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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 423383" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Jena</p><p></p><p>I have to say that in neither of my kids did we experience anything positive or negative at that low of a dose of lamictal. Given what you describe as her general behavior pattern that seems pretty dysregulated plus all the turmoil of your household, I would be reluctant to ascribe too much in the way of side effects to lamictal until you get up to higher doses. The only symptom it really addressed in my oldest (youngest didn't have much reaction to it at all) was depression and irritability. Topamax, on the other hand, did tend to make my youngest sleepy. I would venture to guess that lamictal may not be the drug of choice if you are trying to address hypomania and sleep issues, but who knows. In any event it is worth a try but I think you should be reluctant to conclude anything until you get up to about 200mg. </p><p></p><p>Have you ever tried an SRRI in a time frame where you could be sure that what you were seeing was the results of the SSRI and not just general up and downs of behavior?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 423383, member: 2322"] Jena I have to say that in neither of my kids did we experience anything positive or negative at that low of a dose of lamictal. Given what you describe as her general behavior pattern that seems pretty dysregulated plus all the turmoil of your household, I would be reluctant to ascribe too much in the way of side effects to lamictal until you get up to higher doses. The only symptom it really addressed in my oldest (youngest didn't have much reaction to it at all) was depression and irritability. Topamax, on the other hand, did tend to make my youngest sleepy. I would venture to guess that lamictal may not be the drug of choice if you are trying to address hypomania and sleep issues, but who knows. In any event it is worth a try but I think you should be reluctant to conclude anything until you get up to about 200mg. Have you ever tried an SRRI in a time frame where you could be sure that what you were seeing was the results of the SSRI and not just general up and downs of behavior? [/QUOTE]
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