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@ank

You are not nuts.
Your shrink needs to understand that such an expressed viewpoint isn't in the slightest bit helpful. Perhaps you could communicate this to your shrink?
As for the itch, it's a very real Lamotrogine side effect.
Please speak to your prescribing doctor about this. If the prescriber is your shrink, perhaps it would be helpful to discuss your experience of this as a matter of fact and not as a matter of mental dysregulation!

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Thanks for your helpful words, Ank.
Yes, the mental health community isn't a perfect place. Last Spring, my GP diagnosed me with dermatographia and put me on Cetirizine, then switched me to Fexofenadine. These have helped. Also, I've been off Lamictal since end of past April. I've started getting comments from Mayo readers concerning posts I made almost a year ago! Some kind of tear in the spacetime continuum?

Thanks again!