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Originally Posted by A Red Panda
Lamictal is a mood stabilizer, not an anti-depressant nor an anti-anxiety med. I don't see why you would be put on lamictal when you're talking about having problems with anxiety - it's not for anxiety! It's to stabilize moods, help slow down cycling, and for use if you have seizures.
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Amazingly simple concept, isn't it - prescribe a drug appropriate for the condition. Good thing she wasn't a surgeon, if I had presented with acute gall bladder she probably would have taken my appendix out.
Guess that will teach me to see a doctor with a medical degree from the Port au Prince Correspondence School of Cosmetology and Medicine.
I shouldn't sound like I am disparaging foreign doctors, most are great. My cardiologist is from the Middle East with a degree from there, and you couldn't ask for a better doctor.
Thanks for the tip, I may cross-post there later.