcal. At 150 mg. I had such a good response, felt better than I can ever remember feeling. In fact, it kinda scared me. It was such a strange feeling not to be depressed, to be able to do things, to laugh, look forward to the day. This effect only lasted about 3 weeks. I had gone up to 200 mg. by the time I saw my pdoc. He said to up it to 300 mg. which I just reached about a week ago. I am going to hang in, but I am not even close to feeling the same.
>
> I have heard so many people say they had a quick but short response to Lamitcal. This is such a frustrating med. I wish I knew why and how it worked. When I went on the internet to get info from GlaxoSmithKline Inc., they said 200 mg. is the recommended dose for depression, but it was bi-polar they kept referring to. I have treatment resistant depression. They gave no further discussion to dosing. I really don't think we can get an answer right now.
>
> Do we keep going up if it stops working? How high? I am taking it with Parnate but I am coming off it, was at 90 mg. now at 40 mg. Are you on another med?
>
> How long were you at 300 mg. before you had the improvement? I really hope you can maintain it.
>
> I will be watching this post for other input. I really wish we could just get to a point where we could stabilize on it.
>
> maryhelen


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