I tried tegretol once for a month but gave me headaches that was the only MS i used before my today lamictal. In the USA they don't use it anymore because it's interactive with other drugs. Trileptal is its cousin though weaker and as IL said doesn't need blood test.
Incidentally lamictal sometimes they mix it with depakote it says in its brochure.
I wonder why he recommends tegretol. Is it he is suggesting any MS and that's all.
I am BP and I try to convince my pdoc to try lamictal. He put me on tegretol instead which I couldn't bare. I read good things about lamictal. Why pdocs prefer AC as MS because more effective and longlasting than AP.
Although I am on seroquel which is OK, I believe the best 2 meds invented so far though not tried neither is lamotrigine (lamictal) and abilify.
It's the best drug I have been on so far, and I've been a guinea pig, no side effects what so ever, Im on 250mg/day(you can go higher if needed, I have difficult to treat depression) - I've reacted badly to to other drugs because my pdoc wanted to augment, then he finally realized I was just fine just taking this MS. Actually the stats are a little lower then you mentioned. Most pdocs are very conservative and will up you very slowly on the drug @ 25mgs each week. .
I feel as though the Lamictal is working well for me. i see my doc on Friday.
Darkestlight: thank you for letting me know you have been on this high of a dose, i was concerned, i know that ILADVOCATE was on 325mg i had read that before. was it a good stabilizer as well as working as anti depressant? i just like to know "real people" views, as well as docs.
ILADVOCATE: I read that at a high dose it can send you into mania, it also said that the mania can be controlled w/ topiramate.
Your post is strange to me, for yet you said you turned manic after the SSRI prior to it you said you were dx BP. What made your pdoc suggest BP. If it is depression only then it's cyclothemia for sure as the other manic pole is not present unless you trigger it by an AD. In this case I believe your drug is lamictal. Of course I am not a pdoc but can tell from my experience because it's my case typical. Although I haven't tried the drug but believe in it for my case.
they were testing her for MS. She is experiencing facial numbness, dizziness, blurred vision, muscle weakness, tremors...and a few other symptoms as well. she has an appointment in almost 8 months with the neurologist. I know this is not for diagnostics on here, thats why we are seeing a number of doctors. Her symptoms have been progressing rapidly over the past year or so, would MS be off the table here and if so, what else causes these kinds of symptoms?
I had been doing so well on the lamictal and cymbalta that I thought I had no need for psychiatrist for the last 10 months or so. Now, bam, I need one and who wants to start with a patient that already has SJS. When I had dbl couverage insurance I could get in anywhere. (least of problems)
4. I've seen, neurologist, internal med.
Well I was on Lamictal for almost 10 years and at higher doses (I was told by my psychopharmocologist this was not uncommon) that it could worsen mania and that's why I was changed to another mood stabilizer. Speak to your psychiatrist and make sure that's not the cause of the mania (of course it could easily be that its just not working well enough and the whole issue is their judgment).
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