I also remember that I ran out of lamictal and had to miss three days. Everyone is different, so your reaction may just be … 1500mg is a very high dose of lithium.

Multibiz Corporation. Home; Products. It’s the sense that my emotions are being flattened that’s kind of freaking me out. Lol!). When discussing this with my psychologist she said I can’t control the fact that I haveI can choose not to take medication and be constantly unwell, probably spending a lot of time in hospital and not functioning much at all; or I can choose to live the best I can with this illness, which includes taking medication.

I felt more emotions and happy. All I can say is when your older get a psychologist that will listen to you and try to work with you at times it can't be helped because its just the meds, but keep your head up and research any medicine you can before taking it.Still have questions? Join us now! I am so tired, but I can’t take a nap and my sleep is getting worse in terms of being up and down the entire night. Hard because it’s isolating. I told my doctor and my mother (who is a nurse) and I was told by both of them that's what someone who is bipolar would say. Can Lamictal make you feel numb and emotionless? I suppose it could, but then I would say it's not the right anti-psychotic for you.

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A little bit confused as well. I know if I bring it up he will always do all that he can to make me feel better and try and say I’m too hard on myself (which is true to some degree) But I know deep down how I used to be in comparison to now.. and thats tough. This is a prime example of the effects the drug has had on me. I am 14 and I have Bipolar II along with depression, anxiety, and more. Since starting the lamictal I have noticed I don't feel like a person. level 2. I have been feeling numb for long now that I could not understand why, but it sounds like I am not the only one. But when I skipped the dose, I felt really good. I don't miss at all the intensity and the mood swings and just feeling like I was always in the middle of an emotional storm or roller coaster, but I don't want to be numb either.Same. Answer Save. For me anyway. Everyone thought this was her normal mood, herself included and so the elevated times went unnoticed. But, it’s the cards I’ve been dealt, so I’ll play the hand as best I can.Oh my goodness, I am going through the exact same thing. I didn’t consider the psychological side effects because I was too unwell to notice. We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information - Only 50mg of Lamotrigine though, brought it on.Abilify made me numb. My high-paced enthusiasm and drive did return in I realize the bountiful amount of high energy is a symptom of my illness, but the problem is where do my euthymic hobbies, interests and aspirations end and my manic ones begin? Before I started the Lamotrigine I was dealing with absolutely terrible brain fog, I mean it was really bad, but the med seems to be helping with that.

I work in the fitness industry and so working out is a huge part of my life.. I know deep down that it is working, and that if I come off my life will be destroyed / at risk again.

I can’t distinguish if my lack of interest in things is because of the depressive episodes, or the medication. Lamictal is the most neutral med there is, in terms of side effects.

It’s really hard to tell if the numbness is a side effect of medication, the medication doing its job against mania, or a symptom of being unwell. i see my dr. tuesdayStill looking for answers? I had a fairly bad manic episode a few months back, I am starting think that my crash was worse as my numbness, hopelessness, feeling like a burden is starting take a toll. Does anyone know if an increase in Latuda will raise my mood. Idk. One thing’s for sure, I definitely don’t feel the same as I did before I was diagnosed and commenced on medication.My friend had non-melancholy depression and she was able to manage it with CBT and other techniques so she could come off her medication.

It’s so off-putting but is so minute no one would notice to look at me. Thanks everyone again for sharing, I really did feel like I was alone in this feeling until stumbling across this blog.Omg!!!
Are you taking anything else, like SSRIs?Sorry but why do you believe it takes months for it took work? Stigma, no matter where it comes from, is insensitive and dehumanizing. It is what it is, till it aint.I am right there with you regarding the meh aspect.

My hormones are all over the place which I have never experienced before. I don’t have that luxury. 1 decade ago. It sounds like the med regime you were on was like the Mac truck equivalent of mood stabilizers? Lol!). I’ve never really thought about this. It's a very flat inducing medication. Lamictal makes me feel … I know if I bring it up he will always do all that he can to make me feel better and try and say I’m too hard on myself (which is true to some degree) But I know deep down how I used to be in comparison to now.. and thats tough. I have been on lamictal for about 5 months along with wellbutrin. Sounds like an allergic or in the very least a bad adverse reaction.Thank you, I'm not going to take it and fortun. Remember Me? Throughout high school she battled depression after depression, each one getting worse. It could be worse, although during times of depression when you could really care less about waking up it’s hard to see the point.

At university she continued to have depressive episodes and when she wasn’t depressed she was extremely happy, incredibly driven and unusually energetic. If you have a dose due tonight skip it and call you Doc. I feel like lamictal has heightened my PMS symptoms to the point I really thought I had PMDD.

My take on it is if this is what I have to do to be a father for my kids, dis-interested as it feels most of the time, my heart of hearts knows it right so I keep doing it.