Lexapro
 

Hey I'm new but I took lexapro for 6 months and my husband said I turned into an emotionless zombie. Did you see the same in your son? I am considering getting back on it because my ADHD symtoms are worse but I'm scared of the zombie effect again.. Thanks! :)

Welcome Jelly,
 

Hi, Jelly,

Other things work for ADHD like Strattera. Talk to your psychiatrist about your concerns.

M

Jelly
My son did not take it for ADHD so no he didn't turn that way.

He took it for depression and anxiety.

Donna:hug:

Sore Throat
 

Hi,

I took the one half of 25 mgs at 11:-00 p.m. Saturday night.
A few hours later around 1:30 I noticed a sore throat.

I do not know if it is from the Lamictal or something else.
My friend came over here at 8:30 pm. Could I have come down from a sore throat from her 5 hours later??

Should I call the pdoc's number on Sunday? On Monday? I do not know if it is o.k. to keep taking the Lamictal.

Mari

since it is a worrisome side effect i would stop taking lamictal and see if it goes away. if it doesn't i would call the doctor.
bobby

Is a sore throat a potential side effect? I hate sore throats. Lemon is supposed to help if I recall right, honey too.
hope it goes away, did your friend have a sore throat you could call her.
bizi

Mari

I do not believe a sore throat is a side effect from Lamictal. But I would have to look it up. And I personally wouldn't stop taking it at this point.

I would wait and try some other things to get rid of the sore throat.

Donna :hug::grouphug:

The sore throat went away, but now I have a sore neck.
I called the pharmacy.

A person who identified herself as a pharmacy intern looked up Lamictal and told me that it is a common side effect of Lamitcal -- muscle soreness.

Apparently I can keep taking the med.

Mari

I am glad that you called the pharmacy.
bizi

tell pdoc I can handle tiny doses only
 

Hi,

I am going to telephone the pdoc Monday to tell him that the side effects are too overwhelming (I only took half today of what he prescribed and it was still too much).

I will try to tell him that it is too hard and three days of what he told me to take are very hard due to sleepiness, weird side effects (having a hard time talking during the evening because my tongue was big or something), feeling unable to cope with this medicine. . . . wanting to stop it.

I hope he has compassion and allows me to move the next dose by tiny increments instead of what he prescribed.
(Each step of the Lamictal DOUBLES what the last step and that is nuts and not liveable.
It is is a seven week plan that I need to stretch out to ten or eleven weeks or I am going to quit.)

Mari