Thread: Lamotrigine?
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Old Jul 24, 2012, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Clinte89 View Post
Ok cool good information to hear. Im on trileptal abilify and lithium and he wants to replace my trileptal with it to help with depression as i cant take anti depressants they tend to make things worse for me. So i guess well see how it works. Ill keep you updated.
I have been on Lamictal for a few years. I had a manic episode about three years ago and pdoc added lithium because the Lamictal wasn't working alone. I have been on lithium since then. Just happens I was seeing pdoc yesterday and we are going to try to eliminate the lithium. I have a very flat affect and we think it may be that I no longer need the lithium, Lamictal alone may be okay for me now. Also seems that most of my med complaints (side effects) are a result of the lithium so I am hoping that I will feel just by eliminating some of the side effects. I also take Cymbalta for my anti-depressant. We are going to leave that alone.

I am not familiar with trileptal but I wanted to throw my two cents in since we are both taking lithium. Hope you do well with the med change.