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Old Feb 06, 2017, 02:14 PM
Musician1980 Musician1980 is offline
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Originally Posted by Gabyunbound View Post
I'll just address the things I've had experience with.

I've never felt any side effects from Lamictal, which I think is in line with a lot of people here, though it is not always the case. I think you should titrate up according to what your pdoc feels is safest.

As far as benzo's, I take them during the day, not for sleep, but the side effect I've felt is some anhedonia; my pdoc says that they (though she specifically cited klonopin) are infamous for that.
Thank you for your response. I'm on day 3 of 100 mg. The past two days followed a similar pattern of feeling somewhat bland, suppressed, slightly overmedicated in the morning and then gradually getting better throughout the day. Only side effect I have is numbness in the tips of the fingers on my left hand, each day a new one, index first, then middle, now thumb.

Anhedonia is really unpleasant; I'm sorry you have to experience that.
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