Your Brightside provider will prescribe you Lamictal (lamotrigine) to help you feel better
I started
I started taking Lamictal about three weeks ago after taking Effexor and other SSRIs for a while (which seemed to have stopped working for me)
I've been on Lamictal for 4 months after diagnosed with cyclothymia
Lamictal® Tablets: 25 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg; Lamictal Blue Starter Kit® Tablets: 25 mg; Lamictal CD® Chewable tablets: 2 mg, 5 mg, 25 mg; Lamictal ODT® Do not stop taking lamotrigine, even when you feel
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More serious side effects, like blood pressure changes and seizures, have also been reported
I feel more energetic, but at the same time am having problems getting enough sleep
Lamotrigine is used alone or together with other medicines to help control certain types of seizures (eg, partial seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, or Lennox-Gastaut syndrome) in the treatment of epilepsy
Every time i increase i feel calm but numb the first days then i get back to feeling like i take nothing
EM
I’m still very depressed and anxious and don’t feel joy or excitement
Roberts
Spent $$, got into debts massively, never worked at one place for more than a few months
“The drug manufacturer’s original studies of lamotrigine in bipolar depression found that Lamictal makes me dumb
Lamotrigine is an FDA-approved medication for maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder
Lamotrigine for Anxiety User Reviews
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I have bipolar II and belive me, Lamictal helps my hypomania! 4
Other gastrointestinal side effects include diarrhea, dry mouth, constipation, and vomiting
Response/effectiveness
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Lamictal (lah-MIK-tal) is the brand name used in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, and other countries for the seizure medicine lamotrigine (lah-MO-trih-jeen)