Lamictyl Dosages Effectiveness Moods ...

I have been on Lamictyl for about 2 years now and am at 200 mg. Currently I feel the need to totally examine my whole treatment plan as things are just not going well.

I DO think the lamictyl has helped at moderating my moods some, since they use to fluctuate a lot more. What I am wondering is this: did any of you go from a similar dosage, and find that adding more lamictyl made a difference, or is there just a leveling out effect of the drug. I mean.. do you think MORE of lamictyl can do more than balancing things.. can it actually IMPROVE your mood if you take more? Does this make sense?

Also am wondering if the lamictyl has just mellowed me out too much. Not mellowed, really, but evened. Am I just going through the motions and would it be better to experience more feelings more often. I mean, I wasn't motivated before, and I am not motivated now, but is the lamictyl making that harder to change? I want to be interested in something! I want to do things that make me feel better!

I was taking 150mg and it was doing ok, but not doing the trick completely. So my pdoc raised me to 200mg and it worked like a charm. So maybe you do need to go up a little bit more. If you do notice improvement on the lamictal then maybe a little bit more would help. You also could have built up a tolerance to the drug; I have seen that happen before.

I am on 100mg. Not enough - I think.
I am going through phases of feeling very flat. Well, it's different to other times. I feel a whole host of emotions and my mind's racing; but I cannot actually feel any of them. It overwhelms and frustrates me. I'm sure this could be due to the meds

Yes, I understand how you feel. And sometimes I feel all of them at once, way too vividly.

I so so tired of this confusion- of not ever knowing if the meds are causing it or not, and if this is actually a good thing, or not.

hi hayward, interesting screen name , i take 200 mg./day and the improvement for me is that i am more calm in stressful situations. that is the greatest benefit i find.
my neice is bipolar too and feels it takes away her creative talents but i wonder if that is true. i am an artist and it hasn't hindered those creative tendacies in me. hope this helps.
as for lacking motivation perhaps you just need to start motivating yourself . it's easy to fall into that trap regardless of taking meds. idk, but it's a theory of mine. if i get bored with things/life i try to explore something i haven't before. it's hard to get outta a rut but certainly worth it.