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Old Mar 26, 2016, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bluebicycle View Post
I have some leftover Lexapro, 10mg... about 25 days supply. Been taking 10mg instead of the 5mg prescribed by my pdoc. (5mg is just too little.)

My pdoc thinks 10mg makes me manic (which is why he stopped prescribing me 10mg), but I'm already in a mixed state (dysphoric mania). I'm kind of in a "do not give a sh**" mode, even though I know I'll regret it later.
What dosage lamotrigine?

You shouldn't need anything more disinhibiting, probably. It is somewhat pro-manic for a mood stabiliser and you probably shouldn't take anything with the same kind of effect.

I would gradually lower the %#*-am because the withdrawal effect might not work well with lamotrigine. It isn't the mood stabiliser that is to blame then.

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