Started Lamotrigine: Anxiety
Hi guys! I am a 23 year old female and was prescribed Lamotrigine a couple weeks ago. I have been diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, and i have recently had crippling anxiety. This is why my psychiatrist started me on it.
I started taking it two days ago, before I went to bed. The first night i woke up like every hour and was restless but just attributed that to nothing. Maybe just a bad night of sleep? The second night I woke up a few hours after taking it in a state of panic (this never happens) and had to calm myself down. The rest of the night I had sleep paralysis over and over and woke up almost every hour- if not more.
I have heard so many amazing things about this drug, and I am worried that maybe it isn’t the solution I thought it would be. Do I stick with it? Has anybody experienced this and then had it go away? How long did it take? Should I adjust the time I take it? Any advice at all would be GREATLY appreciated!