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[brain problems] okay to mute, as always.
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okay so.
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i am ... not looking forward to the next few months
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because i'm going to ask to be cycled off sodium valproate and go back on lamotrigine
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and lamotrigine has to be titrated up very slowly, to minimise chances of THE RASH
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THE RASH being where
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you get a rash
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your skin falls off
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and you die
AlphabetCult
smother hugs
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<33
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it's actually, overall, pretty good
argent
omg
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please try not to work yourself into a lather over that
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because lamotrigine has like. no side-effects worth mentioning besides THE RASH and this weird thing where your eyes unfocus randomly
argent
the chances of it actually happening are REALLY small
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silverycitibanklights yeah, they are! and i've been on lamotrigine before with no problems
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yeah same i've been on it for like
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....a year and a half, maybe?
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it's my best friend
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i wish you only good results
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thank you!
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sure thing, man
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i need to get off sodium valproate because one, i have once again run out of trousers i can fit into
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like i said it's been such a lifesaver for me i'm always really excited when it works out for other people
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and two, it's famous for FULMINANT LIVER FAILURE and i need my liver to process flupirtine
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which is also famous for
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liver failure
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lmfao
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it;s not
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really funny but you have to laugh, like
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okay i will keep my brain basically functioning at the cost of virtually the rest of my body
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good times
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yeah p. much
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and like, flupirtine has been such a godsend that i'm willing to endure a couple of months of Not Enough Mood Stabiliser
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also i fit bipolar II patterns, so my problem isn't so much mania as bipolar depression, which lamotrigine treats v. well
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yesssss same
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mania is a hideous experience for me, also
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like, to be honest i kind of envy people who have energy and creativity
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because i just become a jittery ball of easily irritated hate
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i actually get both kinds?
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i can tell i'm hypomanic if i'm either really jittery and oversensitive or can't sleep and really excited about everything
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i also do get creative but. because of ADHD it never came to much until recently.
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but lately i've been hitting euthymia a lot and it's. strange.
L'fuckingChaim
best of luck!
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i keep waiting for things to go south like they do with hypomania but they don't. i just keep on feeling good.
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L'fuckingChaim
thank you <33
Triktriktrik
lamotrigine the same thing as lamictal? like is that
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a brand/chemical name situation like prozac floxitine?
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yes i just googled it it is OKAY
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i started on lamictal about a month ago
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the rash sounds super scary, but i have not had any problems, and getting the rash is very uncommon unless you skip doses and don't start over with the smaller amount
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and idk how effective it will be for you in particular, but it has helped me a TON with energy level/motivation/concentration problems
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i've been on lamictal for years and it's been really good for me? obvs everybody has different chemistry, but
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oh the other side effect i had that wore off after a bit is
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an increase in stress dreams?
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and like...more Realistic dreams, not necessarily more vivid but like
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dreaming that you wake up and check the clock and you've overslept
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but you haven't done that
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Triktriktrik
yeah uh i've had weird dream shit since i started on lexapro years ago
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those dreams ugh
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so that's like. okay.
Triktriktrik
that kind of thing, but like I said that diminished over time
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pillbug GOOD TO KNOW