#lamactil

[sadiepickles]

If you guys are circling the post I made about marijuana being dangerous bc it can activate latent bipolar disorder, increase psychosis, and make other mental illnesses worse, you should know that somebody added a comment that lamictal doesn’t mix with marijuana and I’m not 100% sure that’s true. I don’t want to feel obligated to act like a hall monitor and police every comment that gets added bc I am not in control of who comments on the post and who reblogs the commented version, but when you google lamictal + marijuana it just says that it lowers blood pressure and can make you extremely drowsy. But nothing besides that. Lamictal is a very popular medication and I hardly want an incorrect version of that post circulating. That being said, if there is a source that says it is dangerous, you need to post about it bc I have seen MANY people ask for a source in the comments, which is why I’m writing a follow up post now.

[synergyevent]

August 22....

Begin with the Lamactil and Depakote on Monday, August 21. Immediate reaction to feeling better. This continue through rest of the week. No auras. No fluttering. I spoke with Mark McAfee of Organic Pasture Dairy. 

Have you tried a ketogenic diet with tons of raw Kefir probiotics. I do not have hard science behind this idea…but I have heard that this diet has worked for some seizure patients.

It makes sense because  irritable tissues in the brain are suppressed with good fats and headaches are reduced big time with probiotics and raw kefir. Inflammation is reduced with increases in intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase. See this study on raw dairy in France ( cheese and raw dairy is linked to big reductions of inflammation). JP Lalles French Paradox peer reviewed published study  NIH-Pub Med. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27241245

Meds are a hard to deal with subject. You can find a sweet spot with reduced therapeutic levels and the rest is managed with food. Yet….maybe not. Meds need their own sweet spot to work and sub therapeutic does not work either.

So here is the recap....

The side effects of Keppra are brutal. They may be good for a day or two for equilibrium. Then wean yourself off quickly. That said I still would suggest staying off completely. It was a pretty cool learning experience on how to negotiate out of a crisis with medication, experiencing the effects of CBD Oils. (Take with care and not a solution at this time) and having the assuring feeling that one's intuitions and decisions worked.

[abipolarblog]

Results from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel group, 2x2 factorial trial indicated adding lamotrigine to quetiapine treatment improved outcomes among individuals with bipolar disorder I or II. “Lamotrigine is widely used as an antiepileptic. It is an inhibitor of voltage-sensitive sodium channels, and is thought to work by reducing presynaptic release of glutamate,

This is the combo I’m on. 

[mischievouspoltergeist]

Medication advice

Did anybody else find that after several months (it must be about 8 months for me now) that lamotrigine (lamactil) stopped working as well as it was? I'm on the lowest effective dose for bipolar disorder type 2 which is 100mg because my body doesn't like medication at all and I suffered badly with side effects when I went on it, as in could barely get out of bed for 9 weeks. Recently I've been having depressive moods again, not exactly severe but they're progressively worsening. Not only that, but I'm experiencing some of the side effects again that I haven't since I went on the medication - memory blanks, confusion, periods of numbness in my arms and slurred speech. I'd really appreciate a hit back on this.

[mischievouspoltergeist]

I'm obsessing over my diagnosis. I've had bipolar disorder for over 3 years, and have been officially diagnosed for the last 6 months, and I was okay with the diagnosis but now I'm just obsessing. One doctor told me sometimes the symptoms can decrease and eventually I won't suffer from bipolar disorder anymore but I've since been told by several other doctors, and the Internet and books that it never ever ever goes away and I was kinda hoping on it going away. Some days are so good, and I'm not on suicide watch anymore which is great, but lately I've been getting more lows again and increased anxiety and I don't know. Does this mean I possibly need to increase my medication? I'm scared because when I started the lamotrigine and had to increase it, each time I went up I got super sick and was off work 9 weeks in total and now it still makes me tired but I can't cope with coming off it and starting something else that might have worse side effects. It doesn't do anything to help my mania either but I'm normally in control of those episodes but I feel like I'm losing more control over myself and am really unsure of my stability at the moment. Part of me would love just to get myself committed and not have to worry, not have to take care of myself fully for a while, hide away from the world and hide until I feel okay again. I don't know How can this be forever? It's fucking shit up and barely anyone I care about is interested in learning anything about my condition and that irritates me because when I lash out verbally or get frustrate or want to be left alone, nobody listens or understands what the hell is going on with me. Did anyone else have this after a while of taking lamotrigine (lamactil), and what did they/their doctor do about it?

[mischievouspoltergeist]

Holy fucking shit Got given cyclizine to deal with the nausea the lamotrigine causes and the sleepy factor of both combined into this one crazy mess and I just slept for three hours with a small break in the middle (because I still have to look after my mum even with all this shit) and when I got up for that break, I could barely walk I was so tired. So I have learnt cyclizine is definitely use carefully