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May 07, 2015, 06:08 PM
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for months I have been tapering my lamotrigine down..well today I noticed that passion and feelings have started to return..I felt something... been over two years.. that I have lived in vanilla land... nothing got thru that plastic wall around my feelings..no anger no sadness no sorry no nothing....I am begining to have political opinions again,, being upset with bad drivers,, anger at the stupidity of coworkers....the real me is coming to life again..
And it scares me a little...being at peace with the world is kind of a cool way to be...having to face and deal with "feelings, emotions, passions", is scarey... I am beginning to wonder if I would be better off hiding back in the pill bottle again....after all it is what my pdoc wants,,me dead from the neck up.... Does any one else feel this way or am I just screwy.. maybe too many pills for too long... 
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May 07, 2015, 07:57 PM
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One time I told my old doc that lamictal made me feel very flat. It's a very flat feeling medication, like a flat wall or a table top.
When I weaned myself off it the first time I felt great, best I'd felt in awhile. (Until I found out I was pregnant. Then I didn't feel so great lol.) Good for you for weaning off it! I wish I had the courage to do that right now.
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May 07, 2015, 08:35 PM
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I quit taking mine all at once a couple years ago and felt normal finally. I went manic.
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May 07, 2015, 08:45 PM
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After mentioning that my memory wasn't close to what it was before taking med's, my wife agreed and stated that I'm not the same person I used be and that she'd rather deal with my periods of hypo/mania every once in a while rather than how I am on meds. My PDoc took me off Zyprexa 10mg, Seroquel 400mg, after mentioning my significant weight gain. After my wife's comments I started titrating down my Lamictal. I've gone from 300mg to 100mg fairly quickly and will be off all together within a week or two. I feel as you stated in your post, like life is coming back to me. The only meds I'm continuing are Wellbutrin 75 mg in the morning, and Klonopin 0.5mg - 2.0mg at bedtime.
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May 07, 2015, 09:15 PM
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When I went off mine I went manic within a month.
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May 07, 2015, 09:49 PM
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the only memories I have is down...
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May 07, 2015, 11:48 PM
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Then enjoy it safely.
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May 08, 2015, 09:14 AM
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I take as little meds as possible, and get by ok on 400 mg lamictal an 10mg anti-depressant. It works for me, somewhat. Of course I could take more meds, to help with depression I guess, but I am a bit afraid of it. Heard a lot about the numbness you are describing, and weight-gain etc. I have a bit of an issue with my weight as it is, so that is actually important to me. And people write about how hard it is to stop taking them if they are not doing the trick.
When it comes to learning to deal with emotions, I have had a bit of the same issues as you are describing. What helped me was cognitive therapy. I also read books about this kind of theraphy, cant think of one of them right now, but there are several. |
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