Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Lamictal vs. Depakote

Posted by SLS on November 6, 2003, at 19:37:58

In reply to Lamictal vs. Depakote, posted by Dinah on November 6, 2003, at 12:21:13

Hi Dinah.

I'm really not familiar with the usage of Lamictal for headache, however, I can attest the antidepressant properties of this drug. Unfortunately for me, it has provided only a mild improvement. I have observed that a great many people experience improvement of their depression early in treatment and at low dosages, only to find it necessary to increase the dosage, whereupon there is a plateauing of effect. I'm not sure how it might benefit someone with dysthymia, but I think it would be worth a try. Depakote can most definitely be depressogenic. That has been my own experience with it. There is a caveat regarding the combination of Depakote and Lamictal. Depakote causes blood levels of Lamictal to increase by a factor of at least two. The rule of thumb is to cut the daily dosage of Lamictal by half to compensate for this, and titrate more gradually to help prevent Stevens-Johnson's Syndrome and the development of serious rash. I have tried this combination and did not suffer any untoward reactions. It seems to me that you will increase your chances of receiving benefit to either condition by throwing both drugs at them.

I wish you luck. I hope this has helped.


- Scott

 

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:SLS thread:277175
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031105/msgs/277279.html