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Anyone on Lamotrigine and/or Pramiprexol for Major Depression Disordee
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Dec 27, 2024 | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
I was diagnosed (incorrectly, IMHO) with bipolar disorder in 2009 and placed on Lamotrigine and Zyprexa. I always had severe brain fog while on this combination even though my dosages were adjusted many times over the years. I also experienced other unpleasant side effects and finally had enough and titrated off of the Zyprexa in Spring '23. Although most of the sympto.s were relieved, I still had some thinking problems and decided to get off the Lamotrigine this last Spring. I've been L-free since early Summer '24 and feel great. My dog's lifted and nothing but blue skies for the past several months. I did this under a shrink's guidance.
Good luck!
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Hi and thank you for your reply. I'm very curious about how you went off of lamotrigine. I have read that it is very difficult and must be done very slowly over a fairly long period of time. Was that true for you? I'm currently taking 150 mg twice a day. I don't know if that's a lot but the shrink told me she has people on much higher doses. I'm just wanting to try to get off of these meds at least one of them. I have no idea what I would feel like without meds. It's encouraging to hear that you're doing better Now that you've discontinued them but I agree that it's something that needs to be done under supervision. Scary stuff right? Our brains are such a mystery and there's so much they don't know but we all do our best. I would love to see what psychiatric care will be like 50 years from now! I figure they will look back on this and think "how barbaric "! Who knows? But again they are doing the best they can with what the research has been able to provide. Thanks again and I look forward to how your experience went.
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My fog's lifted.
My dog has remained earthbound.
😁