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Old Apr 25, 2019, 12:43 AM
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So as a few of you might remember i quit Latuda about 6 weeks ago now. No problem or hiccups. My brain is now working sans med

So my next will be getting off Lamictal. I take 300mg xr so I can’t just cut into pieces. Maybe just take it every other day then decrease to ever 2 days and so forth

It’s really is a seizure medication anyway.

I take doxipin for sleep at night, I take 100 mg I can always cut to 50 then zero.. I will have to watch if my hellish insomnia comes back full force , but it’s what I want to

I do not plan to discuss this with my Pdoc. Why you ask ? My Pdoc and T have never seen me off meds. I’m not foolish enough to think I do not have Bipolar. But my Pdoc will probably try to talk me out of it as expected. But it’s my life and I’m not going Willy nilly being reckless about my wanting off meds

I take a lot of medical issues meds and had another one added a couple weeks ago for my bone density test show my bones are weak. So fosomax once a week for 5 years.

I really think it’s time to just cut all meds, all these chemical I take daily. I feel my body needs a Med vacation to allow my body to adjust sans all medication.

Will I climb and crash ? It’s of course a possibility.

I have never once over the last 9 years been truly wanting off every single Med so strongly.

I am just unhealthy I have never felt so physically unhealthy.

I vacuum my house yesterday and I literally had to go to bed as I was weak as a new born kitten for 2 hours !!!!!!!!! I laid there until I finally able to actually get out of bed. I wasn’t even able to make dinner last night.

The only medications I plan to continue taking is my symbicort inhaler for my Asthma and Xanax for help sleeping.

The rest I’ll just stuff them in a drawer with all the other **** I quit taking over the last 9 years.

So yeah this is my plan , my husband will keep an eye on me if I don’t notice a change.

So yeah here I go ~
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