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Old Sep 21, 2014, 10:44 AM
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Hi changingMyMind! Happy to hear from you again. Starting to feel even more welcome here!

Ok that being said [emoji6]
We are trying to get to 100, but Pdoc thinks that if I'm happy at 100, then we will stay there. I'm def feeling better of 50 mgs but I have a hunch I'll be that much better at 100. My DX is still panic disorder, GAD (the lame extreme sort) and depression...can't take SSRI's or any antidepressant for that matter. My PDOC thought the Lamictal would be a good try for the depression aspect (I also take gabapentin and clonazepam 1.5 mg daily) but I get insomnia and get mixed state episodes sever anxiety and agitation (pdoc on verge of a bipolar DX) oh PTSD too but we've talked about that...
I'd like to get to a "therapeutic dose" just to see if these great benefits increase!!

As far as the breast fullness? I'm not noticing any other negative impact from that! Since breastfeeding two babies, I was left with nothing...raisins in fact. Now? The raisin effect is GONE! And this doesn't happen ahem, any other time of the month..u catch my drift.

So I'm 100% convinced it's the Lamictal, but so soon? Really?! And if so, I'm even more psyched to titrating up to 100mg next week. The great benefits in my head and this unexpected side effects has me doing back flips. My husband is smiling too, I've cleaned my house, kept UP on the never ending pile of Fam's laundry, cooked large meals, and haven't had a suicidal thought since I started the Lamictal. Wow. Blown away I'm an atypical responder to meds and finally found my magic cocktail I think.

I think u should give it a whirl. The first couple weeks on 25mgs weren't my fav. Insomnia, I felt jacked up a little too much, my anxiety didn't like it either. Once we went to 50mgs that wired feeling went away as I stabilized with the med. I didn't let that first two weeks scare me off and glad I gave this med a true chance to show me what it can bring to my table.
I say go for it!!!!
Thanks for this!
ChangingMyMind