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Old Jan 18, 2015, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by momof2boys5848 View Post
So, I used to be on 30 mgs of Abilify and 200 mgs of Sertraline. The doc took me off as we're going to start Lamictal, but I feel amazing! Not hypo manic or anything, I just feel myself again. It's so awesome! I definitely did not expect this. Has anyone experienced this? Should I wait to start the Lamictal?
You need to take your meds sweety.

I've heard of the "pink cloud" when just coming off meds, but it wears off soon. You just don't feel drugged which is refreshing, but it doesn't mean that your not bipolar. You are now untreated bipolar, and I would start meds right away. It does take awhile to get to a therapeutic level on Lamictal. For me it was 300 mg, for others it's 100mg or even 50mg.

Please consider this, you can only add 50mg every week. For me to get to 300mg, it took 6 weeks of perfect timing. A lot can happen in that time. You also got to level up and wait to see if it's working per dosage upped which means it probably took me about 14 weeks to get to 300mg.

I just recently came out of lala land. I was there for a year thinking my meds were right. I ended up in the hospital where another 100 mg was added which centered me fine.

Please don't be messing around if you value your stability.

When I get med free, I instantly start falling apart.