Lamictal

Good luck to you! I totally understand why you don’t want to be on all of these nasty meds anymore. I hope that the transition is smooth for you.

Let us know how it goes! Be patient and kind with yourself and I am super glad you have your husband to help notice things you might miss.


FearLess47

Good luck! I am sure you will take it sure but slow. I have never had the xr but your method sounds good. Yes, it does look like you need a chemical break.

So as a few of you might remember i quit Latuda about 6 weeks ago now. No problem or hiccups. My brain is now working sans med

So my next will be getting off Lamictal. I take 300mg xr so I can’t just cut into pieces. Maybe just take it every other day then decrease to ever 2 days and so forth

It’s really is a seizure medication anyway.

I take doxipin for sleep at night, I take 100 mg I can always cut to 50 then zero.. I will have to watch if my hellish insomnia comes back full force , but it’s what I want to

I do not plan to discuss this with my Pdoc. Why you ask ? My Pdoc and T have never seen me off meds. I’m not foolish enough to think I do not have Bipolar. But my Pdoc will probably try to talk me out of it as expected. But it’s my life and I’m not going Willy nilly being reckless about my wanting off meds

I take a lot of medical issues meds and had another one added a couple weeks ago for my bone density test show my bones are weak. So fosomax once a week for 5 years.

I really think it’s time to just cut all meds, all these chemical I take daily. I feel my body needs a Med vacation to allow my body to adjust sans all medication.

Will I climb and crash ? It’s of course a possibility.

I have never once over the last 9 years been truly wanting off every single Med so strongly.

I am just unhealthy I have never felt so physically unhealthy.

I vacuum my house yesterday and I literally had to go to bed as I was weak as a new born kitten for 2 hours !!!!!!!!! I laid there until I finally able to actually get out of bed. I wasn’t even able to make dinner last night.

The only medications I plan to continue taking is my symbicort inhaler for my Asthma and Xanax for help sleeping.

The rest I’ll just stuff them in a drawer with all the other **** I quit taking over the last 9 years.

So yeah this is my plan , my husband will keep an eye on me if I don’t notice a change.

So yeah here I go ~

Sending best wishes in your venture, of course!


I think sometimes of doing the same, but can't risk things going sideways in my current situation. And there's no one to keep an eye on me (aside from pdoc and T, but the times in between are plenty long enough to get in trouble). I can have decent length remissions (looking back over time, granted, before I got dx'd, so a certain amount of guesswork), so alas, there's no way to know whether it's the meds keeping me balanced, or a remission. If I had more support and security, I'd likely try it too.


I know we've always said around here that before trying going off, be sure to have a lot of coping skills in place. If anyone is armed with solid coping skills, it is you. Good luck!

Yes !! I am not sure I would do this if my husband wouldn’t be keeping an eye on me. I’m lucky I have him.

My daughter who also has Bipolar isn’t very happy about my going this route.... but understands my motives.

Tomorrow I fill my weekly Med boxes so I will start the Lamictal decrease.

My tool box is indeed over flowing.

Did you decide on jobs ?

Hi Christina,

I think I’ve gotten muddled up somewhere. Have you stopped taking all your meds? And was there a reason that compelled you to do so?

Sorry if you’ve already explained everything but I just can’t find what’s what.

Even tho I've decided not to quit the latuda until I'm no longer living with mum I'm following your progress as I too want to take a break. Especially from the AP. I'm wishing that everything goes well for you.

I have metabolic syndrome due to the meds. I decided it was time to make changes.

I first quit Latuda due to weight gain. They say it’s “ weight neutral” but for me it has been slowly piling on the lbs. I have already lost weight and my appetite has decreased since I stoped it.

If you look on this thread is a full list of medications I take psych and medical.

I have just never felt so unhealthy in my life. All my meds mix together so I feel like it’s all a toxic explosion in the making. I need to detox off everything I possibly can.

So ... I have a plan to go off numerous meds. I’m doing it carefully , I’m allowing for half life and then the time my brain to adjust sans Med.

My husband will be watching me in case I’m not catching any possible problems.

This is a well thought out plan.

Thanks for explaining. Much appreciated. I wish you all the best in your new endeavour. Me - I’d be too scared.