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Originally Posted by Tucson
I think Lamictal works by minimizing the incidence of mood swings, kind of like a prophylaxis. I do not think it actually stabilizes mood like other MS can do. But hey, I may be wrong on this.
Any thoughts on this?
I do agree that this sounds like (hypo)mania to me. Since Lamictal can be activating, I can see where the med can be at least partially responsible for your state of mind.
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No, it is not just an episode prophylactic. It does work well as a mood stabilizer for some people, and clinical studies gave confirmed this.
I was in a painful mixed episode for months when I finally went to see a Pdoc and was prescribed Lamictal. As soon as I hit 200 mg, my mixed episode subsided, and I went into a hypomanic stage, which is far preferable!
Once I went up to 300mg, the hypomania has been under control also.
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Bipolar 1 ~ 300mg Lamictal, 4mg Ativan