Posted by psychobot5000 on September 10, 2006, at 21:55:14
In reply to Don't know if lamotrigine/lamictal is helping, posted by fiftylager on September 10, 2006, at 14:33:30
Hi,
Never went above 50mg, myself, but for me Lamotrigine upped my mood quite a lot in the first day or two, then quickly let it slip back to baseline, then depressed it further. It was very disappointing.
I have heard many people report good results, typically around 100-250 mg doses, on Lamotrigine. But I have also heard of people who mostly got a benefit only when escalating the dose. I got further benefit by escalating to 50mg, but then, again, my mood went back down--of course, for me the effect was very quick and very recognizable. From what I hear, it definitely takes longer for some, and some others get sustained benefit.
I also had some cognitive slowing on this med.
Hope it works out for you--sorry you live in such a remote area!
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