Does lamictal cause amenorrhea

but I came about this community to rough googling for some form of help in dealing what I’ve been going through, I’ve almost died more times than I’d like to try to count with how many it’s actually been… when I was younger (about 12 or 13), my father and I went head on with a logging truck, I managed to break myself out of the completely “can smashed” vehicle we were in, in search for help, with a metal rod going completely through part of my shin, through my entire leg out of the other side, a lot of lacerations and stitches, internal and external; and a cracked / broken sternum, ribs, etc… during which i witnessed my dad (miraculously he survived too) literally dead / ripped in half,and obviously unresponsive as I tried to wake him.. and while being in survival mode / shock, I apparently sat in the middle of this highway before seeking a way for help, and ripped the rod out of my leg, and kept going… I was then sent to boarding school while he spent about 6 months or so in the hospital being put back together (8weeks in icu)… proceeded to get myself kicked out of school to go home and be with him / help him with the rest of his recovery (I was even changing his colostomy bag for a short while…The incident happened because of his drug use, and he fell asleep bringing me to school with cruise control on, had we not hit the truck, we would have both likely died going into in the freezing Truckee river during winter and unfortunately he still chose being high was what he desired more than helping me back onto the right path after this experience - winding himself in prison shortly after, which involved our home being raided and myself and my dog having guns pointed at us by police and us being pepper sprayed by the police because “my dog was barking too much”… I think I was maybe mid 13 years old when the raid happened, the wreck was probably less than a year prior to then and my life changed entirely which moved to a whole other city, with a very abusive mother which didn’t last long either)… it’s always been in the back of my mind that if I had just played hooky like he was trying to get me to, then this wouldn’t have happened. But unfortunately I was being reprimanded for not doing well in school and I didn’t want to miss more of it and be punished more from it… and all of that, which I know is implanted forever with vivid flash backs of that morning, never really got to me I didn’t think...
When I was 18, I was the passenger of a vehicle with a drunk driver, and less than 1/2 mile from home, attempting to get back home and the driver decided to change the direction we were traveling, and ran a red light, attempted to flee the scene after causing an accident due to running a red light in the middle of the night, and our headlights had gone out from this initial collision, which in turn put us heading towards opposite traffic with no headlights, and we went head on with a family in a dodge ram, we were in a late 80s Alfa Romeo…. This one I sustained pretty significant injuries, the more serious ones being : my seatbelt didn’t function correctly…. Resulting in my left side of my face and head going through our windshield, receiving about 150+ stitches across my face and through the side and back of my head, including my entire eyebrow having to be stitched back on, and the same eyelid having stitches across the entire thing… my right humorous broken diagonally in half, severing the nerves in my right arm (still can’t feel most of anything from just below my shoulder down,) it took two years roughly to just be able to hold something in my hand again and be able to not wear a wrist brace because I couldn’t physically hold the weight of my hand up, and was unable to feel if I was doing it or not… then a whole lot of other “minor” injuries including numerous broken ribs and clavicle etc… I’ve always had very vivid flashbacks of this one afterwards..
But I still managed to not let it bother me (or so I thought anyways probably just convincing myself and pretending it didn’t); have had night terrors since the logging truck which amplified after that, and I’d have to warn intimate partners of the highly likely possibility that I’ll wake up screaming in the night, and how to handle it if / when it happens… but as far as I knew then, It wasn’t seriously affecting my life (yeah ignorance is bliss) and I was able to find happiness / at least a pursuit of happiness and fulfillment in llife, unfortunately the direction I went was not the best, but I knew how to, learning the hard way, of taking action in surviving when it inevitably would happen quite a bit more in my short existence, and traumatic events.. and being able to save others lives in doing so.
Now, I’m 36 at the moment of this attempt to find some form of relief from this torment the most recent one has caused….
Just about 6 months ago, I was on my way home for work (I have a 4 year old of my own now, and we’re dealing with a very malicious narcissist/ possibly sociopathic mother who’s very angry about being caught in action of the Intentions she had constantly been perpetrating and damage she was causing to my life) and since the first “accident” (throughout my pursuit of a snowboarding career and craving of adrenaline and dopamine) I’ve had as I mentioned… many more close calls and then I’d like to try to count and basically all of which i had only survived because of my own personal tolerance to pain… some of them slightly haunt me too… not as much as the ones I’ve cared to take time to explain… then of course the trauma of losing far too many close friends at far too young of an age, and having seen some of them happen first hand. I’d been beaten with bats, I’d been stabbed, and left for dead on more than one occasion, and somehow managed to find help after, on my own.
Since then, there was also this horrifying (and this one has haunted me since it happened, and I’ve noticed as well as been told that something in myself was lost after and I took a big change in life and pretty bad downward spiral)
Uhgg it’s hard but I know I need to say it with the rest of this all…. So bare with me please….
I was about 25 years old, and was driving down a highway in Tahoe, about midnight, with my girlfriend at the time; on the way to meet some friends for a moonlight paddle on the lake in kayaks…. (No I was not on any substances or under the influence or anything) and somebody apparently decided my vehicle was the one they would choose to jump out in front of (there was absolutely nobody out, No streetlights, and 2 other cars on the road, thank the stars one of them happened to see it unfold, and be witness for authorities due to him having a close call just before me with the same guy, so was checking his rear view in fear of what the outcome would soon become) ….. I was doing about 45/50mph (the speed limit) not distracted by any means to anything other than driving safely to get to our destination and the plans we had made…. Driving a 4 runner, with a very heavy flat stock steel front bumper on the vehicle…. When he chose to lunge directly in front of us… with no time to even react….
I have slow motion memories while sleeping and while awake, very very vividly; of what came after.
That I actually could tell fucked me up pretty bad inside, but still nobody cared about the pain I was going through and that I was actively seeking help and reaching out for it, to try to just at the very least have some form of…
Sorry this is hard.
I don’t know.. closure?
This is where I start losing my ability to utilize the correct terminology or just the words in general trying to … explain… the feeling … I don’t know what it’s called now…
But, what comes after being the person that took another life… and having graphic memories of it happening in slow motion, and the aftermath of…. Stuff … spread all over the road… and a very rude policeman trying to convince me I had been drinking that night…. So they could blame somebody that wasn’t dead I guess I don’t know… with the daily visits by police for weeks after “updating me” on what they figured out happened the best of their ability to anyways, since nobody was able to ask this guy what he was doing..
Well. If you haven’t pieced it together…. This person didn’t have a chance of coming back from what whatever it was he was looking for.
My snowboarding career ended when I was about 29/30ish, when somebody hit me while I was snowboarding, well, standing on the side of the run talking to a friend out of any possible way of being in the way of people that were moving down the hill, hard enough to throw me 20 feet into rocks (I’m 6’1” and about 190lbs and pretty well in shape at the time), I didn’t realize how bad it was until I managed to dig myself out, climb back to the run, and then snowboard another couple miles holding my chest barely able to stand, to find help. I was put onto a stretcher immediately when I did manage to make it to the lodge, and come to find out how near death I was due to the injury having been pneumothorax…. Basically Shattered multiple ribs on my right side, puncturing and collapsing my lung, then my lung proceeding to leak air into my chest between the lung and whatever is there… tissue ? Muscle? Flesh? And fracturing my hip ( I thought I ruptured a disk in my spine)… spent about a week in the icu, was release during a blizzard and developed pneumonia during my “recovery”, I guess it’s probably worth noting That I’ve suffered from pretty bad asthma my whole life, as well as it ending my ability to do what I found the most joy and accomplishment from from in my life, that kept me out of some pretty dark places..and me pushing death (ironic I know)
Yet I still kept pushing on….
I guess this is where I feel like all this trauma that I had been suppressing (I guess?) started coming back..
Well, about 6 months ago, on the way home from seeking a better life for my son and myself, by pursuing a more stable and higher income career than just loading freight… I was entering an intersection going through a green light, and somebody waiting in the oncoming traffic at a red light, I guess, just decided he was going to proceed with his left turn (yes he was already stopped waiting at a red light) bright Sunny day around noon, other cars trying to honk to stop him from going (I’m convinced he was probably on his phone and must have just assumed it turned green for him? Idk) resulting in me t-boning him as I was traveling about 50mph… yet again, with absolutely no possible chance to react…. My seatbelt (yes again) didn’t function correctly… I impacted the windshield, which partly scalped me (it looks like I purposely cut myself a mullet hair cut as of this message still growing back) broke 3 ribs on my left side, 4 on my right side, countless stitches across my face, broken right hand (holding the steering wheel, my hand went through my phone that was mounted on the dash) and the part I’m still struggling with learning how to walk again…. Broke my right femur in two places (yes, two separate breaks on my single right femur bone) compression, basically exploding the middle of the femur causing to break completely in half with quite a bit of bone shards throughout the area (lol.. sorry.. 100% not funny but Idk how else to go about saying, if you’d like to see the X-rays just message me.. it’s pretty wild) and then it broke again at my hip, spent about a week in the icu, surgery etc etc, and now have a massive bolt that goes all the way through my hip, and about a 2 foot single rod that goes down the length from my hip to 2 giant screws that attach it going through my knee…
I’m sure I have probably put far too much detail and I’m sure nobody cares to have read this far, if it’s actually posted (I don’t use social media much tbh)…
But this is where it’s brought me to googling, seeking something to help me come back from it.
I’m scared now. Of people. Of constant anxiety and panic attacks. I’m literally will shut down just by the very thought of leaving my home. I’m far more than overly worried about my son and his safety and health, and what his negligent mother is actively and very persistently pursuing any new way to hurt me, and the only thing she has left and very much utilizes is my son and his well being, that which can still effect me and satisfy her undying desire for that high she will never find included in narcissistic traits…
I’m scared it will turn out something finally does take me out.. and that is the world my son will be left to, her abuse etc.
I’m scared of social interaction, with anybody at this point, people I’m familiar with or not, I’m scared to death and just plain shut down at just the thought of meeting new people, and even introducing myself, it’s now impossible to make eye contact with literally any body; and the possibility that they get to know me and then use my pain and instability against me, like has happened in almost every situation there’s been when I finally think I can trust or depend on someone….. I’m scared to death of driving now, well, just plain being around anybody driving altogether.. and basically deal with full on break downs trying to just get from A to B, even more so when my sons in the car, or any car with anybody…. Ive had insomnia for a long time due to the terrors and fear of experiencing them more… But… the flashbacks and terrors are just so frequent now, that I find it near impossible to sleep anymore, and can barely eat, I find myself crying literally every time there isnt somebody else in the room with me, and more so I think my son can’t see me…
Just closing my eyes gives me full flashbacks it seems..
So… here I am at 1am, googling for any possible thing out there that can even give me a glimmer of hope of or idea of how to get out of this…
I’ve realized I’ve become stuck in what is basically freeze mode / panic mode… not fight, like I’ve always been, not flight because running has always seemed like the worst decision I could make for any situation in my mind and how I was raised… or lack of… but I’m just frozen…. Or stuck… or whatever it could be deemed as… And I’m so desperate to find help. I see a phych, I’ve been on (forgive me if I’m confusing them because there’s been so many) lamictal? Maybe it’s ability.. And Seroquel for quite a while, and I hate taking them because I don’t feel anything , other than the sadness and fear, and am so exhausted all the time from them, and I feel ’m not there emotionally for my son while taking them.
But I’m stuck. I’ve never felt sadness in this way. And depression is just getting worse and worse.. I don’t know what to do. Maybe finally just putting this all out, and all of it together, will give me a bump in the right direction, or that I can find somebody who can point me in that way, or just that knows how to try to work through these things I’m so dreadfully scared of ….
But I know need help and this is something I can’t do on my own. Unfortunately nobody in my life seems to care enough to hear what I’m trying to actively ask for help with what’s ruining me when I tell them anything about it. I’ve gotten to the point of just not talking, because I don’t feel anybody really cares, so I’m just becoming a burden on anybody that has still somewhat stuck with me through this unfortunate road I’ve become lost on. And I’m scared of pushing them away by even attempting to explain more than I feel I should, of why I’ve come to what I have become…
Sorry. And I appreciate you, whoever has managed to get through this far.. . Any and all advice I can possibly find would mean the world to me.
I don’t want to see my son hurting like I did when I was growing up and struggling, without anybody to pick me up when I needed….ans I know he can tell I’m not well and hurting every day, and my fear of the world. And it’s not fair to him. I don’t want him to experience what I did. No innocent person or child should have to carry this weight I’ve somehow held up for so long
I’m going in 40 now… and I have no idea where to go from here, but I can feel myself slipping rapidly into what seems like a point of no return..

First time poster. I have bipolar 1 with psychotic features. I have been medicated for over a decade on a low dose of Tegretol, lithium and clonazepam. I can’t tolerate higher doses but this regime does prevent full blown mania and psychosis.
I have suffered severely for all these years this fluctuating between up and down swings despite trying every med Dr.’s can think of. I desperately need something I can use to stop the mania and the insomnia that goes with it. Every episode is a battle to keep in control, a battle I usually lose with torturous consequences.
I have been asking to try lamictal now for 6 months and the Dr., well nurse practitioner, keeps putting it off. He told me yesterday that it’s “only for depression; it doesn’t treat mania.” I responded that it’s a mood stabilizer, like Tegretol, and I was under the impression it treated both.
He also said because I am alternating my Tegretol dose every other day he won’t let me try lamictal. I am alternating every other day because they don’t offer the dose I can tolerate which is 250 mg. He hates that I do that and is getting frustrated with me. Any lower and my psychosis starts creeping in. Any higher and I get debilitating GI issues. I was devastated to hear him say I could not try it and postponed it for the 4th time.
He also says despite me being on a super low Tegretol does I would be doubling my risk of Steven Johnson’s syndrome (the deadly rash).
He won’t let me take Tegretol and lamictal together because he says he won’t know which one caused the rash, (if I were to get it) but I’ve been on Tegretol for over a decade with no rash.
The question: is lamictal just for bipolar depression? Does it not curb mania? Is he overreacting regarding the risks? Is his frustration founded regarding me taking the every other day alternating dose? I do that to cope with the fact that they don’t make the dose I need to stay sane enough; it’s not for fun.
I was ready to brave another med trial, which is usually debilitating for me. When my brain is active, which is now, i am able to try new meds. When I am down I am not. I desperately need more medication and he’s basically stringing me along while I am barely keeping it together between mania and the insomnia that comes with it.
When I’m down again, he says he may let me try it, if I promise to only take Tegretol 200 every single day, never going to 300mg even if I feel I need extra to sleep or whatever. Is that too strict or is it reasonable?
I do appreciate a lot of things about him and there is a provider shortage where I live so finding a good alternative doesn’t seem likely. He does seem to get easily stressed and frustrated, seems he’s overworked right now.
I am venting a bit but any thoughts or advice is welcome. 🙏

Has anyone else had almost every medication they’ve tried cause muscle twitching in various parts of their body?
Or have intolerances to medication and the side effects are bad?
When Im not on any psych med, my muscles in my body don’t twitch. As soon as I start psych meds and continue taking them, my muscles twitch. The twitching is similar to as if I just did a full body workout out, but I haven’t.
It seems every drug I try, causes EPS/a movement disorder. Latuda caused my eyelids to twitch and facial tics. Serequel caused muscle twitching throughout my body.
Caplyta makes me physically ill and have flu like side effects that don’t go away. Im currently on the lowest dose (dropping from 42mg, to 21mg, to 10.5mg), and it still makes me feel shitty and isn’t even therapeutic anymore.
Lithium really messes with my thyroid and landed me in the ER.
Mood stabilizers for me don’t work because of the birth control interaction. I have endometriosis, and without birth control, I am constantly in debilitating pain. I don’t want to get an IUD because of how incredibly painful and traumatic it is to get one inserted, and the side effects. To be fair, my current oral contraceptive amps up my depression a lot and has side effects. But I can’t mentally handle being in excruciating pain all the time and not able to move. I also can’t mentally handle this depression either. Having to decide which to deal with — being in debilitating pain and be on a mood stabilizer to help my mental health or have a very bad mental state and not be in physical pain is a truly shitty decision to have to make as a woman. There is no winning if you’re a woman. (I do want to state that being in excruciating pain all the time DOES NOT help my mental health, regardless if Im on a med or not)
I’ve already tried Lamictal, while being on birth control. Lamictal made the BC ineffective and made my hormones not be stable and go up and down everyday, and I was in hell. And the BC made the Lamictal not effective.
Depakote is the only mood stabilizer that doesn’t affect birth control, even though birth control makes depakote less effective. Depakote makes my arm muscles twitch, and makes my leg muscles twitch more than they do now. It’s only 250mg of depakote too, so not therapeutic. I did run a lil experiment. I stopped the depakote for a week to see if some of my muscle twitching subsided.. and it did. My arm muscles no longer twitch. My leg muscles still do and it drives me INSANE.
I just.. I don’t get why my body is like this. There was a point when I was on 200mg Lamictal, 60mg Latuda, and 100mg of Serequel and the muscle twitching was so bad. My whole entire body was constantly spasming and moving.
Prior to July, I tolerated psych meds really well! Until a psychiatrist (who can rot in hell), cold turkey cut me off of a very high dose of klonopin. I went through a 2 month withdrawal and couldn’t get water or food down for at least a month and lost 30 pounds in 3 weeks. My body has never been the same again, and I now have severe GI issues because of the trauma my stomach went through during withdrawals.
After being cut cold turkey off of benzos.. my body and brain do not tolerate psych medications at all. experience EVERY side effect and they don’t go away, on top of movement disorders.
Im desperate for a medication to work and Im hopeless currently. Everything that seems to help me somewhat mentally, makes my muscles twitch and jerk!
I don’t know what to do and how long I can last with my current mental health! I don’t know if anyone would have advice or have gone through similar things? Has anyone else experienced numerous psych meds causing movement disorders?

Does anyone here take mood stabilizers while pumping? I recently started Lamictal, and have noticed a decrease in milk supply and nothing but starting the medication has changed. I pump the same amount of time and the same amount of pumps everyday and I went from pumping around 55 oz a day to 45 oz a day. I need to be on a mood stabilizer for my bipolar but I can’t allow my milk supply to slowly dry up and need anyone’s input on what worked for others that didn’t affect supply. Cause if push comes to shove I’m gonna go back off my meds so my supply doesn’t decrease

i started lamictal a few days ago for borderline personality disorders. i have high hopes for this medication because ive heard great things about it. after doing some research i found out that some of these adjustment effects should wear off so im wanting to at least give it a chance.
however, im experiencing intense suicidal thoughts and a lot of dissociation. id consider it worse than my typical and it seems like i get triggered for no reason. i have bpd but ive been able to recognize my triggers but it seems to be doinf this suddenly for no reason. it also seems to be really worrying my partner. tonight i freaked out because i felt unsafe and they were very worried. im scared im going to overwhelm them which sucks because it feels like its regressing s lot of the progress we made together. we jusr hit 6 months have have been making a lot of progress. the relationship is healthy and my partner treats me wonderfully. i just feel bad because these sudden breakdowns for no apparent reason are most definitely draining. i dont particularly want a break because spending time with my partner and the mutual love in the relationship genuinely helps and they motivate me and make recovery seem within sight. it seems more like self sabotage to distance myself.
however its a really intense issue and im not sure how to go about it. especially because ive had a fear of this causing issues and constantly asking if theyee sure they wanr me can add to the overwhelm.
does anyone have any suggestions for coping these next few weeks?

I have a hard time coming to terms with my diagnosis, despite all the evidence to the contrary. If you met me, you would never know I'm bipolar. Nobody does. I'm ambitious and my life is "together."
Last year I (29f) started experiencing rapid mood cycling like never before. I impulsively ended a bad relationship, lost a lot of weight, had classic bipolar rage, hypersexulization, dramatic energy fluctuations, did things that weere out of chatacter, and toward the end I did feel paranoid and heard sounds. Often, i was in a state of sadness.
But at the same time, I kept moving forward in life. I felt like I couldn't trust myself but on the outside, everything was fine and nobody was worried about me.
I would have done anything for the cycling to end. I got diagnosed and put on Lamictal, which wasn't a fit for me. My psych then wanted to try an antipsychotic plus some diabetes medication to prevent the weight gain side effect. It all felt like too much. I'm not up for the trial and error. Since then, I've spent 6 months depressed and off meds. Gained all weight back.
Also, the start of all this cycling can be traced to a time when my schedule changed suddenly. Now I know better.
I've gotten into therapy again and am committed this time because I don't want to live like this. I feel like I'm wasting my life being depressed.
Today my therapist said if I'm going to manage this holistically I need to learn how to offset hypomania when it comes on. Typically I just try to enjoy the ride because it's a relief from the depression and I feel I'm a better version of myself in most cases, last year being a dysphoric exception.
I never really do anything too crazy so it's hard to see the harm in it. She told me all about the damage it can cause overtime, which I've heard about and emphasized that I need to let it go or it will get worse. This is a hard pill to swallow, I don't want to subdue it if I'm lucky enough to feel energetic and sociable and productive.
I dont really have a specific question. I don't know where to start. I guess I'm wondering if anyone can relate to this high functioning spectrum of bipolar and feeling like medication is not the way for you and worried if you'll ever feel good again without mania.

TL;DR I've tried alot of meds already and nothing helped. Looking for advice or recommendations.
I'm on effexor 75mg xr in the morning. Clonidine 3x a day (it does nothing, more of a placebo) and was on mirtazipine 15mg but had to quit because it was making me wig out in my sleep. Like jerking my head side to side. And setting up in my sleep and starring forward. It also give me real bad RLS
So I've tried mirtazapine, Hydroxyzine, olanzapine, risperdone, sertraline, propranolol and a few others i dont remember right off.
My sister give ne a couple trazodone so Im going to try one tonight and see how that does me. I go to the psych Tuesday. I been thinking about asking her for wellbutrin to go with my effexor and see how she feels about nurotin/gabapentin 3x a day. She is against all controls though so probably label me as drug seeking. So anyone have any ideas as what else i could try? I been looking at lamictal, abilify, and a few others but would like some personal experiences with meds that didn't cause alot of side effects.

{20F taking montelukast xyzal (allergies) lexapro lamictal caplyta (schizoaffective bipolar type) and depo shot.} I recently had a transabdominal and transvaginal ultrasound to investigate severe period pain and extremely irregular cycles. The ultrasound found a mass about 0.6 cm in size in my uterus. Notes describe the mass as hypoechoic and heterogeneous. Prescribing doctor (didn't perform the ultrasound) told me the ultrasounds showed nothing that would cause any of my symptoms and that I must have a GI issue. I don't believe her and neither does my primary. I'm going to see a better rated gynecologist to discuss the results. Being a current medical field student I was curious if the mass is something to worry about? Or is it too small likelihood at my age to worry that this mass is malignant?

I'm a 45m. Neuro thinks I have a combination of absence seizure and focal impaired awareness epilepsy where I stare without responding for a minute or two, then there is about 15 minutes of limited responses, if I do respond to questions its often one or two words. I've had several EEG scans that show no issues, CT scans to determine if its a stroke show no issue, cardio says my heart is doing great, nothing else shows any issues. I do have a TBI from 28 years ago from a car accident and have had no issues other than migraines from time to time. That was until april 2022.
Below is my log of episodes and sleepwalking as I've kept detailed notes trying to find commonalities between the events.
2022 2022 apr x1 episode 2022 may x3 episodes 2022 sep sleepwalk 2022 oct x2 episodes 2022 dec x2 episodes
2023 2023 jan x1 episode 2023 mar x2 episode crashed my car during an episode 2023 apr x1 episode start keppra 2023 may x1 episode 2023 sep x1 episode 2023 oct x1 episode (no episodes since) change from keppra to lamictal 2023 oct x2 sleepwalk 2023 nov x2 sleepwalk
2024 2024 jan x1 sleepwalk 2024 feb x3 sleepwalk 2024 mar x2 sleepwalk 2024 apr x2 sleepwalk 2024 may x1 sleepwalk change from lamictal to lamictal xr about to start zonegran
Neuro says I can legally drive since it's been over 6 months since my last episode and she does not consider sleepwalking the same as having an epilepsy episode. She says she'd be comfortable riding in the car with me.
I've been asking people if they would feel safe riding in the car with me and it's about 70/30 in favor of riding in the car. Some make jokes like, I'll ride in the car with you but I won't be on my phone that's for sure.
I work 4 miles from my house. I'm considering buying a small car such as a manual transmission miata just to go from work and home, perhaps to the grocery store and home, or to a doctors appointment and home. My thinking is, if sometimes does happen, a smaller car would cause the least amount of damage to someone else driving. You could say if that is a concern then I shouldn't be driving which is a fair statement to make.
I had one friend say I would ride in the car with you if you feel comfortable driving. The problem is, I don't remember any of the episodes. I only know about them because other people told me about them or I saw them on video. To me, I have no fear of driving, no knowledge of the events, but I also don't want to hurt anyone else else on the road nor myself.
My doctor says I can legally drive. I think I feel comfortable driving.
The question is, should I be driving?

Hey yall. Last month I had a period after 10 months of amenorrhea. And it didn't come back. But since said scheduled date it was supposed to come back, I randomly started gaining weight. And it's really confusing because I haven't been eating enough calories to cause any fat gain. So I'm wondering if this could be the reason. And if this is temporary? Is it water? Will I continue to gain weight?

does anyone else here take celexa and lamictal ? I use to be on it and never had a problem and I’m about to start taking it again but i saw that it can cause ‘hyponatremia’ wich is blood sodium levels getting to low and now im a little scared
i started back on lamictal and now im at 150mg And im restarting 10mg of celexa

does anyone else here take celexa and lamictal ? I use to be on it and never had a problem and I’m about to start taking it again but i saw that it can cause ‘hyponatremia’ wich is blood sodium levels getting to low and now im a little scared
i started back on lamictal and now im at 150mg And im restarting 10mg of celexa

does anyone else here take celexa and lamictal ? I use to be on it and never had a problem and I’m about to start taking it again but i saw that it can cause ‘hyponatremia’ wich is blood sodium levels getting to low and now im a little scared
i started back on lamictal and now im at 150mg And im restarting 10mg of celexa

does anyone else here take celexa and lamictal ? I use to be on it and never had a problem and I’m about to start taking it again but i saw that it can cause ‘hyponatremia’ wich is blood sodium levels getting to low and now im a little scared
i started back on lamictal and now im at 150mg And im restarting 10mg of celexa

does anyone else here take celexa and lamictal ? I use to be on it and never had a problem and I’m about to start taking it again but i saw that it can cause ‘hyponatremia’ wich is blood sodium levels getting to low and now im a little scared
i started back on lamictal and now im at 150mg And im restarting 10mg of celexa

I (23 F) for the past month have suddenly been super constipated. Before that I pooped like 3x a day and now it’s like a constant battle and so painful. I drink so much water, exercise, take fiber supplements, and still nothing has changed. I’ve never had this issue in my life! I have no idea what caused it or what to do. I’m on Wellbutrin, Lamictal, and Vyvanse but I’ve been on them for years and never had this problem before. Does anyone know what could have caused this / have any tips?
UPDATE: prune juice is no fucking joke

I haven't taken my mood stabiliser (lamotragine/Lamictal) in a few days because I can't afford my prescription. (I have zero $ to my name)
I am assuming this is the cause of my extreme low mood right now but I'm scared that after I get paid (late tonight) it will be too late and I will procrastinate picking my meds up tomorrow.
I experience this cycle extremely often, especially with my dexies because I have ADHD and when my symptoms aren't in control I cannot physically make myself do something that I know is extremely important.
It's like the urgency of the task is making me avoid it.
Does anyone have some advice on how to prevent this from happening/how to motivate myself to go get them tomorrow?

To preface, I’ve been struggling with some mental health issues for awhile. I’ve always had a temper but it’s only escalated. The past few months my mental health completely spiraled out of control and has been difficult to get sorted out. I am currently on 300 mg Wellbutrin and 50 mg lamictal and moving up. A huge trigger for me is my ex (that did not treat me the greatest) who left me in January. Most of these events have happened while drinking (some of them do happen when sober) which I’m sure doesn’t help, but no more than I usually do, and I really did not used to be like this when I drank. Last weekend, I saw him and completely just went into a fit of rage. I was yelling, crying, trying to get to him (people were holding me back), etc. and then full blown mental breakdown into tears. I was so embarrassed and felt horrible. 2 days later, something else happens and I get so angry, I break my mirror throw stuff at the wall, and then end up crying again. My friends called a wellness check on me, got my parents involved, and I still have not spoken to them much because it only made me angrier. I feel like these episodes are just totally ruining everything and causing me so much shame. does anyone have any advice on why I’m having such bad episodes or how to fix this? I am completely blinded with rage when they happen and usually cannot be brought out of it without some sort of physical release (like breaking or punching things) or just waiting it out

I’ve been on medication combinations for bipolar 2, mood stabilizers/antipsychotics such as Abilify, seroquel, and lamictal— and antidepressants, such as Wellbutrin (made me manic & more irritable), Zoloft, and prozac.
I took abilify for about a year or two and I had a crazy amount of weight gain (40 lbs in a year & a half) which is very unlike me. My weight has always fluctuated but only by 10 lbs max. Also, i noticed that I felt foggy brained on Abilify and could no longer social as well even with my close friends. I felt like my brain was empty. No thoughts.
I stopped taking seroquel because it would make me fall asleep sooo fast and i think it may have made me feel drowsy in the morning, i can’t fully remember since it was over 2 years ago.
I took Lamictal originally three years ago (in a combination of other meds i can’t remember) and i stopped because i thought i may have had the allergic reaction rash. After I gave up on the abilify due to weight gain I started taking Lamictal again in hopes that it was possibly eczema and my psych put me on 25MG to see if that had any adverse reactions. I’ve been doing that for nearly a year, with a combination of Adderall & gabapentin.
Last week my new provider upped me to 100MG Lamictal and added 10MG lexapro. I’m still on 100mg gabapentin 3x a day for anxiety and 20mg xr adderall for ADHD. I haven’t had any hypomania since being consistent with Lamictal although I’ve had a crazy increase of anxiety with the last two years and chronic depression after drinking alcohol. Anxiety may be related to the fact i was a habitual weed smoker and stopped in those last two years.
Essentially, does anyone have any recommendations of medication(s) that work well in substitute of Lamictal? The weight gain from Abilify really affected my self image and I’ve been able to lose 25 of the 40lbs gain so I’d like to stray away from medication that causes weight gain & brings down my usually lively personality.
Thanks!

Hey everyone,
I’m currently on Lamictal 200mg which I was told is the highest I should go for my bipolar depression. Unfortunately, while I do feel a bit better mood wise I’m still really low on motivation and my mood does still dip down every once in a while. My psychiatrist told me that under no circumstance should I take SSRI’s along it cause they don’t work at all for Bipolar 2 people or would work for a bit and then stop working completely. But he provided no options other than antipsychotics for my mood which I’m really against due to their potential side effects. Did any of you guys do well with SSRI’s or something of that sort?

I’m finally stable. Took 9 years of therapy, 1 psych ward visit, 3 college transfers and stopping cutting. I’m graduating from grad school next month and am getting married soon. In the next few years I want a kid. I’m on 900 mg of lithium, 225 mg of lamictal, 20 mg of citalopram and 10 mg of buspirone. My psychiatrist told me not to worry about having a kid and that we will cross that bridge when we get there, but I’m so anxious. I don’t want to end up in a deep depression where I do something crazy, like hurt my baby. The amount of anxiety this has caused me is almost unbearable. I feel like I can’t trust myself off meds and I know I can’t keep taking most of them if I’m pregnant. Does anyone have any experience with this? Or wise words?

I’m trying to figure out if my diagnosis is correct. I’m currently tapering from 200 mg lamictal 1xday and have just gotten through a week of 100 mg. I started tapering because I was having severe memory issues on lamictal, despite having a stable mood. I’ve began failing college courses because every exam feels like I’ve never seen the material before, despite days of studying. I’ve even forgotten to write my name on exams recently..
Has anyone else experienced cognitive issues on lamictal?
The tapering has caused a severe plunge into depression, intrusive thoughts, dysfunctional thought patterns, and hostility. I’m unsure if I’m actually bipolar.
What does hypomania feel like to others? I was up for 48 hrs and unbothered a few days ago, which has never happened to me even before lamictal.
I’m worried about tapering further because of the depression and am unsure if this is just my brain trying to balance out or if these are signs I genuinely do have bipolar 2. I’ve done all of the things dr’s say to do to improve memory and tried adhd treatments. Nothing is working.
How do others know they genuinely are bipolar 2? I’ve been misdiagnosed so many times and have taken so many medications.
Has anyone here stopped lamictal for cognitive issues, had mood swings like this, and then they’ve leveled out after a few weeks? Sorry for so many questions. I just really need advice. Thank you all so much!!