The strongest evidence supports utility in the prevention of recurrence and relapse, particularly depressive relapse, in stabilised patients
risk of depressive relapse in stabilised bipolar patients
This case demonstrates that lamotrigine may be effective for treating patients with antidepressant resistant PDD and suggests that it may be a promising alternative
Always follow your doctor’s dosing schedule, as dosing may differ from patient to patient
14 The main risk of lamotrigine is during the first three months of treatment Lamictal is available in generic form as lamotrigine
Medication name: Lamotrigine ("la-MO-tri-jean") Brand name: Lamictal ("la-MIC-tal") Medication type: Mood stabiliser Ways to take lamotrigine Tablets: 25mg, 50mg, 100mg and 200mg strengths Chewable/dispersible* tablets: 2mg, 5mg, 25mg and 100mg
200–250 mg once per day
You are still susceptible to side effects if you take Lamictal without having bipolar disorder or a seizure disorder
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It's not fully understood how lamotrigine works as a mood stabiliser in bipolar disorder, but it is thought to be to do with the reduction of glutamate in the brain
Unlike other mood stabilizers, lamotrigine takes a long time to work! The minimum effective dose is at least 200 mg per day, and this dose can take many weeks to achieve if you do a slow titration
If its depression, and you are not a manic depressive, you should not be on Lamictal
Lamotrigine, in psychiatry, is used in the treatment of bipolar disorder
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Lamotrigine for bipolar disorder
My question is this, it is widely known that bipolar people will often go off of their meds Lamictal is a bipolar medication manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline with the generic name “lamotrigine
Brand names: Lamictal, Lamictal XR, Subvenite, Lamictal CD, Lamictal ODT
1% in all studies of bipolar disorder and included one case of mild Stevens-Johnson syndrome
With a half-life of about 25 hours, Lamictal takes about 100 to 125 hours to leave your system
Most of all the other bipolar meds have horrific side effects I've tried most of them