ncc1701 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Heya, Edited to fix a strange smiley that showed up all unawares. I have noticed a really weird side effect on Lamictal. Way beyond the acne and breakthrough bleeding. Time seems to slow down. Like the other day, I started reading around 11am and figured at one point it was around 2pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seven Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 When I'm manic-y, I'll think a few days have gone by in one. Time flies. My naps truly become power naps where my stream of conscious races by so fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncc1701 Posted October 23, 2005 Author Share Posted October 23, 2005 Heya seven, Great name BTW. I thought of that hypomania thing too. In fact, I get scared every time something feels happy to me that I'm hypomanic instead. I don't *think* so. But I'll be watching carefully. 'Cos obviously I never picked up on myself going hypo before. I wonder if it's just that I was so damn *slow* when I was depressed, for like 20 years with the occasional hypo break, that this is *normal* time in fact. --ncc-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grousemouse Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 i'm getting this weird thing where when i blink i feels like my eyes have been closed for quite awhile. then again i'm taking myself off seroquel (50 mg) so maybe that's giving me some weird stuff. grouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critical_reflection Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I have something like this as well- I will wake up, look at the clock and then go back to sleep. When I wake up again I feel like I've slept for hours- but its only ten or twenty minutes later. I think its because I'm sleeping much better than I was. Were you depressed before you went on Lamictal? When I'm depressed I feel like I'm ridiculously slowed down. If you've suddenly come out of that maybe thats why you feel like you suddenly have more time? I dunno. I hope something I said was helpful, your side effect sounds weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number_6 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Like the other day, I started reading around 11am and figured at one point it was around 2pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirMarshall Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Yeah, absolutely. During the year before I got diagnosed (BP), as my life was falling apart, I noticed that generally my sense of time was erratic and unrealiable. One time look at my watch thinking that I had been working for half an hour and 3 hours had gone by. Another feeling like hours to find it had been 10 or 15 minutes. Towards my melt down I felt like a Daly painting sitting in my chair watching the second hand drag inexorably slowly around the dial. I started doing time checks, trying to estimate the time and then looking at my watch as a way to guage my mind. Eventually I remembered a movie 20 years ago, possibly Clint Eastwood, where the protagonist did the same thing. Used his watch chronometer to guage his sanity. After I got on the Lamictal life smoothed out and I could tell week to week that my time sense was better and consistent. A.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmilk Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 Though I fully encourage your exploration of it, I haven't had this problem, no. - k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 So far (this is week three, went up to 50mgs from 25mg) over the weekend, Lamictal has caused me to lose time. I'll think I've been surfing the web for a short break between getting work projects done, and lo and behold 3 or 4 hours have gone by. It's really freaky. I'm gonna have to get a big clock and check it often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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