Posted by maryhelen on March 30, 2006, at 8:59:10
In reply to Lamictal causing depression?, posted by Whit_in_Texas on March 30, 2006, at 7:32:01
> This is my third time to try lamictal because my pdoc thinks it will help, but every time I get to a certain point, I feel more depressed and fatigued. I am taking most of it at night now, but I thought it was supposed to be activating?
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> I am up to 125mg now.I am also on my third trial of Lamitcal. I took it three years ago and it worked. It was astonishing not to be depressed. The problem was that the response lasted for only 6 weeks and then over the next 2 weeks my mood kept slipping until I was back into my disabling depression. We tried it again after a year of tryng other meds, to no avail. Without going into my long 25 years of trying just about everything to blast ( pdoc's word) this depression out of me, I guess my psych doc decided that another trial of Lamitcal, along with Lithium and Cipralex (SSRI) is worth giving a try.
Given that this is the third trial of Lamitcal, why does your doctor feel that it is a going to help you this time? Before you get to the where you feel more depressed and fatigued, are you getting a good response to the depression? Is the doctor going to try a higher dose? I am just trying to understand why he would give you a drug for the third time when you end up feeling the way you do. How long do you think you will keep taking it?
I have heard that others get a good response from Lamitcal and then it poops out, like I experienced, and yet others do not get the poop out. It is all so darned frustrating!
I do not remember if Lamitcal was activating for me or not. I am and have always been and very tired and fatigued person. Although, it may have been because I had just returned to work after 2 years and was able to even work overtime. I really don't know.
Others should be able to answer your question better than I. I just wanted to share with you that I am also on my third trial. I am at 75mg. now and have gone as high as 400 mg on the second trial.
Good luck!
maryhelen
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