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The pharmacy gave me the wrong medication today

ShannyBananny @shaggin (74987) • United States 12 Oct 15

I dropped off my prescription papers that the doctor wrote for me at my appointment on Friday. I dropped them off at about 3pm and went back about 6pm to pick them up. Thankfully I checked the labels and questioned if the one...

mood stabilizer

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Lamictal?

AlliKat27s @AlliKat27s (64) • United States 13 Nov 09

Anyone here taking Lamictal for BP? If so how long have you been taking it? How much do you take? How does it make you feel? Any bad side effects? Good? Let me know! I am anxious to compare stories.

bipolar disorder

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What to Stop the Pain

onerygirl @onerygirl (549) • United States 13 Jun 08

I have disabling migraines at least once a week. They are called complex migraines as they cause paralysis on one side of my body. Naturally, I am on permanent disability at a young age. I take both topamax and lamictal and...

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Mixed Episode

candy111 @candy111 (240) • Philippines 25 Aug 07

Have any of you experienced being low (depressed) mood wise, yet exhibit signs of mania (irritability, impulsive, overspending, quick to anger? For me it sounded unbelievable that my psychiatrist is telling me I'm exhibiting such...

bipolar disorder

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Bipolar and Lamictal

angels1970 @angels1970 (16) • United States 28 Jun 07

My 14 yr old son is diagnosed with schizo-affective bipolar disorder and recently was taken off of Lamictal. My mind is drawing a blank as to the different things that Lamictal is used for. I believe that one of the reasons that...

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Are antidepressants not working for you? Bipolar?

loujac3 @loujac3 (1188) • United States 30 May 07

I have been on just about every antidepressant on the market. After the last one, Effexor XR and having it increased I found that I was only getting worse. I was becoming suicidal and I was to the point that if they couldn't help...

antidepressants

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Feeling exhausted and dizzy on Lamictal.

Kythe42 @Kythe42 (1412) • United States 2 Apr 07

My doctor gave me a starter pack for Lamictal that is designed to build you up to 100mg. I've been on 50mg for awhile and I've just been feeling so tired even though I'm getting lots of sleep. I just always feel like I can't keep...

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epilepsy and the ketogenic diet

hours2go @hours2go (1) • Canada 17 Mar 07

has anyone here ever tried or had their epileptic child try the ketogenic diet?my daughter is 14 and just started the diet in the new year.it seems to be doing a great job in that she does have less seisures.she also says she...

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I have bipolar disorder but nothing has worked to ease my symptoms.

xenatessmocker @xenatessmocker (339) • United States 5 Mar 07

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder over 15 years ago. During that time of tried many different medications such as Paxil, Prozac, Welbutrin, Depakote, Risperdal, Seroquel, Lamictal, and Lithium to name a few. All these...

bipolar disorder

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I have bi-polar..

mrstexb @mrstexb (40) • United States 21 Jan 07

I was diagonosed with Bi-polar several years ago, but I was still stugging with it. I finally talked to my family doctor about it and he refered me to another doctor. I finally got on some medicine that really works and I have...

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At what dosage did you notice Lamictal helping with mood issues?

GroovyGurl @GroovyGurl (17) • United States 5 Jan 07

Hi all - Just wondering at what dosage you noticed Lamictal starting to work for you? I'm at 150mg and I know it takes a long time to work your way up the therapudic doses. It is hard to step back and see if its working, I...

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