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Originally Posted by irishgirl4
I told him that I feel balanced, but depressed. I urged him to put me on the Emsam. Instead, he encouraged me to take 400 mg of the Lamictal-that it would help with the depression.
Here's my question: many of you seem to take the stabilizers, but also antidepressants. Isn't that common? Do you think upping the Lamictal seems crazy? Keep in mind that the MAOI class was the only class that worked for my depression.
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Bipolar disorder is characteristically a cyclical condition. The trouble with treating the depression part with antidepressants is that it pushes you in one direction - towards agitation and mania. Your doctor's plan of increasing the lamotrigine aims to avoid the destabilising risks of antidepressants, while improving stability in both directions. Its a complex problem with no simple solutions for most of us.
I'm off ADDs altogether and use stabilisers alone because I cycle so frequently (weekly).
I hope it works for you.
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