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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 250871" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>I know I am late to this.. of course!</p><p>Geodon did not help K much.</p><p>For her about 200mg of Lamictal was pretty good, I think we could have snuck it up a bit. </p><p>Also Abilify was very good for her. </p><p>The only reason we stopped these was due to no psychiatrist! YIKES</p><p>She is now titrating off of her Seroquel due to incredible weight gain and titrating back up on Abilify. </p><p>We will most likely add the Lamictal again once the Abilify is at target range. </p><p>I really like to make sure I get the full affect of each medication before adding another. </p><p>Personally.</p><p>For me I love Lamictal. I am at 200mg. When I start getting wonky, which would be racy, or extra up... without much coming down in between or not sleeping a lot. Which for me is more than 2 or 3 nights of not much sleep at this point then I look at my medications.</p><p>I am also on Topamax and Trazadone and Xanax. </p><p>So I know I am at target dose with Topamax. How? Because I have upped it to a high dose, 400mg and I hallucinated and got manic. So I backed down and was fine! </p><p>Trazadone I have room to play with also. I am keeping it at the levels I am at until I start losing sleep more a than 2 nights or so. Or if I get depressed. </p><p>Xanax is a PRN for stressful situations or bad anxiety. </p><p></p><p>So for me I am very aware of what each medication is for and how it targets me. I try hard to get them up to target dose or as close as possible.</p><p>I have found this works best with K and myself.</p><p></p><p>Like for example with K, I know is having an increase in anxiety,increase saliva, some internal agitation... these are from Abilify. So I will watch this and see if it calms once she is at her target dose, before we add her Lamictal. </p><p></p><p>I hope today went well! it is very hard to figure out. I would try to keep track of the moods, when why, situations, stresses etc...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 250871, member: 3155"] I know I am late to this.. of course! Geodon did not help K much. For her about 200mg of Lamictal was pretty good, I think we could have snuck it up a bit. Also Abilify was very good for her. The only reason we stopped these was due to no psychiatrist! YIKES She is now titrating off of her Seroquel due to incredible weight gain and titrating back up on Abilify. We will most likely add the Lamictal again once the Abilify is at target range. I really like to make sure I get the full affect of each medication before adding another. Personally. For me I love Lamictal. I am at 200mg. When I start getting wonky, which would be racy, or extra up... without much coming down in between or not sleeping a lot. Which for me is more than 2 or 3 nights of not much sleep at this point then I look at my medications. I am also on Topamax and Trazadone and Xanax. So I know I am at target dose with Topamax. How? Because I have upped it to a high dose, 400mg and I hallucinated and got manic. So I backed down and was fine! Trazadone I have room to play with also. I am keeping it at the levels I am at until I start losing sleep more a than 2 nights or so. Or if I get depressed. Xanax is a PRN for stressful situations or bad anxiety. So for me I am very aware of what each medication is for and how it targets me. I try hard to get them up to target dose or as close as possible. I have found this works best with K and myself. Like for example with K, I know is having an increase in anxiety,increase saliva, some internal agitation... these are from Abilify. So I will watch this and see if it calms once she is at her target dose, before we add her Lamictal. I hope today went well! it is very hard to figure out. I would try to keep track of the moods, when why, situations, stresses etc... [/QUOTE]
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