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Old Dec 08, 2015, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2 View Post
I'm sorry....but I'm on 300mg of Lamictal and never had any issues with it. When I get up to 400mg I start having thinking issues.

I ultra-rapid cycle, and once I hit 300, I stabilized like a rock- and they labeled me BD1! Lol

I was like "Are you sure? No waaay!" Just because I see nonspecific hallucinations.

Lamictal is generally used for the beepers that are depression prone and lithium for the manics. But....the two can be prescribed simultaneously, you just have to ask your pdoc. I also take a little Prozac to level at baseline.

I take both. I'm BP1 and have more problems with mania. I was given Lithium for mania. Then I started having SAD so I was given Lamictal for depression.

I take 900mg of Lithium and 400 of Lamictal. I do notice cognitive disfunction but I was on Lithium first (2012) when I noticed it. I can not blame Lamictal (2013). I noticed disfunction right away with Lithium the downside is the med works so well for me. I went off it and had two episodes was hospitalized

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