How is the Lamictal working out for you? I was on Lexapro before, helped mildly, then stopped entirely. So I was moved onto the mother of ADs Effexor XR. I'm taking 150mg daily right now, but I'm spiraling out of control. Now I'm just violently unhappy since all of my mood stabalizers were removed by the *other* doc. And nothing was even offered to me to help my crippling anxiety and panic attacks. Do they not believe me? I just want to give up. I simply want something that will allow me to sleep solid and not wake up in a sweat over and over. Ughh.. But I digress...Back to the Lamictal. Does it seem to control mood swings for you, or keep those lows not quite so low and the highs from turning into frenzy? are you experiencing and weight gain? I know I am in need of a mood stabalizer because I'm freaking out here on 150mg effexor xr and NO mood stabalizer(Just as my Pdoc said I would without one). I'm acting so weird, the dissassociation is getting more prominent. I swear, doctors in Psych Hospitals do not know how to regulate meds. All they know how to do is take you off most of your medications cold-turkey and leave you with a strong AD that is trying to throw me into mania of some form. All the while ignoring my cries for something to rid myself of the anxiety that keeps me locked inside my appartment for days. Sometimes I really wonder how I can let people do this to me. MY main problem is that the doctors keep telling me the effexor will cure my anxiety, but it is only antagonizing it. Its unbearable now. And they gave me ativan a few times while in the hospital to help ease the anxiety and panic attacks, and it helped me so much that I almost felt normal. Why cant I have some of this now. I don't want to get back to where I was a week ago. blahblahblah

((((Mary Alice))))))---- I truly do appologize for my ranting, its jsut hard to hold things back that irk me to the core.
Just know that I'm here, rowing beside you no matter what : P

*hugs and kisses*

-Kelly-