ibelknibel Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 I take Lamictal for my ultradian cycling (BP2) for about 12 weeks. After increasing the dosage to 75 mg I experience more cycling, suicidal thoughs, and agitation through the day. This slowed down after 5 days. Now I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Try and stick with it. Loads of people here went through the ultra rapid shit every time they increased the dose of lamictal (me included). It does seem to settle out after some days, but if it carries on, then talk to your doc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanophile Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Lamictal is doing something similar to me. I'm no longer depressed but I swing from a positive hypomania to a very negative state where I just want to yell at people. I say horrific things that make no sense whatsoever. I will only get 3 hours of sleep per night for a few nights and then it levels off only to come back again. I started taking Lamictal at the beginning of December and am on my second day at 150mgs. I don't want to stop taking it because it has obliterated the depression (other than I would call my "rage" statements a weird kind of depression because I've cried during them). Is there something that can be added to it to stop these swings. I do not want to go on Lithium because I will be the one who will go into toxicity by doing nothing at all. These pills are crazy - I only have to look at them to gain 10lbs and not sleep for days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unregistered Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 My own experience, FWIW... I cycled wildly when I went from 50 to 100mg. My next dose jump was to 150mg, and I cycled wildly for about a week before settling down to just cycling rapidly but not to extremes. I was supposed to go straight to 200, but I decided to go to 175 instead, and that jump made me go completely batshit to the extent that I went up to 200mg after only 4 days. At 200, I was all over the place for a few weeks, but with it all slowly calming down. After about two months at 200mg, I was what I would class as stable. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 Yep, me too. When I hit 200 mg I was rapid cycling. Pdoc cut it in half and added Trileptal and the cycling has stopped. I think for some of us it is just too stimulating, like an AD (I can't handle those either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest_andrewkewlkid_* Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I take Lamictal for my ultradian cycling (BP2) for about 12 weeks. After increasing the dosage to 75 mg I experience more cycling, suicidal thoughs, and agitation through the day. This slowed down after 5 days. Now I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unipolarbear Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 The exact same thing happened to me at 200mg of Lamictal. I went crazee. So the doctor and I tried 100 in the morning and 150 at night and that works out very well. but of course, YMMV 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanophile Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I was the closest to "insane" that I have ever been for the past week after going up to 150mgs. So yesterday I was over it. I kept picturing myself running down the hall (I have a thing about running down the hall screaming when I get into a hypomanic state - for some reason I just find it hilarious) and throwing my water bottle at a co-worker. I couldn't concentrate. I called the pdoc and he upped my Lamictal to 200!!! And he put me on Abilify but only 5mgs which after reading other websites I think 5mgs does nothing - I could be wrong though. Let's see if I have another crazy day. I must get something done at work though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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