Posted by theo on August 8, 2004, at 13:10:12
I'm currently on 100mg Lamictal. I mentioned to my pdoc I wanted to add a low dose of an SSRI and she said no, she wants me to ramp up to 150mg of Lamictal.
When should one stop increasing the Lamictal for antidepressant qualities and add a low dose antidepressant to boost it? I am going to go to 150mg but don't see much of a reason to increase above that unless there is a magical difference above 150mg for antidepressant qualities.
I mainly have a problem with anxiety/depression and my pdoc thinks the anxiety may be my mania side surfacing, although I have anxiety 24/7. If I'm indeed BPII, I can accept that and I think a mood stablizer is helpful for people with anxiety that aren't bipolar, but she's trying to say "if you keep increasing the Lamictal, you shouldn't need to add an antidepressant."
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
poster:theo
thread:375339
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