Posted by zenhussy on December 18, 2003, at 19:58:12
In reply to Re: Lamictal- dosage recommendations for depression? » zenhussy, posted by poop'd-out on December 17, 2003, at 15:07:37
>Zenhussy,
>Well, the 100mg didn't last that long. Into the second week I began to have the extreme somnolence that I had had previously. It was a little discouraging. I decided to go ahead and increase the dose again by 25mg. That was 3 days ago, and it has helped alot. I have already decided that I am going to stay on the lamictal til I at least reach the 200mg point.Beth,
This kind of firsthand experience is so valuable. Thank you. Sorry you had that draggy feeling for a few days but encouraging to hear that bumping up the dose has an almost immediate effect.
>This is a strange drug. It can be very motivating and helpful or the complete opposite depending on what dose you are at.Yeah it seems to go up and down with the doses I'm at as I titrate up.
>Have you had any positive experience with it or has it just made you feel mopey? I know with me I had to wait til at least after the 50mg mark before I saw any benefit, and when it does help it really makes a big difference. If only a little consistency, please!Feedback from my family is that I already sound different. My brother commented I sounded like I used to when he was talking to my mum. I guess that is a good thing. We all refer to things as predepression. Acupuncture makes me more 'me' i.e. more like I was before major depression tackled me a decade ago.
I'm going so slowly doing only 12.5 increases every two weeks so I'm still at 37.5 for another little bit. I feel spacey. Like out of it spacey. The sudden sleepiness thing was taken care of almost instantly with switching the dose to nighttime. Haven't had to take sleeping pills in a while either. Bonus!
>I'll keep you posted, so far so good!
>BethI'm very happy to hear that this is having a positive effect in your life. We should all be so lucky with finding that right combo!!
Please do keep checking in. Most other meds I've run through over the years I just dealt with and didn't really have an outlet like this or need to ask questions. Lamotrigine is one funky mood stabilizer. I'm hoping that there are no major bumps between where I'm at now and whatever level my pdoc deems therapeutic.
Take care and pave that way with the Lamictal advice!!
zenhussy
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