100-125 mg increase. Now I’m nearing a mental breakdown
I have had existing bad problems with anxiety and other contributing factors including a stressful environment that might make symptoms worse so you can take this with a grain of salt.
Been on Lamotrigine for 3 weeks now and after each passing week, I got worse and worse. I’m overstimulated by absolutely everything to the point where I can’t function anymore. I’m bedridden at this point. Can’t go out, can’t do anything, can’t even go out of my bedroom a lot of the time because I worry about the intrusive thoughts getting out of control. They have also worsened. I ruminate on bad scenarios a lot. I now have some bad mood swings and the anger and of course anxiety has worsened as well. It has gotten so bad to the point where I’m nearing some kind of mental breakdown or psychosis of some kind. And for the past few days, I’m struggling not to let my brain snap.
I checked on here and with my psych. And one thing I hear a lot is that the medicine can take 4-6 weeks, if not several months to work. And also that it only works for people who have bipolar. I just have anxiety and depression so I’m not sure how effective it would’ve been anyway. But my psych still prescribed it because I’ve been on many other different medications and they didn’t work either.
I hate meds, side effects, doctors, all of it but I’m kinda stuck with it because my life has been so unstable. Been like this for years and I thought Lamotrigine could work out for me. I tolerated 100 mg fine after a while but the bump up to 125 mg, including the added stress, may just be too much for me. My psych originally wanted me to go up to 150 or 200 mg. But as you can see, going up in dosage, especially for people like me who are sensitive to medications, can be pretty risky. Going to an ER today to tell someone about what’s going on. Might be in a mental hospital soon. But I at least gave things a shot.
Overall, if you are sensitive to psych meds, be careful and go up slowly. And document how you feel each day through journaling. That’s how I kept track.