Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 1104766

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lamictal success

Posted by rjlockhart37 on June 5, 2019, at 23:59:17

i've been taking lamicatal now for 8 years but ... for a long time i found it to be not effective, and it was just since the past 2 years i started to see good results, for a long time lamotragine would dull my mood out, and make me in bad mood. But i noticed it's benefit one time, when i drank alcohol and was seriously depressed i took my 400mg dose i didnt take ealier in the day, it took me out out the depression to baseline. If im in a slump and i take lamictal it pulls me out of it, it works ith the prozac well. It's classified as mood stablizer for bipolar depression, with mainly taking care of depressive symptoms rather than manic. But the thing i noticed is it keeps me at baseline. Lithium and Depakote are for bipolar mania not dpression, that's why i've found antidepressant effect of lamotragine.

 

Re: lamictal success

Posted by PeterMartin on June 11, 2019, at 0:27:45

In reply to lamictal success, posted by rjlockhart37 on June 5, 2019, at 23:59:17

Can you say which generic manufacturer of Lamictal you take? (Unless of course you're taking brand).

I've found the generics to be very different from each other unfortunately. TEVA brand worked great for me for about 10yrs but it was recently discontinued (July '18). Since then I've tried various brands (like Alembic, Unichem, Aurobindo, Taro, etc). It's been difficult to find a suitable replacement. I've been using mostly Taro but also have been tyring Aurobindo the last few weeks. I think that might be more effective for me.

Your medication bottle should say the generic manufacturer of the pills you have. If not you can google any inscriptions (or just post them so I can google :)

It's great to hear you're having success w/ it at the moment. Just curious which brand so I can prioritize trying to get that one if the ones I'm using don't work out or become unavailable.

 

Re: lamictal success

Posted by rjlockhart37 on June 11, 2019, at 22:13:27

In reply to Re: lamictal success, posted by PeterMartin on June 11, 2019, at 0:27:45

it says tero LMT on it. I've had various others that i didnt know the name. The brand name Lamictal is probaly the best, but expensive

 

Re: lamictal success

Posted by PeterMartin on June 13, 2019, at 3:00:18

In reply to Re: lamictal success, posted by rjlockhart37 on June 11, 2019, at 22:13:27

Thanks!


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