I am excited to report that I think my lamictal is working well. I don't feel dizzy or medicated anymore (everything was fuzzy for a while and I was pretty out of it) I am currently up to 150mg.

I feel good. I still have my emotions. I am not numb. I feel like I can think before I speak or react. Like the impulsively is no longer there. OK well I still think about doing things impulsively, but I am able to think rationally about it instead of reacting solely on my emotions.


I am hoping this will all continue (knock on wood)

The only downside is that I don't know how to get things done now. Before when I would get depressed I wouln't care and only do what needed to be done. When I was manic I had the energy to get things done. Now, its like there are a lot of things I want to do, don't know where to start or have the motivation to start so I have been sitting on the computer all weekend.

Also, I have not been sleeping well for about a month or more. I don't feel like I need the sleep. I am not tired during the day. But I really enjoy sleep. I like dreaming. Ah well, maybe it will change. Maybe it wont.

Also, I have not been sleeping well for about a month or more. I don't feel like I need the sleep. I am not tired during the day. But I really enjoy sleep. I like dreaming. Ah well, maybe it will change. Maybe it wont.

That sounds a lot like mania talking.....you need sleep. I am glad you are feeling better.

It does sound like mania. I just wish I had the manic energy that can come with it and the "need to clean." My dishes and laundry are piling up and I am just sitting here looking at them. *sigh* Its like I am relearning how to do some things. Not that I am complaining. I like not feeling on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

I'm glad you're feeling better emotionally. Lamictal made me hyper and anxious. I had severe brain fog and could not remember what I was doing at all. I saw my psychiatrist last Friday and I am tapering off of it and increasing the Depakote. I'm able to think a bit more clearly with the Depakote but I am still not sleeping much (mania season).

GRRRR. I gained 10 pounds. The only thing that has changes since the last time I weighed my self is Lamictal. I don't have a scale at home, so I am going by the doctors scale.

GRRR, I just got down to a decent weight, a place where I felt happy. I cut out a ton of food and lost like 25 pounds since January. Only to gain back 10. I was wondering why my shirts were getting tight again. I thought they shrunk, no no... its just me. GRRRR

Trade sanity for pounds?? GRRRR

I am going to talk to the pdoc when I see her on the 24th about it, until then I just hope I don't gain any more.

Did anyone else gain weight on lamictal??

No, only with the Lithium.

How are things with the mania?

I spent $400 in two days on misc crap. Although really good/fun crap. hehe. Its all on my credit card. (still trying to talk myself out of buying a laptop off ebay as well as other accessories for my new purchases) "bad zoie, bad. stay away from ebay" lol

Not sleeping, haven't really slept past two months. Just toss and turn all night. Racing thoughts.

In short, I am still experiencing mania. At least I have not slipped into depression to badly. I was going back and forth every 3 or 4 days before lamictal. Now it seems I am constantly experiencing various mania symptoms.

Can you call your PDoc before the mania runs up larger bills? I really don't think Lamictal helps with the manic side...however that is based upon what I have read and my own experience.

I might be able to get in sooner. Thanks for the suggestion. Sometimes I forget that I have a say in the matter of things.

I might be able to get in sooner. Thanks for the suggestion. Sometimes I forget that I have a say in the matter of things.

I know what you mean. Some of it has to do with that whole doctors playing the role of god thing.

I know what you mean. Some of it has to do with that whole doctors playing the role of god thing.


ROFLMAO!! Thanks.

I spent $400 in two days on misc crap. Although really good/fun crap. hehe. Its all on my credit card. (still trying to talk myself out of buying a laptop off ebay as well as other accessories for my new purchases) "bad zoie, bad. stay away from ebay" lol


Ouch... I hate that feeling when you realize later on, you didn't really need that stuff. For me it's like, "OK, now I've got another hundred dollars worth of obscure books I'll probably never finish reading, and thats $100 that's not going to pay down my card." I must stay away from book stores and music stores (repeating to self).

Also, I have not been sleeping well for about a month or more. I don't feel like I need the sleep. I am not tired during the day. But I really enjoy sleep. I like dreaming. Ah well, maybe it will change. Maybe it wont.

I suppose it could be mania, but I've read that people taking lamictal for seizures (especially kids) have insomnia as a side effect from Lamictal. So it may be a side effect rather than mania (hard to tell some times, I know).

http://epilepsy.emedtv.com/lamictal/lamictal-and-insomnia.html

I started Lamictal May 16th, I have had insomnia since Aprilish.

It is possible that the lamictal is continuing the insomnia pattern though.

Thanks for the tip

Damn my counselor for bringing up things that make me want to cry.

She asked me to write down all the reasons I think I am damaged goods and all the things I contribute to the world.

I get it, this will help me. I know this. But knowing doesn't make a difference. I just want to forget it and move on.

Grrr... feel like I need to cry... but I don't want to cry....

such is life...

*hugs*

I'm sorry Zoie. I had to do that once, then for weeks it rang in my head how damaged I was. It didn't matter to me that I had put down good things...I only saw the bad. Forgetting and moving on is definitely feel like the better choices. My thoughts around that are I just try to pretend nothing ever happened and I was just born with this thought pattern...never works on her though.

I hope you put on there that you contribute to the support of Bipolars all over the world!!!

Keep updating us!



Damn my counselor for bringing up things that make me want to cry.

She asked me to write down all the reasons I think I am damaged goods and all the things I contribute to the world.

I get it, this will help me. I know this. But knowing doesn't make a difference. I just want to forget it and move on.

Grrr... feel like I need to cry... but I don't want to cry....

such is life...

more "good" news. I have a rash. I am going to the doc later today. Just when I thought I had it all under control. Ah well. I have not started lithium yet, but if I have to get off lamictal at least I have something else to take.