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I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, insomnia, ADD, and severe depression. I am on four different medicines right now. Trileptal for bipolar disorder.
Trazodone for depression and insomnia.
Lamictal for bipolar, and Adderal for ADD. I have been a self medicating pot smoker for 8 years now and it has worked pretty well. Weed calmed me down when i had spouts of anger,made me happier,and more hopeful for my future. but weed also made me feel less dedicated to those around me and more like a different person. I am a lot less social and I used to be miss social. I started adding these four meds about a year ago and Within the past 7 months or so I have started noticing significant changes. I am slowly becoming stupid. My brain is slow and I cant grasp even simple things. My ADD has worsened and I cannot remember anything whatsoever. I never eat much anymore and my body just rejects food. I have also become much more irritable. I get headaches all the time and I'm constantly weak. Because of this I failed all my courses in college and have been suspended. I have never had this problem before. I am a smart girl and have always loved school. Although these meds have multiple side effects, they seem to help with the suicidal tendencies and mood swings. My question is along the lines of should I quit meds and smoke or should I stay on the meds and only smoke occasionally?
My experience with Lamictal was pure hell.
I couldn't remember what I had done five minutes before no matter how hard I tried. I thought something was seriously wrong with me because my short term memory was like completely gone. It was pretty bad.
I refused to believe it was that medicine for the LONGEST time though. I have ADD also, and it caused me to have the attention spand of about 5 seconds. I could not focus if my life depended on it.
If you're as irritable as I was, I feel for you. I would get SO pissed off over nothing. God, that was horrible.
And I wasn't sure what was causing it at the time, but I guess that's what was making me feel so weak 24/7 too.
Personally, since I wasn't smoking weed while on Lamictal cause I was scared about the interactions (A friend told me they ended up having a panic attack which scared me away from mixing the two), I HIGHLY doubt that's what is causing all this for you.
If I were you, I'd drop the Lamictal and find something better. It's a new med. No matter how much they try and convince you otherwise, they don't know shit about it or how it works. Plus it does more harm than good in my opinion.
Good luck and I hope you're feelin better by now! :D
(Rating: 5) I Had the EXACT same problems. I'm off it and feeling so much better! Thank you