It poisons my mind and makes me feel lousy all day long. It hasn’t done a god damned thing for my depression either. All it does is cause cognitive problems.
I am taking Wellbutrin it’s good
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Thanks! Maybe I’ll give it a try
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I’m sorry to hear Lamictal isn’t working out for you; has your dr combined it with an antidepressant? Lamictal is the best mood stabilizer for me, and I’ve been on lithium, Depakote and, very briefly, Tegretol. I guess I’m fortunate that I get zero side effects from Lamictal (unlike those other three). It does nothing for my depression, but it does fully block the manic stuff, same was true of lithium. I have to take Wellbutrin to combat the depression, and it works well for me now that I don’t drink anymore. I had been on 450 mg of Wellbutrin XL, but for the past week I’ve been experimenting with taking only 300 mg, still kind of a high dose, and I’m doing fine. I figured I could try dropping the dose on account of the aripiprazole injections.
Aside from doing nothing for my depression. It makes me feel lousy and causes problems with my thinking and memory. I wish I could stop it but I’m also taking Prozac and the lamictal is supposed to keep the Prozac from making me go manic. I don’t think it even does a great job at that either. I’ve been on and off lamictal for years. I now know why I keep stopping it, because it truly sucks. The only reason I’m gonna stay on it this time is because my doctor says it prevents jindling in bipolar disorder. I guess I’m stuck with this stuff until they come out with better medicine to treat mental health issues.
Yeah, my short-term memory is garbage, have to be taught things over and over again before I am actually able to commit them to long-term memory. I don’t know how much is the Lamictal, since I’ve been on it continuously for so long, and how much is the illness itself. It sucks at work; my boss and coworkers used to get frustrated having to teach me things multiple times, but I think they’ve come to accept that’s just the way it is with me. I’ve lost good jobs because I couldn’t learn things as quickly as I needed to.
New drugs come out all the time, though, so hopefully something will come along that treats you better without the dreadful side effects.
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I went from being a good follower of directions to becoming somewhat of a kinetic learner. I have to act out my thoughts sometimes and I now talk with my hands a lot because it’s too much effort not too.
I get asked questions and I get all frazzled like I have aspergers and scratch my head and do other strange rituals before I speak. I’m also taking latuda but I’m pretty sure the lamictal is responsible for these behaviors.
side effects are worse than lithium. that’s for sure. well, except it doesn’t kill you out of nowhere after taking it for 15 years. but it is better for depression. tegratol (sp?) might be something to try.
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I think lithium is a possibility now too. I don’t like it either though, and it makes you gain weight.
Tegretol was almost as bad as lamictal.
I’m not sure why I’m on this stuff to begin with
i haven’t noticed much weight gain with lithium. it’s certainly not as bad as the antipsychotoics for that, but every little bit, right?
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Every little bit is true 
Lamictal made me Manic and Anxious.
Made things worse for me.
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