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Posted at 11:29 PM on Sep 29, 2008 by tinahansen08, #35125
I have been on Lamictal for about 3 and a half yrs now for Bipolar 1. Overall, I have had a really great experience with the drug. I started with 100mg and then went to 200mg after a year and a half. Now I take 225mg as of a month ago. For about a year and a half I had the acne on my chin and then it went away suddenly (thought it was cutting out dairy from my diet though). I have been extremely fatigued for awhile now. 7hrs of sleep is not good enough for me so I end up taking long naps when I have the opportunity each day- I always want to sleep. I feel stupid and lack focus and motivation. I use to be a social butterfly and now I feel so exhausted when entertaining. I am a personal trainer and am in the business of making others feel better, but I seem to be feeling worse. I have experienced weight gain as well and that is hard for me since I use to be bulimic and have always had poor body image issues. I was on the NuvaRing for 5 months and it made me sooooo depressed so I finally got off that and feel better- don't mix those 2 drugs. I am going to ask my doctor to take me off of it this week because I am ready to trust God with my mental health. I have a great support system to help me through the tough times and if I want to get pregnant, I have to go off it anyway.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Oct 01, 2008 by jezebel, #12975
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Reply about 1 year ago on Oct 10, 2008 by ber, #13296

Don't get off your medication to get pregnant! There are doctors who can supervise you on a safer dose of a medication that has been studied to be safer for pregnancy. Emory University's psychiatry dept out of Atlanta, Georgia is one place you can visit for help. There are other places. Maybe Boston. Search them on the web. Please don't get off your meds. The risk of hurting yourself or the baby is too great. I have had severe post-partum problems.

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Reply 2 months ago on Aug 27, 2009 by pollergirl, #22548

I hope you are very careful when you go off. Have lot's of support, let everyone know what you're doing and to watch for symptoms to return, and be ready to go back in if they do.

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