I talked to the receptionist. At TCN Behavioral Health today to see what my Psych Nurse Practitioner wants to do about me having some major or severe depression and she wants me to start taking Lamictal 25 mg every morning for thirty days in conjunction or addition to Abilify20mg and Lexapr20mg I take those in the evening. She said her raising the dosage on Abilify from 15mg to 20 shouldn’t have been making me depressed The Depakote 500mg twice a day I will keep on hand in case I go back to being manic. It helped a lot bring my mania down. So that’s the update on how I am doing so far. Or what I am doing may take a few weeks to see improvement I don’t know everybody responds differently to different meds. This is the first time for me and scary trying something totally new that I haven’t had before or tried before. This is the very first time trying Lamictal at any dose. Wish me Luck so tired of being a guinea Pig trying new meds if one doesn’t work and so on wish I didn’t have mental illness of any kind! I It’s so aggravating but it’s what I have been dealing with for a long time and will until I die unfortunately. Anyone on here take 25mg of Lamictal and do you tolerate it? I am hoping to have no side effects and that I tolerate it well if not back to the drawing board picking something else.
That’s a very low dose, but you have to start very slowly, as it can cause unpleasant side effects if taken at high doses too quickly. It did a lot of good for me, and I hope it helps you.
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thank you so much I do have to start out at a low dose and if that doesn’t help the dr. might have to increase it slowly to find the right dose for me or what works for me.
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Yeah, I’m at 100 mg and that seems to be a great dose. It’s different for every person, obviously. Just be patient. It should get better over time for you. Stay strong.
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I will update in a few weeks on my mood and how I am feeling since banned from Facebook Permanently I will be on here more often than not.