stamikaus
07-11-2009, 12:26 PM
Hi guys & gals,
I don't know if any of you remember me or not, I have been on and off here since 2004 when the site was at a different location or something then had to rejoin and anyway...
I was DX with Epilepsy and it was an up and down few years until I was controlled with Lamictal 100mg/day and celexa 80mg/day for depression and mood swings.
I haven't had a sz since 2005 and I guess I got complacent with being sz free and tired of the numb to life and feelings & weight gain & lack of interest for marital relations with my husband, that these two meds were giving me.
So I just up and quit taking them cold turkey around May 27th or so and two weeks later started taking St John's Wort and 5-HTP, and that seemed to work for a week or so, and I was able to actually FEEL and have a connection with DH during marital relations, and I would cry because I didn't want to lose that, but then the CRASH came and it was terrible and ruthless. My husband said listen babe, it's better to have you feel good and be able to function and live life than to go through all this for basically my as me stamikaus not his but my main 2 reasons, weight and no interest in marital relations with DH.
So we went back to my doc and she started me back on Lamictal (lamotrigine) 100mg/day and said that it covers my sz risk and should cover my depression and mood swings, and added ativan (lorazepan) for my anxiety. Leaving out the celexa (citalopram) hoping that the lamictal will be a 2 for 1 med. She said Lamictal has been rx'd for various mental health conditions, like manic depressive and bipolar and ocd and others so she's hopeful that it will cover my mental health issues which no one has yet to DX me with a name of something.
Ok this is a lot of venting or getting this out off my chest... but I did really come here with a question... since I was off the lamictal so long today is day 5 of taking it again, and it's like a fresh start again, I am still crying all the time, and get so upset about the whole thing that I throw up, and feel anger and rage and hopeless and crying again...
How long have any of you who have been on Lamictal for mental health conditions how long did it take to be therapeutic and start actually helping?
Is there anything I can take naturally to help in the mean time while waiting for the Lamictal to kick in?
Any ideas for things to do or say to myself to work through these various moments?
Any help or advice would be great and very appreciated.
stamikaus
I don't know if any of you remember me or not, I have been on and off here since 2004 when the site was at a different location or something then had to rejoin and anyway...
I was DX with Epilepsy and it was an up and down few years until I was controlled with Lamictal 100mg/day and celexa 80mg/day for depression and mood swings.
I haven't had a sz since 2005 and I guess I got complacent with being sz free and tired of the numb to life and feelings & weight gain & lack of interest for marital relations with my husband, that these two meds were giving me.
So I just up and quit taking them cold turkey around May 27th or so and two weeks later started taking St John's Wort and 5-HTP, and that seemed to work for a week or so, and I was able to actually FEEL and have a connection with DH during marital relations, and I would cry because I didn't want to lose that, but then the CRASH came and it was terrible and ruthless. My husband said listen babe, it's better to have you feel good and be able to function and live life than to go through all this for basically my as me stamikaus not his but my main 2 reasons, weight and no interest in marital relations with DH.
So we went back to my doc and she started me back on Lamictal (lamotrigine) 100mg/day and said that it covers my sz risk and should cover my depression and mood swings, and added ativan (lorazepan) for my anxiety. Leaving out the celexa (citalopram) hoping that the lamictal will be a 2 for 1 med. She said Lamictal has been rx'd for various mental health conditions, like manic depressive and bipolar and ocd and others so she's hopeful that it will cover my mental health issues which no one has yet to DX me with a name of something.
Ok this is a lot of venting or getting this out off my chest... but I did really come here with a question... since I was off the lamictal so long today is day 5 of taking it again, and it's like a fresh start again, I am still crying all the time, and get so upset about the whole thing that I throw up, and feel anger and rage and hopeless and crying again...
How long have any of you who have been on Lamictal for mental health conditions how long did it take to be therapeutic and start actually helping?
Is there anything I can take naturally to help in the mean time while waiting for the Lamictal to kick in?
Any ideas for things to do or say to myself to work through these various moments?
Any help or advice would be great and very appreciated.
stamikaus