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Lamictal and depressed mood?

Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Jul 30 7:24am | Replies (5)

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minajo,
I'm not in this group but with the enormous extended family I have (87 first cousins), I have several relatives who suffer from seizures, including a brother.
I am truly sorry your daughter has such challenges, as you must also have, parenting her. I deeply feel for you.
Have you asked your daughter's doctor(s) about TMS - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation? Over the past four years, I've completed three cycles of TMS to treat severe depression. Several anti-depressants (I've tried 12-14) worked for a while but not permanently. TMS is noninvasive and it's brought me back to life three times! From my understanding, TMS was originally used to treat seizures and it was "discovered" that it took away patients' depression as well. The description you give of your daughter definitely sounds as though she's a very depressed girl. Some of her medications may help, but it seems as though taking too many medications may be harming her. I took Lamictal with Cymbalta to treat depression and it didn't cause me to be more depressed. In any event, talk with your daughter's physicians about TMS. Also research TMS to familiarize yourself with it. I wish you and your daughter the best life has to offer! May she heal and bring your family peace and relief!

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Thank you for your kind and supportive words! I doubt my daughter could do the TMS, first as her epileptologist wouldn't order and secondly, she pulls off leads just for EEG!
We might have turned corner with Lamictal, as she reached 250 mg she has seemed calmer, no seizures and now titrating to 300 with biweekly additional 25 mg, then the lab to see level.. as with Dilantin she needs to be on high end of " normal" range to prevent seizures..
Her g . i. system is still out of whack from the colonic interposition and have to be careful with drugs that cause constipation..
So her comorbid of autism/ epilepsy remain a huge challenge. she needs 24/7 supervision, care and i trust her team if 2:1 caregivers in licensed carehome.. they are very familiar with seizures as 3 of the 6 residents gave epilepsy
I just try to stay very involved but as a 76 year old mom with my issues its getting harder!
Such a great support group here, with my daughter being nonverbal it lets me get answers from " typical" users of drugs for epilepsy!. Thank you to all!!!