[JustWannaDisappear]

Are you on something else as well?

I'm not depressed anymore but my irritability is out of control. I am picking fights with my husband over anything and everything.

[tattoogirl33]

As of right now I'm only on Lamictal 350mg (200mg in the am, 150mg at night)and still dealing with the same issues as you although that's more in relation to me also dealing with borderline... wish I could be of more help.. you need to call your pdoc

[JustWannaDisappear]

Originally Posted by tattoogirl33

As of right now I'm only on Lamictal 350mg (200mg in the am, 150mg at night)and still dealing with the same issues as you although that's more in relation to me also dealing with borderline... wish I could be of more help.. you need to call your pdoc

Do you also get teary? I don't feel "sad" but I can cry over the strangest things. Or a sad movie even if it's something I wouldn't normally cry over.

[tattoogirl33]

Oh my yes... my daughter (age 12) was watching a movie with me this evening and asked me not to lay my hand near her feet... simple request, right? I cried like a baby!

[~Christina]

Im on Lamictal and Haldol (which i havent taken for 4 days ) I cry over everything its getting on my last nerve .

Maybe call your pdoc and get there opinion?

Some days I just feel like arguing with my husband ,, why ?? becasue it makes me feel something besides sadness .. weird I know .

Good Luck Im sure other people will come along with better advice than I gave

I'm on Lamictal and virtually never cry. Didn't much for quite awhile before that either, so it's probably just me. Go back 5 years and more to see the fountains. I used to. Think the years just took it out of me. It takes a LOT anymore, and usually not even then. Lamictal didn't bring crying back, so it didn't change things for me in that dept. either way.

In answer to your first question, yes, it's not all I'm on, but the other one makes some people more irritable, so... (It doesn't seem to affect irritability levels in either direction for me.)

[Rosie23]

I didn't get like that until I started taking a generic prescription I filled. I was never teary though. But very aggressive and paranoid.
I went back to taking the exact medication I started out with and it went away.

[AniManiac]

150mg Lamictal, 300mg Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin makes some people irritable and/or anxious, but not me.

When these are at good levels, I rarely cry. The one exception is PMS - I get a day or two of hypersensitivity where practically everything makes me cry - but that happens regardless of meds. Otherwise without the meds being right I'm a waterworks, which is really distressing, because I wouldn't even really feel all that sad, but just couldn't stop crying on and off all day.

[MsMesuggah]

I am on 200mg Lamotrigine, generic for Lamictal. 100mg in the AM and 100mg at PM. Since I was slipping into a mixed state due a series of stressful situations, I talked with my T and she is going to talk with my pdoc...I see the T on Monday. I do take 1 mg clonazepam...generic for Klonopin, for anxiety and irritability. Sometimes it is necessary for me to take .5 mg in the afternoon.

I have been crying a lot but since this past Christmas season was especially sentimental for me... I just went with the tears. Now that the New Year is here, (wow! January is almost over !) I am becoming less tearful and am doing rather well all things considered.

I would recommend talking with your pdoc about this and I am sure that this issue of "crying at the drop of a pin" can be remedied.

Shalom

[dragonfly2]

My daughter and I are both on Lamictal for bipolar. I'm also on Wellbutrin and Risperdal, my daughter takes Intuniv and Wellbutrin (she also has ADD). We had to lower her Lamictal dose because it was making her agitated. She calmed right down once the dose was lowered. Even though it's considered a mood stabilizer, it can still trigger mania, believe it or not. Definitely let your doctor know. The anger and irritability can be a sign of mania.

[Beebizzy]

300mg Lamtical and I also take Effexor (112.5mg ), and Trazodone for sleep (150 or 200mg).

I don't cry - ever. I'm one of those depressives whose sadness gets frozen and painful.

I have been a bit irritable - thinking lots of negative things about my bf and sort of getting annoyed with him in my head. I'm not famous for raising things directly Maybe it's better that way at the moment - but I know longterm it's not good.

[JustWannaDisappear]

Originally Posted by AniManiac

150mg Lamictal, 300mg Wellbutrin. Wellbutrin makes some people irritable and/or anxious, but not me.

When these are at good levels, I rarely cry. The one exception is PMS - I get a day or two of hypersensitivity where practically everything makes me cry - but that happens regardless of meds. Otherwise without the meds being right I'm a waterworks, which is really distressing, because I wouldn't even really feel all that sad, but just couldn't stop crying on and off all day.

Wellbutrin made me irritable but I loved it because it was basically speed for me. Then I developed a painful reaction and had to quit. I was pretty sad lol.

I tried Risperidal once and I was so groggy the next day and the possibility of weight gain was a no for me.
I've been on several ADs and they either haven't worked, made me nauseous to the point of dry heaves or activated me to the point of going days without sleep.

I also am on the generic of Lamictal, but can't remember how to spell it or pronounce it. If I choose to go with Brand instead of generic I have to pay $55 co pay instead of the $10 I pay now. And with my sons OT & play therapy and my T & Pdoc I just can't afford it. I'm pretty tapped out.

My thing is I do not want to go on any more medication

[mgran]

I'm also on seroquel. Lamactil lifted my depression when they first put me on it. I started to get a bit manic. After about six weeks of both seroquel and lamactil my moods levelled out. I don't often feel anything unbearably intensley anymore, either joy or despair. I can live with that. But I feel like I'm on a constant border where I might lose my temper ... when it does happen I'm not actually feeling angry. There's a part of me watching the blow up which is perfectly calm. Once the blow up (which is usually only a minute) is over, I take myself away for half an hour or so to calm down.

Usually it's shouting and screaming about something. Sometimes I bang my head on the wall, thump myself or something. It doesn't happen often though... maybe once every couple of months.

[blossom12]

I am also on Lamictal to lift the mood, and then the Neurontin to help with the anxiety and irritability which has worked for over a year.
I just went to the pdoc because I was describing symptoms like yours- depressed but irritable and snapping at people (boyfriend broke up with me after doing this for a couple of weeks) and the pdoc is calling it "mixed states" and put me on Trileptal.
Fingers crossed for it working.

Good luck.