Posted by fjc9 on November 1, 2007, at 4:59:46
In reply to Re: Lamictal... is it truly effective at anything?, posted by msanjelpie on October 26, 2007, at 3:53:06
> I've been on Lamictal for 8 years. Only went off of it during last 4 months of pregnancy. When I am off of it and only on an AD, the AD just doesn't have enough punch. The lamictal increases the AD, but stops it from going through the roof. It's a stabilizer, not an AD.
I have been on Lamictal for three years but only coupled with Depakote. I'm currently on 100mg Lamictal and 1000mg Depakote ER. I was only given Lamictal after my pdoc had given some to a few of his bi-polars that were "stuck" and it helped them get "unstuck". Anyway, I was also kinda "stuck" but he wouldn't let me just have Lamictal w/o Depakote because he was using Depakote as the mood stabilizer to prevent Lamictal from amp'ing me up too much. Too bad Lamictal has that fatal rash complication --- or that it sucked in seven trials out of eight.
I just got EMSAM Tuesday night but I didn't put on the 6mg patch until tonight --- but only after GOOGLE'ing to see if it was swimming pool/shower proof. I thought it would be a thick patch sort of akin to a tea bag with adhesive but was surprised to see it was a transparent plastic film with adhesive. Sad. Wikipedia didn't say anything about it being shower-proof! I read the enclosed pamphlet too and it didn't seem to mention "Don't get wet" anywhere in bold relief!(>_<) Yeah, I did kinda forget to ask my doc about the water thingy...but I have been having a lot of (allegedly Depakote-related) "mental cobwebs" lately.
[Thanks go to Robert for his "First Day" thread in 2006 that GOOGLE seemingly latched onto... (http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060408/msgs/630549.html)]
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