I'm playing doctor myself...

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Registered: 07-08-2003
I'm playing doctor myself...
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Mon, 01-23-2006 - 9:45am

So I've been sharing here that the meds are working for mania (50 mg. lamactil and 100 mg trileptal) but I've been ridiculously tired to the point of being cranky!, and my hamstrings were so tight that they were interfering with my running and yoga) so over the weekend I decided on my own to cut back to 25 mg. lamactil. I know I should call my pdoc but I don't feel like it. I'm in my office today and granted its a dark, rainy, dreary day and I've got alot of work to do that I have no interest in doing and my DH is leaving this morning for the week and I'm playing single mother, but I just feel like crap. I have no motivation and feel sad. Is it possible the lamactil, even though no a therapeutic dosage, was too much for me?

I really, really want to shake this feeling. I'm a very upbeat, perky person and today I feel like crawling under my desk and hiding from the world. Like Keli said last week, mania is better than feeling like this. What's up?????

Love, Mo.

mo 7-18-10

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Mon, 01-23-2006 - 12:27pm

Hey Mo!

Are you SURE the Lamictal was therapuetic at 50 mgs? My pdoc said the Lamictal tends to work the opposite sometimes. So, maybe you should call??? I felt really down, until they started increasing it much higher.

My new pdoc...the one I saw Friday...said that too many mood stabs will NOT make you depressed. My "old" pdoc told me they would. So I had that mindset. He told me that the opposite is true...so I dunno. Guess it all depends on the person.

Anyway, please call your pdoc...don't mess with your meds yourself...look at me. I do it all the time.

Feel better! Love you!

Keli

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Registered: 11-18-2003
Mon, 01-23-2006 - 1:06pm

hi mo,


i can't speak for the lamictal, but i know when i was on trileptal i was always tired. but for me we never knew if it was that, the seroquel, the trazodone or what.


i agree with keli in that you should call your pdoc. i know metabolisms are different and the effects of meds are different for everyone. my 16 yo dd is on 100mgs of lamictal and it doesn't make her sleepy, if anything, it hypes her up.


that's just my two cents worth. i hope you start to feel better soon though:)


hugs,
traci

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Registered: 04-06-2005
Mon, 01-23-2006 - 4:39pm

lamictal is a strange one i've discovered...ha ha, its the only one i've been on.


but here's my deal, at 200mg a day, it was horrible, i hated every minute of it.

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