I've been on Lamictal for about 2 1/2 months now. I decided to try it because so many DPers have had success with it. Well nothing is happening and actually I think I may be getting worse.
I'm still at 150mgs. My doctor is reluctant to raise it, but he's doing it anyway at my persistence. Next month I go to 200. He keeps saying it's supposed to stabilize my mood. I'm like f*ck my mood... I just want this DP to go away... my mood won't get much better til then. I keep having to remind him about the DP. He thinks I'm just depressed.
He wants me to try this thing... I forget the name, but it's basically electric shock treatment in the comfort of your own home. They stick something in your armpit and up your neck to your brain and you can like zap yourself when you're feeling down. Seriously, that's what he said. He gave me a number though to call and there's like a conference call at 7pm on the 15th that's supposed to explain it. (866)598-9336. Or is that a four. Whatever like anyone's gonna call anyways... just thought I'd post that. Maybe I will... I'm curious. I was like yeah it's probably real expensive. He said it's $1500! But that my insurance might cover it.
Anyways and then I asked if getting off Lamictal would be hard. He said we would have to do it very slowly cuz I might get a seizure if it's done too fast. Wonderful. I asked if symptoms usually get worse before they get better when taking meds and he said no so that's why I'm thinking of stopping it.
I'm having second thoughts about him... I think he's the best psych. I've seen, but I don't know. Every year he tries to get me to buy this special 10,000 lux lamp. It's like 200 bucks. And now this shock thing. And then there was that survey I decided not to take for other reasons but it said on there he was getting paid for it.
Sorry for rambling, I gotta go to bed so I won't be late to work tomorrow.
I'm still at 150mgs. My doctor is reluctant to raise it, but he's doing it anyway at my persistence. Next month I go to 200. He keeps saying it's supposed to stabilize my mood. I'm like f*ck my mood... I just want this DP to go away... my mood won't get much better til then. I keep having to remind him about the DP. He thinks I'm just depressed.
He wants me to try this thing... I forget the name, but it's basically electric shock treatment in the comfort of your own home. They stick something in your armpit and up your neck to your brain and you can like zap yourself when you're feeling down. Seriously, that's what he said. He gave me a number though to call and there's like a conference call at 7pm on the 15th that's supposed to explain it. (866)598-9336. Or is that a four. Whatever like anyone's gonna call anyways... just thought I'd post that. Maybe I will... I'm curious. I was like yeah it's probably real expensive. He said it's $1500! But that my insurance might cover it.
Anyways and then I asked if getting off Lamictal would be hard. He said we would have to do it very slowly cuz I might get a seizure if it's done too fast. Wonderful. I asked if symptoms usually get worse before they get better when taking meds and he said no so that's why I'm thinking of stopping it.
I'm having second thoughts about him... I think he's the best psych. I've seen, but I don't know. Every year he tries to get me to buy this special 10,000 lux lamp. It's like 200 bucks. And now this shock thing. And then there was that survey I decided not to take for other reasons but it said on there he was getting paid for it.
Sorry for rambling, I gotta go to bed so I won't be late to work tomorrow.
