[nicedd]

I have been on Lamictal for about 2 months and I am up to 100mgs a day. Most days I feel pretty good but I notice lately that everyone around me gets on my nerves. I actually feel myself pushing people away from me. I was also hoping that but getting a diagnoses and being treated for bipolar that I would be able to have a sexual relationship with my husband, but the desire is still not there and this troubles me. My depression has decreased considerably, but I still have crazy thoughts about getting hurt(not hurting myself), especially falling out of hte car every time in the car. I never think abouy hurting others or hurting myself but I wonder what would happen if a accident happened what would happen to me, would I just break bone have a scratch, or end up dead. What would my kids do without me? How would my husband deal with everything I do? I don't know what to do with these thoughts or how to stop them but I feel they are not normal. I have never told my dr. about these thoughts but I guess I am going to , since the medicine does not seem to stop them!

[suze999]

100 mg of Lamictal is still a pretty low dose, so definitely mention your concerns to your pdoc. Maybe you also have anxiety going on -- she or he is the one to help you figure that out. I think all of us parents worry about what would happen if we're gone, but it sounds like your thoughts are making you miserable.

It's funny how many of us don't want to have to tell our doctors our symptoms, yet we show up for appointments and pay for their time....

[Amazonmom]

Those are called intrusive thoughts. I had constant intrusive thoughts about gory bloody things happening to my daughter, husband, family, etc. My psych NP told me it was part of my postpartum depression. I think they can be a part of bipolar and just plain unipolar depression as well.

When I started on Zoloft (before Bipolar diagnosis) they went away immediately. I was so happy to have the thoughts gone after a whole year of the torture, that I didn't realize Zoloft isn't supposed to work so fast...LOL I got hypomanic on Zoloft. Had to go cold turkey.

Before my Lamictal got to the 100 mg per day level, the intrusive thoughts came back. You may need to go up on the Lamictal, or start another drug to control the thoughts until the Lamictal is at a high enough dose to work on its own.

Definitely bring this up with the pdoc as soon as you can. You don't deserve to be tortured by these thoughts.