I have bipolar disorder not otherwise specified.. so it's a mild mood disorder. I a, also an alcoholic in recovery 18 months sober. I am trying to get off of trileptal and onto Lamictal. I have been told Lamictal helps with depression. I'm up to 125 mg on Lamictal and down to 150 trileptal from initially 600 and no Improvement. I have periods where I feel OK but still mildly depressed, but whenever my trileptal dose is decreased I go into a severe depression. Is this caused by trileptal? Is it withdrawal? It has also happened when it has been increased. Because of this I am slowly going onto Lamictal and off trileptal. But the trileptal med changes are really affecting me in a negative way. Has this happened to anyone? Every time the dose is decreased I suddenly become severely depressed. I am now up to 125 Lamictal and I have been slowly increasing the dose. When will the Lamictal start working? Is this a withdrawal effect from the trileptal being decreased? They're thinking of going up to 150 mg of Lamictal in a week. I hope it helps.
Current medications as of 04-12-2017
01-12-2015 - Present: |
Lexapro, 10mg. Once a day - AM |
02-12-2015 - Present: |
Trileptal, 150mg. Once a day - PM |
02-10-2017 - Present: |
Buspar, 10mg. Two times a day |
03-12-2017 - Present: |
Lamictal, 125mg. Once a day - AM |
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