Posted by fuchsia on July 9, 2006, at 7:34:05
In reply to Re: Lamictal and thinking, posted by SLS on May 30, 2006, at 10:37:21
Scott, I have increased my dose of Lamictal over the course of a year in order to chase the improvement. Now I am up to 400mgs and I don't think I even improved much after I passed 300.
The only cognitive impairment that I can detect is a marked loss of dream recall. The fact that this has happened makes me slightly concerned that there could be other cognitive impairment I'm not aware of.
Anyway, I'd like to go back down to about 200mgs but I don't see how I could do this as I think it would have to be done gradually and thus the rebound depression could be prolonged. Do you think this would be the case? I'm not sure what I should do as I'm already getting severe patches at the moment.
fuchsia
> I echo your experience. Lamictal 300mg made me very stupid and greatly impaired my memory. I found that these cognitive side effects are greatly reduced at lower dosages. I am currently taking 150mg. I think that some people get trapped into taking higher dosages of Lamictal, as it seems necessary to keep raising the dosage in order to produce a persistent improvement. Ultimately, the degree of improvement plateaus, even at the higher dosages. Then, when one tries to reduce the dosage, a rebound depression appears, convincing them that the higher dosage is necessary. I found that this rebound depression dissipated within a few days and that I felt just as well on 100mg as I did on 300mg.
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