Lamictal withdrawal side effects
Common Questions and Answers about Lamictal withdrawal side effects
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You can go to the medication website and that will be listed and you can show that to your psychiatrist and ask if that is what might have caused the muscle stiffness. Regardless if that has stopped the other side effects are more typical withdrawal symptoms and should go away without a probleem.
The side effects you are describing can occur as an adverse reaction to Lamictal but it also could be a matter of interactions
with the other medications. What might be going on could have a variety of causes. Its also important to think whether it has helped you or not. All of this could be discussed with your psychiatrist so they could come
to an appropriate decision within their clinical discretion.
The side-effects were getting too much. I stopped it suddenly, all at once, and had no withdrawal whatsoever. I had a lot at the drug company's website and it said that it's really dangerous for epileptics to go cold turkey. A lot of doctors don't know about the differences between lamictal's effects on epileptics and on people with bipolar. But it seems it's much safer if you're taking it for mood symptoms.
I have spoken to my psychopharmocologist about that and in me after a while the Lamictal made me manic (I am on another medication now) and he said that is noted that Lamictal is better on depression than mania and in some cases it can worsen mania which is one reason they use it less often now than other mood stabilizers or use an anti-psychotic instead despite the Lamictal having less side effects.
ve also gone down from 450 mg of lamictal to 150 mg. Ironically I have not suffered any of the usual side effects that I have had before and am wondering if Effexor/Lamictal have lost their effect on me. I know I have had some difficult depressive episodes over the past six months, but thought it was just the holidays. I know when I went onto them this time around I didn't feel as good as I had in the past. Paxil, Prozac, etc don't work for me b/c they stop working after a few months.
I've been on Depakote and Seroquel for bipolar and not improving much, so today the doc took the depakote away and is starting me on Lamictal. Can anyone share your experiences with it? He told me it should not give me the weight gain or fatigue, and the only thing I need to watch for is if a rash develops on my body to let him know immediately, as it could be serious enough to land me in the hospital. Other than that, does the lamictal really have relatively few side effects?
t work exactly the same, and therefore when you taper off one drug and start another drug at the same time, you run a risk of suffering symptoms that might be start-up side effects of the new drug or might be withdrawal effects of the old drug or might be both, but you have no way of knowing if you do it this way. Again, many shrinks do it his way and many patients are fine with it.
ve been on Wellbutrin for 4 weeks now and my sexual side effects have not subsided. I specifically chose to take Wellbutrin because of its reputation for rarely causing sexual side effects, because even while depressed I had a pretty healthy sex life. However, I recently read that studies have shown that, although less common than with SSRI antidepressants, Wellbutrin can cause sexual side effects, such as decreased libido and impotence.
My daughter is currently taking a combination of depakote, lamictal, and abilify for a mood disorder. However, her doctor feels the overwhelming problem with her is an anxiety disorder that is not being addressed by the current meds.
The doctor wants to ween her off the lamictal completely and start her on klonopin wafers. I am concerned about the "drowsiness" side effects. Do these eventually go away?
I've been taking zyprexa for almost 6 months and am still suffering side effects. I get blurred vision and fogginess which makes it hard to concentrate. I'm sleepy all of the time and could fall asleep at my desk if I could. I've had bipolar disorder for 10 years and have never been sleepy all of the time. In the past, prior to this medicine, I've always had troubles sleeping. Does anyone else have the same problems as me?
Some side effects get less. Some go away. You need to give meds at least a few weeks to see what is going on. The only exception for that is a massive weight gain or a life threatening reaction. I have found my own choice after 4 years but would not like to discuss it on the forum and would not like to give you my plan because it is only for me. Drugs work differently for everyone. Anyways, there are ways to avoid the sleepiness with the drugs if it begins to interfere with your life.
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