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Old Feb 09, 2017, 02:12 PM
Musician1980 Musician1980 is offline
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Originally Posted by Wander View Post
That is great news! So happy for you. It must bring you hope to have an enjoyable day. May this be the start of stability for you. Thanks for sharing. It is great to hear some good news. Is your Lamictal dose being increase further than 100mg? It is still low so you have plenty of room if you run in to trouble again. I wish you all the best.
Thank you! As far as I know, 100 mg is my target dose. I was even concerned it might be too high since the weeks on 50 mg were so much better than what had preceded it and the first 2-3 days on 100 mg were sluggish.

I did well on 10 mg of Lexapro for an entire decade. There were a few periods where I tried a few things to go along with it for a short time or a 15 mg dose, Pristiq, Topamax and Cymbalta but it was generally just 10 mg Lexapro. I never had a hypomanic episode until age 36 and other causes for it haven't been entirely ruled out. To be cautious, I was classified in bipolar. Thinking of myself in those terms and being treated along those lines is entirely new for me. :-D
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DX: Chronic Migraine (mostly under control)
"Bipolar, mixed moderate" (new dx after 1 insomnia fueled hypomanic episode at age 36 after 10 years on SSRI with no prior issue)

--Caffeine addiction

Lexapro 7.5 mg, Lamictal 100 mg