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#1
Nov 23, 2016, 02:30 PM
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Anyone else take Lamotrigine for bipolar. I know it's a seizure medication but I guess they found it to help with this, too.
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#2
Nov 23, 2016, 02:49 PM
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Yes, a lot of us do. Count me as Response #1.
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Meds: Latuda, Lamictal XR, Vyvanse, Seroquel, Klonopin Supplements: Monster Energy replacement.  Also DLPA, tyrosine, glutamine, and tryptophan
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#3
Nov 23, 2016, 03:09 PM
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Yep, I'm taking it and find it very helpful
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#4
Nov 23, 2016, 03:20 PM
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I am going back on it.
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Dx: Me- SzA Husband- Bipolar 1 Daughter- mood disorder+ Comfortable broken and happy "So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk My blog |
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#5
Nov 23, 2016, 04:00 PM
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Lam. helps a lot of people, in my experience. I didn't find it particularly helpful, but I'm on a different anti-seizure med (Trileptal) and that's helping me a lot.
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Nov 23, 2016, 04:06 PM
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Yep 400mg a day! Been on it since 2008
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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#7
Nov 23, 2016, 04:11 PM
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I used to. It's very common.
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Nov 23, 2016, 04:11 PM
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*raises both hands*
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Dx: BP2 and MDD Current meds: 100mg Wellbutrin; 200mg Lamictal; 400mg Seroquel at night; Xanax 1mg/PRN; 100mg/PRN Trazodone at night for insomnia Diagnosed in May 2016 |
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#9
Nov 23, 2016, 04:13 PM
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I'm doing it as mono-therapy (because I'm refusing anything else) and it's the best thing that's happened to me in a long time. And hardly any side effects other than very, very vivid dreams ... that I actually remember.
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#10
Nov 23, 2016, 10:35 PM
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Been on it for years. The only thing I'm afraid of is being maxed out (which I already am) and it stops working.
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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#11
Nov 23, 2016, 10:40 PM
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Quote:
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#12
Nov 23, 2016, 10:41 PM
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I took it as my first BP med I believe. I didn't take it long enough to form an opinion. Good luck!
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#13
Nov 23, 2016, 10:53 PM
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I take 100mgs. I'm guessing its mostly there to make the Wellbutrin work better and keep me from cycling down into depression as much. I find it effective, no side effects as best I can tell.
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#14
Nov 23, 2016, 11:20 PM
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are you considering taking this? What does your pdoc say?
bizi
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lamictal 2x a day haldol 2x a day cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, fish oil coq10 multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine Remeron at night, zyprexa, requip2-4mg |
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Nov 23, 2016, 11:29 PM
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Quote:
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Nov 23, 2016, 11:31 PM
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It takes a while weeks/months to get to therapeutic level of 200mg. I would think that you would like to start therapy ASAP.
bizi
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lamictal 2x a day haldol 2x a day cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, fish oil coq10 multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine Remeron at night, zyprexa, requip2-4mg |
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Nov 23, 2016, 11:37 PM
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Quote:
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"Give him his freedom and he'll remember his humanity." |
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Nov 23, 2016, 11:41 PM
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is lamictal your only medication?
bizi
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lamictal 2x a day haldol 2x a day cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, fish oil coq10 multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine Remeron at night, zyprexa, requip2-4mg |
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Nov 23, 2016, 11:44 PM
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Quote:
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Nov 23, 2016, 11:48 PM
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So the trazadone is not helping you sleep?
call your pdoc and ask for a higher dose or something else. It is really important for you to sleep. SO very important. Many people take seroquel to sleep at night... bizi
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lamictal 2x a day haldol 2x a day cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, fish oil coq10 multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine Remeron at night, zyprexa, requip2-4mg |
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Nov 23, 2016, 11:56 PM
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It helps a bit but makes me feel like **** later so I don't usually take it. Sometimes I don't mind, gives me more time to chalk out my thoughts.
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Nov 24, 2016, 12:00 AM
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Lamictal stopped my deep depression, really calmed down my irritability/anger issues, and even eased my manic episodes somewhat.
To me it should be the first line of defense when dealing with bipolar, it could have saved me years of grief. |
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#23
Nov 24, 2016, 12:01 AM
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This is unacceptable.
You need to understand the importance of sleep to your mental well being. I would ask for something else if you do not like the trazodone. I took and did not like it at all, for one it made me manic! plus I did not like the drying aspect of it. But that is just my experience taking it. now I take klonipin to sleep. Have been taking some amino acids to see if I can sleep better...but because I have been having hot flashes my sleep is interrupted. anyway. Sleep is really really important! bizi
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lamictal 2x a day haldol 2x a day cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night, fish oil coq10 multi vit,, vit c, at noon, tumeric, caffeine Remeron at night, zyprexa, requip2-4mg |
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Nov 24, 2016, 12:09 AM
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Quote:
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"Give him his freedom and he'll remember his humanity." |
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Nov 24, 2016, 05:01 PM
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I started lamictal 6 weeks ago (actually for partial seizures but pdoc suggested to try lamictal first to my neuro if I was to start an AED). I think it's been activating, I don't sleep well, I wake up a lot & have really vivid dreams atm, like bizi said maybe try a different sleep med?
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Dx: Bipolar II, GAD, past substance abuse, temporal lobe epilepsy. Rx: Lamotrigine 125mg, Sertraline 50mg, Clonazepam 0.5mg prn. |
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