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Originally Posted by popuri88
Thanks for asking. Last time I posted here I was in the middle of a depressive breakdown and so suicidal I told my parents I'd better go to the hospital or I'd do something silly over the night. Luckily, my boyfriend took me out for a car ride to calm me down.
After this I doubled my paroxetine dosage. I used to take 20mg before lamotrigine and now I think it was too low and I was getting depressed when I wasn't hypomanic. I'm still more down than 'ok', but at least I'm not suicidal. I'm only worried because after doubling the dosage I started having wild dreams everynight AND last time this happened it was the beginning of hypomania (induced by paroxetine). Keeping an eye on it for now, hope I can get these two balanced really soon.
tl;dr: Lamotrigine was NOT making me depressed.
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Did you see the doctor before doubling the paroxetine, or did you do that yourself? Those dreams don't sound good. Glad you're a little more stable.
From personal experience - don't go up to 60 or 80 mg of paroxetine. The weight gain (30 lbs.) and constant unsatisfied hunger kicked in for me at that stage.
I had to stop taking lamotrigine. It interacted with my Xanax too much (couldn't drive) and I need the Xanax to control my panic attacks and anxiety.