Newly on Lamictal - Aggitation?

[Raven406]

I was put on Lamictal for Bipolar Cat II last week.  I have noticed that I am actually more agitated easier.  My Dr kept me on my Zoloft until this med gets balanced out.  Is this normal?  It scares me some because it's the manic episodes I experience before more often.  It's like this morning I got mad at my cat for sneezing on my while I was trying to get my clothes and leave for work.  That is NOT like me :-(  Normally I am the one laughing bc he's sneezed on my husband.  I don't like this!

[Penny820]

Lamictal saved my life. I am Bipolar 1 and went into a very deep depression that not one psychiatrist could pull me out of. I had been on every med you can think of. I was admitted into the hospital for mixed episodes and had a young psychiatrist assigned to me while I was in the hospital. He stopped all of the meds that I was taking and put me on Lamactil-200mg- and wellbutrin 300mg. Within 3 days, I was a new person and have been on it since. For me, it is a miracle drug. I did not have any side effects.

[ILADVOCATE]

  Yes this type of reaction to Lamical is rare but changes like you described can occur when adjusting medications as what they are treating can return until a person reaches a full dose. However only a psychiatrist would understand the clinical specifics. The best thing to do would be to discuss this with your psychiatrist and also to keep a mood tracker so you can see how things progress over time and print out the results for them.