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Originally Posted by mgran
I sometimes think my mood stabiliser (lamotrigine) isn't working as well as it used to, but I don't want to tell the doctor, because when I originally went on it, I had to titrate up very very slowly, as I kept getting an itch. I'm scared of the life threatening rash if I increase anymore, so I'm keeping schtum about my mood swings. They're nowhere near as bad (or completely crazy) as they used to be.
I've been allowed to titrate down by 50 mg on my seroquel, and so far it's holding, though I'm suffering from acute insomnia. Hopefully that will be better in about a week.
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Sorry to hear about your insomnia. My son had a night recently when he didn't sleep at all, but it seems to have been an anomaly. He's slept all the other nights - and generally sleeps too much.
I worry that sometimes my son isn't honest about what he's experiencing, because he's afraid of the consequences. For example, right now we're lowering his dosage - too fast IMO. He wants it lowered and quickly. I'm worried he wouldn't tell me or his pdoc about certain things in case we slowed down the process.
He's said a few odd things over the last couple of weeks but nothing major. And in general he seems to be thinking clearly. He is a little sad.
I just worry that he might not tell what was happening with him if he thought a medication decision might be made that he doesn't like.