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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird
My psychiatrist just called me. He told me I can start the lamictal WHILE still being on the trileptal because the lamictal it starts on a low dose and takes a long time to build up to a therapeutic level. Then he said we can decide down the road whether I want to discontinue the trileptal and if so to do it slower next time.
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I take both lamotrigine and trileptal. What dosage of trileptal do you take? I took 300 mg 2X daily intially with the 200 mg lamotrigine daily and that made me dizzy as H*LL. Pdoc decreased the trileptal to 150 mg/2xday and no problems since then. Lamitical and trileptal also do have an interaction so titrating from one to the other (getting one completely out of the system) could be a difficulty as well.
@ raspberrytorte Be careful. It is a dangerous road you are traveling ESPECIALLY if your pdoc is completely in the dark about it. How can she help you when she doesn't know what dosages of which meds you are taking? Plus you know Seroquel DOES help with anxiety and it might just decrease the presence of that negative entity, which I can't imagine being pleasant to deal with at any time. If you are not prepared to take your meds as prescribed, please, please tell your pdoc. Otherwise how can she help you if things get worse?
@ Nammu I'm sorry you are down (((HUGS)))
Great pics eveyone esle. I may share a recent selfie later on if I do look too weird in them. I often catch my eyes at weird angles or a bad head tilt, wind blowing hair in my face.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD
Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine,
There's a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.
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