Lamictal for depression and anxiety

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I know Lamictal has a strong anti-depressent effect including when I took it and dizziness is a common side effect at first (including with me) but it generally passes in time.

is this a safe med................im not bipolar but depression and anxiety and cant take ssris.............also on klonopin.................went off abilify due toproblems after 3 months low dose of 2 mg,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,pshy dr also added seroquel as needed for sleep i dont like it makes me to drugged.....so looking for others with imput on lamictal..........im so scared been on about 4 days ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if i was gonna be allergic would i know already.......

I suppose that I didn't convey my situation properly. I have terrible depression and constant anxiety that has been kept at bay with antidepressants for 7 years. I will gladly put up with side effects to ensure that I feel mentally able to live my life. I am graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing this may and I have to have some stabilization in order to function. I have done well in the past on paxil, prozac, and lexapro but for some reason they keep "pooping out".

- INSANITY, it's very intense work out, but is a big stress reliever, And i dont get in the depressed moods so much, It calms the anger problem sometimes. anxiety i havent figured out wats good for that yet.

I understand that this does not commonly happen due to effexor but I am sure that it is related. I'm taking the Lamictal due to depression and an abnormal eeg. I have a history of seizures but havn't had any since I was a baby. I'm a 26 year old female now. I also have symptoms of add without hyperactivity. Especially forgetfulness.

however I must comment that since being on lamictal(lamotrigine)...I DO NOT suffer from any anxiety or depression..therefore the memory loss cannot be attributed to this...the memory/spelling/word finding issues have only started this last year and since I BEGAN using this medication. I did not think of there being a connection UNTIL I read the post from Malak.

I am on Lamictal and have no major side effects. The scary thing about it is you can get steven johnsons syndrom from it when you first start it. I have anxiety too and that scared the crap out of me and took me two days of trying to take it to build up the courage to do it. It is suppose to be a rare possible side effect though.

I was put on lamictal for mania because I cannot take any of the traditional mania meds. Lamictal worked for me but I had side effects and had to stop it. Your dr is just following new medication lists.

I was diagnosed as Bipolar II after having been treated marginally for social anxiety and depression for 15 years. I withdrew from Paxil. I am slowly weaning from Klonopine while adding Lamictal. My beginning dose for one week was 25mg. This week, I am on 50mg. My racing thoughts have diminished as have confusion and rapid speech. I can't believe I am saying this, but I think I am too happy. I worry that I am having mania. I have trouble controlling my laughter in public.

I've been dealing with anxiety and depression since i was about 16 years old. There is an extremely strong family history, so I'm pretty confident that most of it is biological, although there are probably some underlying stressors. Last year I was on 5 mg of lexapro and 15mg of remeron for sleeping and eating. When I got home for the summer my doc recommended that I try getting off the lexapro.

I was taking Lamictal (anti-seizure medicine) while getting ECT treatments. SHOULD I HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF LAMICTAL BEFORE THE INDUCED SEIZURES? I am experiences extreme memory loss and cognitve function. Unable to speak articulately since the ECT. It doesn't make sense that I would be on an anti seizure medicine. Would this require more electricity to be used to induce the seizure? Would more electricity risk brain damage? Which I feel I have.

Hi my psych. doctor prescribed me Lamictal to deal with persistent depression (initial dosing of 25mg). I have already had a bout of steven-johnson's-syndrom due to the nasty drug tegratol. It almost killed me when I was 17. It gave me a severe rash that lasted well over 6 months from head to toe. Made me lay on towels filled with ice to save my life, as well as taking steroids and many other uncomfortable measures. I should have bought some stock in the company that makes cortaid!

Do anxiety and depression go hand in hand? I have bad anxiety, but other days it feels more like depression. the feeling of not being in reality or not being myself gets strong sometimes, but that could be either. I just wondered if maybe my anxiety was causing depression...or maybe i have depression causing anxiety..?

I am Type 2 Bipolar and currently take 200mgs of Lamictal, 900mgs of Neurontin, and 1.5mgs of Klonopin. My doctor and I will be weaning off of the Klonopin within the near future as we don't feel that it is medically necessary. I don't mind the Neurontin as I have been on and off of it for years. We are looking at just using the Neurontin and the Lamictal. However, a recent family even has gotten me wondering; would the Lamictal be a good enough mood stabilizer for me alone?

If you are to stay on a med, go with lamictal. It is supposed to work on both depression and mood swings, so give it a go. If not, try a different SSRI like zoloft.

Also, am on Trileptal (1800 mg/day, with 300 mg in am and 1500 mg in pm) and Xanax (between 1 1/2 to 2 mg/ day depending on anxiety symptoms). The doctor wants to get Lamictal into my system and then decrease Trileptal slowly as our next step. Anyway, any comments on these side effects? Thanks for your help!!

but i am speaking of an SSRI say because it also kills not only depression but also anxiety and along with OCD. But in vain. If the pharm comp can come with an AD that doesn't bring mania then hurrah, but to disappoint you many research going on today suggests that AD's are not better than placebos.

In between remission and Hell, but just can't seem to get full remission again. Odd thing about my chronic depression and anxiety is that no one, even in my extended family has ever suffered it. Not only that, but I have never suffered a tramatic experience in my life. It strikes me as odd that my best friend was raised by his alcoholic father that used to beat him half to death every night, yet he does not suffer my illness.

I didn't go on antidepressants until about 15 years ago (when I was about 32)when I was having anxiety attacks with the depression. I have been married for 27 years. We have had our relationship problems and trials in raising kids, but I truly believe that some people's brains just don't make the right chemicals which causes depression. At times though, situations do make the depression worse. The worst part is not always knowing what really causes and triggers it.

I have had depression prior to use and they go hand in hand with anxiety. I tried before Oxy breakdown, all kinds of antidepressants and made things worse. Somehow I came across Lamictal, which is in a classification of mood stabilizers and it worked. No side effects and truly evened things out. I have to get out of my dilemma and see Dr to try the Lamictal again. Everyone is different but it might be a start. Major kudo's for being 11 days clean. How did you do it ?

I am not doing well because I am still experiencing fatigue, saddness, depression, and anxiety. Lamictal makes me feel flat, in return making the depression worse because I do not feel like being artistic. That seemed to be my only retreat out of this miserable world. Now, I have no drive. I blame that on the Lamictal. Since my bipolar symtoms seem to be more on the depressive side, I think I am gong to try to treat that more than the bipolar end.

my son spiraled badly 3 wks ago and was put on zyprexa(now 10mg) and valporate(1000mg) the first week he was full of anxiety...couldn't settle, just paced the floor yet he was depressed and cried alot too. was told this was a mixed state of BP. the second-part of 3rd week he stabilized but in an extreme depression....so low he could barely get dressed or eat, but he pushed himself and even worked. Now a little into the 3rd week he is still depressed although not as bad...

Two days ago I forgot to take my effexor XR 150 mg. and lamictal in the morning. That same day at approx. 4pm, I was just cleaning and feeling fine. All of a sudden I got real dizzy and started vomiting, I started to sweat, fast heart beat, tingling in hands, legs and around the mouth, shaking and was very weak. My mom called the paramedics and they took me to E.R. and they gave me medication to stop vomiting. I have been on and off effexor for 20 yrs.

I had extreme paranoia, racing thoughts, depression, anxiety, mood swings, blurred vision, cognitive confusion, cloudiness, etc. the list goes on and on. My pdoc just had me quit it after I had a "little" melt down a couple of weeks ago. Genious me, though tried to go cold turkey last week and I had a COMPLETE meltdown on this past Saturday. I was supposed to taper down, but no - I had to try cold turkey.

Have you ever had anxiety before? Depression and anxiety usually go hand in hand. I know - I've suffered with both all my life. The medicine for depression sometimes has side effects - like anxiety, racing heart.. Or it could just be that something about going back to school has made you anxious? Can you speak to another adult about how you are feeling? How about a guidance counselor at school?

I have been having episodes of sinus tach which usually occurs when I am walking or standing up (determined this by doing orthostatics). I have a history of heart block & have a pacemaker that was put in in '05 for complete heart block. I often feel lightheaded, dizzy, have chest pain, L arm pain & a headache. I also get palpitations a lot.I have been in the hospital several times for this. EKG shows a 100% paced rhythm (normal for me), blood work, chest x rays are normal.

He has been diagnosed by a pedatric neurologist as having complex partial seizures with a recommendation starting on lamictal for the seizures. Is this combination of drugs safe? I have read about the serious side effects of lamictal and about possible drug interactions between lamictalan resirdone. What side effects should we expect and which ones pose a danger to our child?

Now I am noticing that my anxiety and depression are coming back....I have researched on the internet about Nuvigil and one of the side effects is anxiety and depression, so I am going to stop taking and call him. My question is has anyone else experienced this? I go see him in December for my med maintenance appt. I want to add that this is a bad time of the year for me as my 19 year old son was murdered in Dec. of 1997 and his birthday is coming up on Nov. 29.

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