I will definitely seriously consider going up on the Lamictal. Big Sigh...
I have heard people say things like that to me about my therapist before. I think that I think of her more like my mom than I should. She is just the most wonderful person. I have had real attachment issues with her. Which I think then plays into the disappointment game. I just don't want her to give up on me. I have been with her for like 6 years now and in my mind I haven't gotten better even though she sometimes points out how I HAVE gotten better. I still just don't believe it or something or feel like I haven't done enough. Maybe THAT is something I need to work on in therapy!
She really wants me working on my OCD thinking. I have an obsession with counting white cars right now and she wants me to be working on getting rid of that and she says that only I can change my brain and my way of thinking. That is a tough one... I feel like i am going to fail.
Thanks guys,
C. and Oliver (my Service Dog)
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Originally Posted by hamster-bamster
Lamictal is one of the more benign drugs. It can lead to a lethal skin reaction, but since you have not yet developed it, you are now safe. You cannot predict whether upping it by 25 mg would help, but it is OK to try, as long as you are supervised by a p-doc (psychiatrist) and monitor your reactions yourself. I do not think that you fear of Lamictal is reasonable.
Lamictal helps a lot of people and has one of the safest side effect profiles.
If you think that she should be able to fix it, you can just safely stop thinking it.
If she somehow thinks that she should be able to fix you, then she is being arrogant/delusional because you have a long list of objective problems that cannot all be fixed. She does not have the power to do that.
She should have some reasonable set of goals for you. Something that is attainable and that does not make you feel like a failure.
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