Q: do people that take lamotrigine have a bi polar disorder? Or is it a mood stabilizer?
Stacey,
Have you been looking in the medicine cabinet?
Lamotrigine is used to treat seizure disorders and used as a mood stabilizer for Bipolar Disorder.
I take it as a mood stabilizer and I was officially diagnosed with bipolar about 2 years ago at age 17. I have rapid cycling with suicidal tendancies. I take 300 mg. of Lamotrigine along with a real low dose of Lithium.
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