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Jul 27, 2020, 06:21 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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For me, poor sleep will override almost any medication. I literally fear not getting enough sleep.
Before Lamictal I, too, wondered what the catch was. In fact, I doubted it when people praised Lamictal as being amazing.
I was in a bad place when I started taking it...up, mixed, and that very specific crazy anxiety that is part of a dysphoric mania. I had zero faith in Lamictal, but my pdoc kept insisting, then my therapist met with my pdoc and I and they both insisted. So Lamictal it was. It took awhile. It really did. I was at 250mg when I finally began to feel some centering, some stability. But it was a couple of weeks at 300mg when I finally thought yeah, this actually is helping me.
Maybe the "catch" with Lamictal is the time it takes to kick in 
I have never experienced Lamictal as activating, nor as sedating, but that's me.
If you get enough sleep and still feel off tomorrow, will you contact your psychiatrist?
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