New perspective on old memories and related regret?
I've been on lamotrigine for about six months now, which my psych's nurse said is when people typically start feeling the full effects. Within a short timeframe, maybe a week, I suddenly started having a lot of memories from my late teens and early 20s popping up and triggering feelings of regret over how things happened even though I thought I was long past it.
I also did a year of therapy until mid-2025 and am in my early 30s, both of which I know could cause the same looking back. But I know psych meds do all sorts of strange things, so I thought I'd check.
It's prescribed to me off-label for autism because my psych said it can "turn down the volume" on things that overwhelm autistic people. Since we're still learning how it affects specifically autistic brains and a lot of my looking back has been noticing social nuances I missed when I was younger, I was wondering if they're related. Or if anyone of any neurotype has noticed a similar correlation.