BP symptoms...NEW to BP disorder
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BP symptoms...NEW to BP disorder
| Sat, 10-06-2007 - 3:37pm |
Please help me.....I started the Lamictal last Sunday. I have the orange dose starter pack. The first week he said to take half of the 25mg tablet and then start on the full dose of 25mg and continue dose pack as it is. I was raging on my kids this morning and now I have the endless crying and feeling blue. I dont think I am ever gonna get better. Does anyone know how long this takes to start to notice a differnce? And will this rapid cycling ever go away? I can now notice it up and down alot today. I feel terrible please some insight would be very helpful as I am newly diagnosed BP. I have battled panic/anxiety attacks for 7 years but never had episodes like these. I feel helpless. Any thoughts would be helpful! Thank you

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I did the started pack as it was packaged and noticed a difference at 50 mg. I stopped at 100 mg. Then went up to 150 and then went back to 100.
I've since had a pregnancy so I guess my hormones are still weird. I've been going up from the 100 mg which is how I ended the pregnancy. With each increase (150 for two months, 200 for a month, 250 for a week and a half, now 300 for a couple weeks) I've been feeling better.
I knew I really needed to go up when my anxiety was really bothering me. If I'm at a dose that's working I rarely have anxiety. It's reduced to a low grade worry feeling when I'm stressed.
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Hey sweetie,
I know this is so crazy and upsetting. It takes time for the meds to work and you will need an increase in the dose you have now. With Lamictal they have to take it slow because some people can develop a rash that is deadly. Most people don't. Most people feel a difference between 100 and 200 mgs. I had to go up to 600mg of Lamictal. But that is just me. I ended up having it changed to Lithium. I take a fairly low dose of Lithium now, 900mgs.
Lamictal is a great med. Try to hang in there and please call your pdoc and let him know what is going on. He should be able to up the dosage every 2-3 weeks. That is what my pdoc did.
I feel so bad that you are having a rough time. Keep posting here and getting out your frustration about everything. I do understand it is hard.
Big hugs,
~ Tina ~
Thanks Tina, I appreciate it! It can be stressful dealing with pdocs and the disease. I am having good days and bad but I think we always remember the bad over the good and dwell on it.
Thanks for the tip and KIT!
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When I first started Lamictal I was also on Seroquel. Seroquel put me to sleep so I took both at the same time about two hours before I went to sleep. But when I went off of Seroquel I found that I like the Lamcital in the morning better.
Now that I'm on 300 mg I take 150 in the morning (7 am before I leave the house) and 150 around 5 pm when I get home from picking up the kids. I'm having a hard time remembering to take it about 5 even though it really helps be calm down from my late afternoon. I'm thinking about setting me cell phone to alert me when I need to take the afternoon dose.
I don't remember noticing side effects until I got to 250 mg. At that dose it upset my stomach. But it was different that my usual upset stomach. lol. That side effect has gone away.
I hope you start feeling better soon!
I haven't noticed any side effects thus far. I just am having really bad anxiety every day and feeling of loosing control. I am petrified of meds and the doctor suggested to take Klonpan but as I said I am just scared it will make me worse. I hate taking meds to begin with. I wish I could get over my fear of meds.
Did the Lamictal help at all with anxiety/panic attacks?
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I can relate to your situation.
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Hi,
Glad to see you started taking the meds. I have kolonopin for my anxiety as well and I am down to a low dose and only as needed now. It is definatly a frustrating thing to learn you have BP and then start meds and have to be patient for them to kill in. After 3 monthes of the meds and just trying to understand the BP I think I am starting to feel stable. The aggrevation of the illness is enough to set one off I think. I am starting to realize what a "trigger" may be.
Keep talking to us, asking, venting it is a big help. I don't think I would of survived the past couple monthes with out these ladies.
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Jennifer,
Well, I am not doing so good right now. I have these really bad depressive episodes and think I would much rather be died then for my family to have to go through this and to feel the way I do. I been taking the Klonopan since yesterday and I hate taking it. It make me more up and down more frequently. I keep asking myself why this is happening to me. I just started taking the Lamictal about 8 or 9 days ago. I am still having really rapid cycling. I dont know what to do. I am trying to get a better pdoc but she has a long wait. The one I have I do not feel confident in, nor does he ever return my calls not to mention he doesnt even have an answering service just an answering machine that apparently no one ever checks.
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