hi everyone, Female : 27 years old.
I am new here. I was looking online for some answers and came across this Reddit.
- my psychiatrist told me I DO NOT have bipolar disorder. I came on this reddit because I know people that do have bipolar are familiar with lamotrigine and maybe someone can help me or give me advice.
I am on lamotrigine simply as a mood stabilizer with no Bipolar.
I started taking lamotrigine January 2026.(I am also on 5mg Of Lexapro started at the same time)
as most of us know starting at the smallest dose as we work up to a higher dose due to risk of rash.
by The end of February into march , I was taking 100mg & And now March into April I was taking 150mg I have met with the psychiatrist every month since January and I keep telling him the same thing it seems like the lamotrigine is just not working for me..
My Lexapro has worked wonders for me by the end of the first month taking it. but I have felt absolutely nothing with lamotrigine.
I just had another appointment today and he bumped it up to 200 mg. it’s going into 5 months now on this medication and I haven’t really seen a difference. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone think that 200mg will be better than 150? and if anyone else has had this problem where it took a long time when did this medication start working for you?