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Originally Posted by BlessedRhiannon
I've been on 150 mg of lamictal for a while now. I've found that it does great at keeping the hypomanic spikes to a manageable level but doesn't do much for depression. It's not that it made me more depressed, it just didn't do anything for the depression when I experienced it. I had to add in Vraylar to help with the depression and mixed episodes. So, between the two, my moods are fairly well controlled now.
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Then it could be my lower dose of paroxetine indeed.
I never felt any huge change with lamictal, not even side effects. I didn't woke up feeling better after it or feeling like my impulsive mood or the intrusive thoughts that feed it are gone, but my hypomania is definitely more controlled.
I believe I'll have to add an antipsychotic to my mix as a complementary mood stabilizer, but it's better to ajust my antidepressant x lamotrigine doses before.