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posted 05/20/2011, comments (0)|
The 'Joy' of med changes
I am going thru my monthy brain swirl with the latest med change. My pdoc is slowly reducing the tegretol that I was prescribed when first diagnosed over to lamictal. I'm getting to the end of the process but it still throws me. I go thru the anxiety before hand knowing that it's coming. He even asked on Wed if I was ready. I talked about... Read more
posted 11/20/2010, comments (0)|
New to Lamictal? Watch for Rashes
Lamictal - also sold under the generic name lamotrigine - is a medication that was developed to treat seizure disorders like epilepsy. Since then it has also come to be used as a mood stabilizer for people with bipolar disorder. Studies are showing that Lamictal is one of the better mood stabilizers for treating bipolar depression as well as to... Read more
posted 08/25/2010, comment (1)|
Just got out of my first Inpatient ever
I started having more sever anxiety attacks and 'self mutilating' it make me feel like was letting out some of the pain inside that I know of no other way to get out. Then I started thinking about OD'ing. I'd never under normal circumcstances do that. I don't want to hurt my family like that. So my husband came home and I was such a... Read more
posted 05/30/2010, comments (8)|
Plea for help/advice. What should I do?
I feel worse. I'm sinking. Undertows are pulling me down. I think I'm doing an ok job outwardly at not seeming as bad as I feel. My kids and my DH are what is keeping me going. Large crowds of people are now making me have pretty bad anxiety attacks. The only thing that keeps me from having a case of the screaming me-me's is pain. I dig my nails... Read more
posted 05/23/2010, comments (7)|
