Posted by Bonnie_CA on August 29, 2007, at 20:41:44
In reply to Re: Lamictal is leaving the lights on., posted by curiousfish on August 29, 2007, at 3:25:16
> "leaving the lights on"
> EXCELLENT description..Why thank you!
>i have that as well on 200mg lamictal. my mind wasnt racing..it was just turned on.. sitting there. i would sleep eventually after well..after 2+ hours .i also wake up all night long (but fall back asleep) and have tumultous dreams i cant remember.
I sleep like crap, but I haven't had any weird dreams. And I've always had trouble falling asleep. It just annoys me that now I have trouble sleeping well, and sometimes trouble staying asleep.
> i wasnt functioning in the mornings due to fatigue and just couldnt keep my eyes open. Nightly ambien helped a lot. I recently added 20mg of geodon to the mix and im finally sleeping again without ambien!! its not the best sleep..but its good enough.
>Oy, Ambien messed me up! It didn't work and it made me feel horrible for a week. Achy all over, and panicky as all get out.
> lamictal has tons of weird little insidious effects. loss of coordination.. light tremor.. some daytime fatigue.. some cognitive effects..constipation. still a good med..but yeah.. my temperature regulation is screwed.
I get the light tremors sometimes. The cognitive effects have subsided. When I was first starting on it, I was really stupid LOL. Funny enough, my temperature regulation is better. It was always messed up before, and now, I'm just a bit hot all the time, as opposed to being hot and cold at all kinds of weird times.
It is a good med, I've never felt better in my life, but I wish I could SLEEP!!!
-Bonnie
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