Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder » Lamictal http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog by Julie A. Fast Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:58:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2010 Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder juliethewriter@speakeasy.net () juliethewriter@speakeasy.net () posts Learn about bipolar disorder, it's symptoms, side effects and how to create stability juliethewriter@speakeasy.net No no http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Straight Talk on Managing Bipolar Disorder http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog 144 144 Bipolar Medication Woes http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-medication-woes/ http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-medication-woes/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:49:28 +0000 Admin http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/?p=1183 For an unknown reason, my Lamictal stopped working for a few months.  I do have some ideas on why this happened, but to be honest, they are not great explanations:

1. I really got off track with my dosage for a few weeks. It was hard to remember what I had or had not taken. I [...] Related posts:

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I itch! I really itch! And it’s [...] Related posts:

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This is a long newsletter as it is a long story about bipolar disoder and genetic medications!

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Have you noticed that bipolar disorder can sneak up on you in so many ways? I’m always amazed when it sneaks up on me and I get sick no matter how [...] Related posts:

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Here are the facts on generic Lamictal (Lamotrigine). There can be problems with the generic formula. This does not mean it won’t work for you- it does for many people. It [...] Related posts:

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Wow, thanks so much for the nice comments. It has definitely been a tough week. I made it to all of my appointments- saw all of the people I said I would see and basically kept functioning, but work definitely suffered. I started with the correct meds two days ago and I’m already [...] Related posts:

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