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Thank you. I am off the lamictal now... as of this weekend as I determined it gave me anxiety but .... I am still anxious. :-( Taking Ambien. Took 2 last night and still only slept 5 hours. I think I need an antidepressant and told him so. He thinks I need an antianxiety med. See him Thursday. God I hate this. I feel like crap.

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SG, it is good you are communicating your needs to your pdoc. I hope you won't have any ill effects from stopping the lamictal. Did you know there are some anti-depressants that specifically help with anxiety? Maybe you could try one of these and kill two birds with one stone. When I went to my doctor recently for an anti-anxiety med, she at first wanted to prescribe me an AD for my anxiety. I declined this option and held out for a non-AD antianxiety med (buspar), but she did educate me to the existence of ADs that are specifically effective for anxiety. I can't even remember now which ones--paxil, lexapro? (don't quote me on that)

Hope you are doing well.