As you may know, I’ve been taking Lamictal since 2005. It works very well for me- but it’s always a balance in terms of dosage. I actually did something really stupid last weekend. I went out of town to speak to a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) group and forgot to take my Lamictal!
Dumb. I was freaked out about it- but I thought that missing for one day shouldn’t be too much of a problem!
Wrong!
The withdrawal symptoms started on the way home – pain in my legs, then my arms, neck twitching and pretty soon, all over body twitching! These are strong drugs.
When I finally realized what was going on- I truly had no idea what it was as it came on slowly- my mom said, “I have some Lamical in my purse!” She takes it for depression and it works well for her. So thank heavens she had some.
It never entered my mind to ask if she had any- or if someone in my audience had a spare! I have extra in my car, but we ended up taking my mother’s car- I also usually have extras in my purse! This was one of those occasions when circumstances all worked against me and I didn’t make sure I was ok.
I was just stupid. It messed up my system and then I managed to miss an evening dose a few days after the trip! One week later, I’m still having problems. You should just see my head twitching as I write this! (The anxiety is pretty bad as well.)
More on this later.
Julie
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