doctor put me on these 2 medication,just don't know how to begin, hearing about the weight gain. don't understand why can I just take the lamotrigine for mood only. I feel if the mood is control so will anxiety am I right or wrong. thanks
doctor put me on these 2 medication,just don't know how to begin, hearing about the weight gain. don't understand why can I just take the lamotrigine for mood only. I feel if the mood is control so will anxiety am I right or wrong. thanks
I am on both of these meds....it has been a year. I found they are the least in all weigh gain kind of meds...I did gain some weight at the beginning but then it just got there and stopped. As long as there is no break in these....it helps with cycling. Lamotrogine needs to be "upped" to a good level and monitored and the lith levels in your blood need to be tested to make sure you are good there as well.
oh yes I forgot, the venlafaxine was probably playing a big part in the cycling aswell, it's quite an agitating drug x
Hi fizzy, I'm on Depakote, I get confused with all the names and generic terms etc but it is Sodium Valproate, it has made me gain weight but nowhere near as much as Lithium did. It's just one of those things really where we all differ so you have to try and find the right one for you..
A change is as good as a rest and sometimes we need to shake up the meds.
DO take it easy for a few weeks and don't expect miracles, you know the score, it can be a bit bumpy at first, but worth trying hun !!
Take care
Thanks for that, did you find that you started to lose the weight again after coming off epilim? I hadn't seen him for a few years, and he was shocked by how much I'd put on, it was about 30 kgs in 18 months, which is probably about over 60 pounds I think. So hopefully this will get me on the right track.
I was also on epilim and was taken off because of the weight gain, im now on lamotrigine, at the begining I found this to really lift my mood but then it wasnt enough so I was added some other medication, cant remember the name, I was ok for months but now for some reason I have started to cycle again. But at least they are weight nutrual