Posted by ruby on July 2, 2003, at 22:45:48
hi all--i'm new here and have been looking for info on lamictal; it seems the most recent i could find through the index was about a year ago. i'm wondering how folks are doing on it.
my background, briefly: i've been fighting depression since 9/11; have a background of sexual abuse, live in NYC, was too close to the towers when they were hit, have depression in the family.
been trying a variety of anit-depressants since november last year...prozac for 8 weeks, lexapro for eight weeks. then tried trazadone (for sleep) and effexor for about 6 weeks with no improvement (well, i was sleeping, thank GOD, but no improvement in mood. in fact i was feeling worse). so the psych added wellbutrin but after about 4 weeks i was getting confused, forgetful, tremors, and lots of anxiety. she took me off the effexor, lowered the wellbutrin and added zoloft. 6 weeks later, i'm still very depressed, having a tough time getting things done, crying all the time, having trouble with self-abuse too.
soooo...the psych is adding lamictal tomorrow, starting at 12.5 for a week, then going up. i've read lots about it, talked lots with her and my therapist and going along with it with reservations. so how are folks tolerating it? any of you on it with any of these other meds? i think her plan is to take me off those if the lamictal works.
thanks in advance for any words you might be able to give me. ruby
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