Posted by Quintal on April 3, 2008, at 13:01:59
In reply to Re: Lamictal » Quintal, posted by tallandhandsomeswife on April 2, 2008, at 21:48:15
The others may have a point about the titration rate - I think it took nearly two months for me to titrate up to 200mg, which was the dose I took for two years. I was taking it for about two or three months before I noticed the full effect - my mood slowly got calmer, like the ripples on a pond slowly settling after a stone has been thrown in. After that, it just sort of kept me happy and stable from that point on. No long-term side effects that I recall, but in the beginning I had severe word-finding and spelling difficulties almost to the point of dyslexia - I could barely read for the first few weeks.
I had been taking Klonopin for years prior to Lamictal, and I think it must have been masking some of the Lamictal side effects like irritability and insomnia, as these only appeared when I quit Klonopin. Maybe a small dose of something like Valium might help with the irritability in the short term, at least until you reach the right dose. Klonopin may have mood stabilizing properties in itself, but some people find it makes them feel depressed.
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