[MagicalDreamer]

Evening everyone..I have recently been put on LAMICTAL for bipolar and I take LUNESTA for sleep. Does anyone know if you can take both at night before bed? I can not seem to find anything in regards to these two at the same time.
I take synthroid in the morning, and they say to space any other meds out for a few hours after that for absorbtion and i am taking the LAMICTAL after about two hours. I am just afraid that I will forget to take it. So i would like to hear from you all on it...
thanks

I shouldn't be a problem, but call your pdoc if you have questions. That's what they make the big bucks for.

[yutzman]

I take Lamictal for my bipolar and have tried Lunesta for sleep without success....but I did take them together with no problem. I'd stick closely to the dosing regimine your Psych has prescribed for the Lamictal because of the 'black box' warnings for the drug. I've taken the Lamictal now for about three months and it has helped my mood swings greatly....Good Luck with yours..........Y

[Slothrop]

I have also taken them together with no problems.

I was in the hospital once for a few days, and the pharmacy insisted that my Lamictal be taken at bedtime.

Synthroid seems sensitive to being mixed with pretty much anything.

Ditto what farmergirl said, check with your doc...or try the pharmacy.

[thinker22]

I've never been on Lunesta, but I have been on sleep aids (benzos) for as long as I've been on Lamictal/lamotrigine, which started last June. I have no problem taking say 15mg of temazepam or even 30 for that matter, about the same time as I take my pm Lamictal, which has ranged from 50 to 150mg. I take the same amount in the morning as I do at night. As others have said, check with your p-doc, but Lamictal doesn't even make me drowsy. When I'm transitioning up or down in dosage by 50mg, I take the larger portion in the morning because it gives me energy. I'm weird, what can I say? Hope you can catch some z's soon.

[WhiteHotKM]

Oh man, I was on these two at once a while ago. Though I was on quite the cocktail and I'm sure that didn't help things, I went crazy with self injury when I was on them. I ended up in the ER even. But everyone is different, so I would ask your doctor before trying it, that's for sure!