Posted by gardenergirl on December 5, 2005, at 15:35:33
In reply to Re: akathisia » gardenergirl, posted by Jedi on December 5, 2005, at 15:19:12
> GG,
> Akathisia is listed as a rare side effect of Lamictal. It sure is an awful feeling.I agree, and I think I read that it can lead to suicide if it gets severe enough.
I've never had akathisia while on Lamictal, alhtough I only take 75 mg. Initially I did feel a bit more activated, and I had some sleep problems at 75 mg Lamictal and 67.5 mg Nardil at first. I dropped back down to 50mg of Lamictal and that went away. I also dropped Nardil as I started to feel better (I can't stand the peripheral edema that comes with higher doses.) The sleep problems that happened at first with Lamictal seem to have gone away. I'm doing well now at 60 Nardil and 75 Lamictal. I've always had frequent waking in the night, and an occasional 5-10 mg of Ambien helps with that.
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> What kind of help do you sence Lamictal has given you as an augmentation to Nardil.It seems to sort of fill in the gap that Nardil leaves with depression. I seem to get a more complete effect with the two than with Nardil alone. Although, I've also made some good progress in therapy lately, so it's hard to sort out which is responsible for what.
>I would like to add Topomax to combat the weight gain, but I'm stupid enough.
I tried Topomax before the Lamictal. It seemed to make me more depressed, so I stopped it after about eight weeks. I was also hoping it would help with weight gain. Recently I've been taking chromium picolinate to try to help with carb cravings. Now's not a good time of the month to assess that, though, as I seem to have the "hollow leg" syndrome. Everything I eat seems to go into some black hole, versus fills me up. I'm constantly hungry just before my period.
Hope that's not tmi.
gg
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