u/ratruby

Hi everyone :)

i’m looking into lamotrigine and trying to figure out if it might actually fit what i’m dealing with before I see my psych NP this week. I’ve been wondering about this med for probably 15 years (lol) but with health anxiety always been too freaked out by the rash. I feel a bit more ready to try it now if my prescriber thinks it’s a fit.

my main issues are:

• emotional reactivity / very fast overwhelm
• meltdowns/like suddenly overwhelm spikes into panic, SH impulsivity—I don’t identify as BPD but I’ve done DBT in the past and found it moderately helpful
• PMDD
• anxiety/ mild OCD type thought patterns

i’ve tried SSRIs before and they helped a bit but didn’t really stop the emotional swings underneath. Also couldn’t tolerate the side effects.

i’m currently on concerta & guanfacine for ADHD and using rescue benzos more than I’d like these past couple weeks, which is my clue that I need something else on board. FWIW a lot has been going on in my relationship and family so stuff has kind of come to a boiling point where I need a new Kind of help.

Curious if any of this sounds like what you may take the med for, and how it’s helped you?

appreciate any experiences. Thank u 💛💛💛

I am planning to talk to my prescriber about this next week, but curious if anyone's been in a similar situation and how you approached it.

I have long thought lamictal might help me (not bipolar but a bunch of stuff going on this med has been proven helpful for) but I am a person who has incredibly sensitive skin. In winter especially I would say I almost always have some small rash here or there. I know you have to more or less stop taking it if you get any rash at all.

This has always made me think, I'm just not a candidate for this med. But what if it could really help? IDK.

If anyone has insights I'd be very open to hearing! TYSM!

Ok so I know this is a dumb post but sometimes I just need to get to the bottom of something (autism suspected etc). There’s a seller who has like, 1700 listings, all BAGGU bags. That’s more inventory than most shops would have. How is this possible??? I just want to understand lol.

Also her listings that are NWOT are priced higher than retail, and when I offered 60 on a $85 listed bag ($78 new in stores) she came back with $80, then I went $65 and 🥁🥁🥁….$79. Honestly I think sellers should sell for whatever they’re comfortable with, it’s none of my business etc, but I am secondarily curious why someone with that much inventory wouldn’t just take the sale.

But more than that I just want to know how one person can have that much stuff from one brand.

I’ll delete this post once I can get my head around it, I know it’s a silly post. Thank u!!!

I’m a very small volume seller & buyer (my closet is just my own used clothes and some of my mom’s), and Kotn is one of my favourite brands, so I regularly search for their clothes.

Every time I search, I see DOZENS of wrinkled Kotn brand tote bags listed for usually $15. When you purchase something new from Kotn, in store or online, you get one of these bags free. With every purchase.

They’re perfectly fine but low quality canvas cotton totes, but please: THEY ARE FREE. No one wants to spend $30 (ie with shipping and taxes) on these tote bags and they are flooding the search results.

Ok thanks that’s it xoxox