I’m convinced my mood stabaliser called lamotragine is making me sad as it’s cancelling my excitement and various other good feelings away.
I want to feel again. Feel life. Feel good.
I shall stop the mood stabaliser tomorrow but I will remain on 20 mg zyprexa and the anti depressant.
This combo should be fine.
I am hoping to feel again
Why dont u talk to ur pdoc first? I am saying this as a minimalist. I am all for being on the lowest possible dose of 1 med but this has to be done carefully.
Ya i suppose you are correct. I will wait till i speak to her !!
thanks
Are u sza btw? 15
I was diagnosed SZA at the time cause i was cutting myself but i feel it had to do with the paranoia…
Im convinced im just a purebred Paranoid Schizophrenic.
I really dont think a mood stabalizer is helping me
What dosage of Lamotragine are you on? I’m on 200mg a day and my pdoc say I could go up to 400mg if needed
I thought my mood stabilizer wasn’t helping either so I tapered it with approval of my pdoc. Big mistake. I was bouncing off the walls and ended up calling her to get her to get more from the pharmacy before our next visit.
I only need 100 mg but I definitely need it. Please don’t go off without talking to your pdoc first. If they approve it, then you can try it, but still be careful.
Yea i take 100mg in the morning and 100 mg in the evening.
400 mg is alot. I dont think i need to go up infact i dont think i need to be on it…
Do you notice the lamotragine? Is it doing its job for you?
AP, AD and mood stabilier. Classical sza cocktail. U should really talk to her. I am sure she is going to be ok with lowering ur meds as long as u are stable and u guys havent tried it before and it ended up being a huge failure.
Yea @GentleSoul
Im definately going to go off it ive decided. I will speak to her.
I just feel too medicated at the moment
I don’t know if it is doing its job atm. I was prescribed Lamotragine a couple of years ago when I had suicidal ideation for months on end. The Lamotragine pulled me out of that deep dark pit… So I guess it does its work in a way.
Ah ok i see.
Im glad its helped u my friend.
I shall have a chat with my doc about.
Im off for a shower.
Laters 
I wanted to feel good again so I cut my antipsychotic dose in half, but the voices returning weren’t worth it. Had to re-up the dose.
Damn it.
I’ve done that more times than I can count. It doesn’t work for me either.
I think I’m over messing with my meds after this last time. I felt so bad, now I’m terrified to NOT take the meds.
I’m trying to cut out Latuda for these same reasons. So far two days off I have genuinely laughed again, felt emotions and am just more upbeat. I just pray the voices don’t come back or I’m back on it. Wish you the best of luck, you’ll get through this!
Occasionally I’ll have a fleeting moment when I feel better or feel good about accomplishing something but for the most part I cry almost everyday and hope that I can cope with feeling pretty awful no matter how good things get.
I’m sza and on a cocktail of three AP’s, an AD and an anti anxiety med. It all works for me. I would never dream of touching my meds without getting my pdoc’s approval. But, that’s just me. I’m a former R.N. so maybe that has something to do with it.
Quitting lamotrigine cold turkey can result in seizures, even in people who are not taking it for a seizure disorder. I take 200 mg of it every morning. It definitely blocks the manic side of my sza, but doesn’t seem to help much with depression, hence I take two AD’s.
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