But a part of me just rationalizes it with the fact that I am probably just lazy and somehow got dumb/less sharp over the years. I used to be so much smarter. See my post history if you like. Your "bipolar powers" aren't gone..they are simply more subtle. If you bear with me, perhaps my struggles can produce some shred of valuable insight for you. My cognition has been horrible, and it looks like I am in the midst of failing classes at uni.Either way, my psychiatrist decided that we should try changing the dose.
Get in touch with your disability services group at school and try and get registered now in case it's a bigger problem later.
So far, I take it at bedtime, so that I sleep through the drowsiness and mental fog that I get right after taking it. I'm not 100% sure if it has helped with mood or not. I have no motivation to do anything and it is harder for me to understand things. 25mg.I started on 25 mg's in early July, and I felt like I had more energy, I wasn't depressed anymore except for brief moments, I was more stable in everything I did, sleep and hygiene and more. I do respond very well to lyrica/gabapentin, but that may just be from the recreational effects.Really hoping this helps because I feel like I'm running out of options. I took about 3 weeks between meds to see if being off meds was doable, but for me, for now, it's better to be on them.I would say try it and see.
If that doesn't work, we are going to try upping the dosage instead of decreasing it. Really freaked me out.With steroids and steroid creams Luckily went away after a few days.Helped me a lot. Go with specific needs that would help you.
No noticeable effect on my depression or anxiety. Living in a fog and cognitive abilities= zero. I can fully go through the day without any issues. My brain is constantly feeling fuzzy. Lamictal isn't generally noted to impair cognitive function (lithium and epilim are generally worse) whereas depression does.
Then I was upped to 50mg's and I feel braindead, no motivation, no cognitive abilities, no focus, I'm lazy as fuck, and I feel like sleeping more. So if you're not taking it at night, maybe try that.Yup, constantly feel in a fog and completely helpless when it comes to getting things done in comparison to how I used to get things done way ahead of time. I'm now on 200mg of Lamictal and I could barely read through and comprehend a long post on dog training. So for now, I am down to 150mg lamictal instead of 200mg. But I know that will just be incredibly stupid, since I am actually having some kind of a happier life now. I've also been noticing I've been making a lot more typos as well. I've been on Lamotrigine / Lamictal for about 1.5 years. And I don't read for enjoyment nearly as much.As you said, though, I do feel like my mood is somewhat improved. We must educate ourselves to the fullest, investigating the heuristic traps we fall into; outsmarting our own cynical wit. So after my 5th anti-depressant with awful side effects and lingering depression, my doctor wanted to try Seroquel. I used to be a young demi-god of mathematics, pursuing and unraveling complexity for nothing but pure pleasure. ... Then I also read, here on Reddit, of some people talking about depression, feeling down.. and taking 10-20g of Inositol daily.---So I wanted to try it out for myself: I’ve been on lamictal for about 8 months. I hate it though because now my grades aren't great so if i want to go to grad school, it wil be super hard for me to get in. Writing papers was exactly what you described. I'm on 300mg and it was a life saver for me.I took it years ago and it helped keep me from getting extremely depressed. Did you switch to another or continued?I tried it for a month. It made me a fat zombie with worsened anxiety and the withdrawal was the most horrible thing I’ve ever put my body through. ):Hang in there. It seems to go away while I'm asleep, for the most part, though I've definitely noticed a little bit of a mental slow-down first thing in the morning. I'm currently on concerta, Ritalin, propranolol, trazodone, and lamictal. Lamotrigine is basically first line for Bipolar II so there is tons of info over in r/bipolar if you are interested. It's only been days, and it could be placebo, but I do feel like the fog is lifting a bit. It is known to interact with estrogen, by inducing an enzyme involved in estrogen metabolism, so women on oral contraceptives may need to have their dose adjusted.
I basically don't have a college education.Edit: The reason I went off Lamictal actually was because I started grad school this fall and didn't want to have the same problems I had during my undergrad.This precisely reflects my struggle in school. In my case, I must entertain this belief. Also I study with people in my class and found one person who perfectly compliments my study style and helps push me. I experienced sexual side effects like inability to orgasm for a about 6 months when I increased the dose, but that passed.