Should I go back up on my Lamotrigine?
I’ve been seeing an EMDR therapist for a few months now and she told me that my affect seems like I’m on too much medication. My psychiatrist lowered my Lurasidone to 40mg which really helped. Even I could tell the difference. My therapist said I still seemed a little muted and to work further she thinks I need lowered Lamotrigine. I talked to my psychiatrist and she agreed to go down to 200mg from 300mg. I’m at 250mg right now for maybe 2-3 weeks? My anxiety was up and I’ve become obsessive over cleaning and planting flowers. I’m extremely irritable and have had 2-3 episodes. I just freaked out on my boyfriend, realized what I was doing, and stopped freaking out. This is a lot to deal with. Should I ask to go back up? Are these side effects or my is Bipolar showing back through? Has anyone else had any experience with this? I am tracking what thoughts are throwing me down a depressive hole and writing them down to focus on in EMDR so they’re not triggers anymore. I do feel like lowering has helped me come up with more memories that need to be worked on in therapy.