u/Psychological_Job312

Hi all, I've had MDD for a long time and in April was put on Latuda 20mg. It is frankly the best med I've ever been on, and there have been many. I've also been on lamictal 200 mg for 20 years. It quit working after 3 years, but for one reason or another, I never got off it, though I wanted to.

5 weeks ago, when refilling my pill container, I accidentally put only 100 mg lamictal, rather than 200, in each slot. By the time I realized it, nearly 14 days had elapsed of me taking 100 mg.

I felt fine so decided this was step 1 of my long desired taper. Fast forward to last week, and the s**t started hitting the fan. Major depression, anxiety, constant self doubt, SI.

I sent a note to my psych and he recommended: 1. Go up to Latuda 40 mg, which I did; 2. Stay at lamictal 100 -- can go back up to 200 in a few weeks if no improvement.

I'm now 5 days on Latuda 40 mg. I kinda thought I was getting better the other day but now I'm not sure.

If you increased your Latuda, how long did it take to notice the effect? The doc says let's give it a few weeks and the effect should be present by then.

I'm struggling not to blame myself for doing such a large taper. It has hijacked the Latuda wonderment I was feeling.

If you have any other thoughts about this, I'd be most grateful to hear them.

Hi, I have been on lamictal 200 mg for 20 years, for depression. I have wanted to come off it for some time because it quit working a long time ago but for one reason or another I never got off it.

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A month ago, I accidentally filled my 2 week pill container with 1 lamictal pill (100 mg) daily rather than 2. By the time I figured out what I was doing, I had been taking 100 for two weeks, and felt fine. I decided I would stay at 100 since I wanted to taper.

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I felt nothing whatsoever until week 3, when I started feeling shaky. This week (week 4) I am having very low self esteem, hopelessness, and SI.

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Is it unusual to have such strong symptoms with this amount of taper? Should I go back up to 200, and make future tapers smaller amounts? Any thoughts as to how long these symptoms might last if I stay at 100?

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This is really hard. I would be grateful for any thoughts or encouragement you might be able to offer. Thank you.