Posted by med_empowered on July 9, 2006, at 0:04:37
In reply to Re: more than 200 mg lamictal mg for bipolar II ?, posted by octopusprime on July 8, 2006, at 15:57:05
I say give it a whirl. If you're rapid cycling, you do have other options: depakote, tegretol/trileptal, the atypicals..a combination of any of the above, possibly keppra.
WHat are your particular concerns with upping the dose? Are you worried about cognitive side effects, or lack of effectiveness, or something else entirely?
With lots of psych. drugs, raising the dose can help--to a point. 300mgs is (I think) a relatively standard dose of lamictal, so it might work out. You could also try adding in another agent instead.
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