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Lamictal and depression: has this happened to anyone else?
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 15:04Comments
Re: Lamictal and depression: has this happened to anyone else?
Submitted by Tgarr on Mon, 2009-05-11 - 13:02
jubaturn
What are you taking now that has you back on track? I am on 450 mg of Lamictal and the depression is not getting better. Thoughts of hopelessness and suicide are on my mind (never before) and I just feel everything is just SO hard. Decision making is terrible. I just recently changed jobs only to find out that the same problems have followed me to this new job. Therefore, I think I made the wrong choice which is depressing me more than anything. The positives are easy to identify on paper, but I can't break through my feeling of just hating what I do after over 25 years of doing it.
Help.
jubaturn
What are you taking now that has you back on track? I am on 450 mg of Lamictal and the depression is not getting better. Thoughts of hopelessness and suicide are on my mind (never before) and I just feel everything is just SO hard. Decision making is terrible. I just recently changed jobs only to find out that the same problems have followed me to this new job. Therefore, I think I made the wrong choice which is depressing me more than anything. The positives are easy to identify on paper, but I can't break through my feeling of just hating what I do after over 25 years of doing it.
Help.
Re: Lamictal and depression: has this happened to anyone else?
Submitted by jubatum on Tue, 2009-03-10 - 21:36
I feel your pain! I was depressed on lamictal.. thought of suicide all the time. I just thought "hey it can't be the drugs, they use it for bipolar too" but it got so bad because i also gained weight on lamictal.. also great for self esteem-> more depressed
I told my neuro and he said that its not known to cause depression or weight gain. I said look at me!
I switched medication in february slowly and I already feel way better. I have no energy from the new drugs. but I am not depressed at all.
just sayin.. you aren't alone!
I feel your pain! I was depressed on lamictal.. thought of suicide all the time. I just thought "hey it can't be the drugs, they use it for bipolar too" but it got so bad because i also gained weight on lamictal.. also great for self esteem-> more depressed
I told my neuro and he said that its not known to cause depression or weight gain. I said look at me!
I switched medication in february slowly and I already feel way better. I have no energy from the new drugs. but I am not depressed at all.
just sayin.. you aren't alone!