Clinical diagnosis symptoms and conditions

I have been taking Lamictal for 8 years for the clinical diagnosis 'double depression.' I now have no depression so for me this medication as been a miracle.

I take 100 mg at bedtime. I have very vivid dreams every night which I do remember upon waking. Whatever I am thinking about or watching on TV seems to be the theme of my dreams so I have stopped watching frightening movies or television.

I also experience balance problems, I have difficulty reading out loud, and thinking of words when I am having a conversation. My cognitive problems are not with thinking but rather verbal expression. I have a lot of problems with three dimensional thinking, as in reading blueprints.

I suppose as my doctor suggested you have to decide if the quality of life is improved weighed against the side effects. As my doctor said "you'll have to decide whether you want to be depressed or clumsy." This is a no brainer for me after many years of depression.

Clinical trial of montelukast in the Netherlands.

I noticed two things:

1. The researcher states that sides effects are 10%.
2. The researcher will not allow patients to also take drugs which are metabolized by CYP2C8 because montelukast inhibits that as proved by in vitro (test tube) studies. American studies in vitro said yes montelukast is an inhibitor but in vivo (in people) that it didn't happen. I was always confused by that and would still like to know more
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