I take 10 mg or Lexapro 125 of Lamictal, and 250 Depakote. I have been amazingly level for three whole weeks! This is the first relief I have had from rocky ups and downs, since 9-10 months ago. But now I am realizing that I'm antsy and fidgety during the day when I'm at home. I get out a lot -- cutting back on that asap -- but when I'm home, I can't sit still very long, feel nervous, fidgety. I want to read my eReader or a book. Watching a video slows me down very well, though. I've had meds in the past that made me antsy, so t his feeling is familiar, even though I had not recognized it till now. Anyone else have antsy or fidgety or nerves feelings on any of the three meds I mention?

Lexapro could do it, being an AD. It sent me straight away up to the moon when I was mis-dx'd years ago by my (then) GP. Have the dosages been consistent or have there been any recent changes?

Originally Posted by Innerzone

Lexapro could do it, being an AD. It sent me straight away up to the moon when I was mis-dx'd years ago by my (then) GP. Have the dosages been consistent or have there been any recent changes?

Well, I didn't change the Lexapro. But speaking of sending through the roof, well my experience was - a long, long time ago -- you don't even want to know how long -- but I was in my 20s. I had a serious case of sinusitis and bronchitis. The outfit I worked for had us all enrolled in a big health care organization. So I finally, finally got in, to see an ENT. She gave me Xanax. I thought it was for the sinusitis. Maybe I was depressed in her eyes -- I had not had a dx of bipolar back then. Anyway, after a few days of feeling WAY, WAY WAY too good, I got off it. It's kinda odd -- I'd never felt so good, but I just knew something was very wrong with me.

[Cocosurviving]

Hello....I took Lamictal for two years and had no fidgetiness

Originally Posted by Cocosurviving

Hello....I took Lamictal for two years and had no fidgetiness

Thanks for your reply, cocosurving - Thank you for sharing your expereince. well, so it's not Lamictal, I guess. Although we know each persons reacts -- or doesn't react -- differently!

[Cocosurviving]

Originally Posted by flowerbells

Thanks for your reply, cocosurving - Thank you for sharing your expereince. well, so it's not Lamictal, I guess. Although we know each persons reacts -- or doesn't react -- differently!

This is very true in fact several members on PC have big problems with Lithium. I take it and have been able to handle it.

Originally Posted by Cocosurviving

This is very true in fact several members on PC have big problems with Lithium. I take it and have been able to handle it.

I get it about lithium! I don't take lithium, as it affects the parathyroid glands and I already have problems with them. I have surgery for one of them this week.

As for the antsiness, I'm starting to think it's because (1) I'm doing too much; (2) That makes me rush around -- a very, very bad thing for me to do; (3) when I get plenty of sleep, I don't seem to be antsy.

Plenty of sleep means sleeping my life away -- 10-12+ hours a night.

I was subscribing to 4 local theatres. For next season -- only one. That means 4 plays a year, rather than1 or more a month. I will spend more time playing cards and board games with women friends, and spending more time with my boyfriend, and more time just by myself.

[meekayla]

I've been on Lamictal for a few months and never had any problems with being fidgety but with Lexapro it's a completely different story! I started it a week ago and I've been super agitated and nervous since, so for me it's definitely that (don't have any experience with Depakote though)

Thanks to everyone for your sharing. I think I found out really what's causing the antsiness for me. It's doing too much, too fast, rushing (NEVER a good idea for me) and not getting enough sleep. The last 2 days, I did get enough sleep, and didn't do anything except a little music practice and a few things around the house. I slept 10-14 hours each night. That's what I've done all my life except recently. That's what I need. Nobody in my life has ever "permitted" or "admitted" that I need this much, except my mother. She said I've always been that way, and when I was a baby and toddler, I needed two naps, where the other kids needed only one. I used to take 2 study halls, when I was in high school At the first one, I got my homework done, and at the second one, I slept. I wonder if kids have that kind of option nowadays. There is so much denial and hostility towards sleeping now. Cities do not even allow homeless people a place to sleep outside. So cruel. The police, with directives from the City Council, do "sweeps." The people sleeping or semi-camping are run off in the middle of the night. They esp. do "sweeps" when a special event like a marathon through the city is going to take place soon. We (city officials) don't want to see these "trash people" so sweep them away -- we don't want to the "trash people"'s presence and visibility to give the city a bad reputation to know the truth about how heartless, uncaring and ineffective the Powers That Be are.

[rwwff]

Sleep is so important, finding and sticking to that balance point 7-9 hrs can be so hard.