Lamictal question in withdrawal

If lamictal blocks gaba wont this help withdrawal and make our symptoms go away?

If lamictal blocks gaba wont this help withdrawal and make our symptoms go away?

 

I don't know if it will help with withdrawal symptoms, but brother believe me when I say you don't want to develop the dreaded "Lamictal Rash" like I did. Not only did the medication do absolutely nothing for my anxiety / insomnia, but it made my life miserable beyond words for several weeks with a huge rash. Beware.

I don't Know what is wrong with me anymore I sit here everyday so weak and depressed I just sit here and do nothing trying to figure out what is wrong with me day in day out I'm going to loose my family. I'm at the end of the road for me I'm done

ya gotta take a break for a little while. As true as this pain and discomfort is, reading about it too much is overwhelming at times.

I don't Know what is wrong with me anymore I sit here everyday so weak and depressed I just sit here and do nothing trying to figure out what is wrong with me day in day out I'm going to loose my family. I'm at the end of the road for me I'm done

 

I would love to say something witty or wise to cheer you up, ease the pain or steer you in the right direction. But like many, I too am struggling a bit every day and searching for the best way out of this mess. I've been off roughly six months and have felt like my recovery is trending upward with several set backs including a rescue dose relapse. I went to bed last night feeling horrible and woke up this morning flush with anxiety. It progressively got worse until I reached the point I had to put myself in the shower and run hot (warm) water over my head until the tub filled up. I then got out and laid on the tile floor until I was dry. Thankfully my near panic attack state subsided and I'm feeling a bit better now. I don't know what caused it. I don't know how to fix it. I say all of this simply to remind you that you're not alone and that we're all on this journey together with the belief that some day we'll recover.

 

Hang in there. PM me you'd like.

lamictal blocks glutamate, not gaba.  (glutamate is the chemical that causes "excitement" and anxiety).  That being said, some people have been set back by it, but there have been some people who find this medication a lifesaver for withdrawal.  It is technically a mood stabilizer.  If you can tolerate it, and your issues are being caused by too much glutamate, this could feasibly work for withdrawal.

I have taken lamictal for years for epilepsy.  A small dose.  While I am not sure if it helped or hindered my withdrawal I know that rash thing is a very small fraction of the people that take it.  Out of a lot of the drugs I have been on, this one came with 0 side effects for me as well.

You need to leave the brain to heal and not keep adding poison to try to find relief. The only way through this is to press forward unmediated. I made the mistake of trying to find the miracle drug to relive my symptoms and it cost me dearly. I would probably over this mess by now if I had left my brain be from my original 3 week use. The pusher (doctor) talked me into trying this and that and almost killed me with his arsenal of phych meds. Everything he pushed made me worse. Now here I am 24 months out and still suffering and struggling everyday. If only I had googled adivan before I took that first evil pill I would be enjoying life. My original insomnia seems like absolutely nothing compared to what the doctor did to me with his poisons. Just let the brain be. This is just my opinion.

Badben,

 

I’m so sorry you are still suffering after only 3 weeks use.  I took low dose Ativan for 10 weeks.  I guess there’s no correlation between time on the drugs and duration of withdrawal.

 

Get well,

 

Sofa

Thank you sofa. Unfortunately the doc tried various antidepressants on me as well as talked me into reinstating with kpin 4 months out and totally rekindled me. I took the stuff for 3 more months. Would of been longer if it weren’t for Benzo Buddies. He had absolutely no clue about benzos or how they harm you. Sofa I see you been clean now for quite sometime. Are you heald yet or are you still in it?

I mean daily migraines since I've stopped taking Klonopin I can't take it anymore. It's all day every day. If I take the nasal decongestant I almost feel normal I don't get it my depression disappears and my vision is clear

So Lamacital helps with withdrawal? What’s the catch? There’s always a catch.

The catch is that you prolong your agony by poisoning your brain further and become addicted to yet another phych med and another withdrawal. There’s only one way through this. Press on without meds or supplements to screw up the healing process.

The catch is that you prolong your agony by poisoning your brain further and become addicted to yet another phych med and another withdrawal. There’s only one way through this. Press on without meds or supplements to screw up the healing process.

 

I'm sorry, but I disagree.  Not everyone can just "wait out" their symptoms, sometimes they are too horrific.  If going on this medication (or another one) helps reduce withdrawal symptoms for someone at the end of their rope, insisting that the person is just "poisoning" themselves is not helpful.  Some people take antidepressants or other meds, stay on them their whole lives, and are fully functional.  Others take them for a while to help with benzo withdrawal, then slowly taper off it when they feel more stable.  Some people were forced to go through benzo withdrawal while they have other major things going on in their life, and taking another medication is the only way that person can function.  Yes, people are more likely to get hit with side effects during withdrawal, but as long as the person is aware of that and is willing to take the risk, we should not be using fear mongering against them.

 

I know I was just offered trileptal (a seizure medication that affects/increases gaba) to help with some of my severe headaches.  I only have the extreme headaches a few days a month, so I refused.  However, if I had to deal with these extreme headaches every single day, then yes, I would have tried it. If it worked, I could have stayed on it indefinitely, or tapered off slowly in the future.  If there are medications out there that can relieve a persons unbearable suffering, even if it is just temporary, let the person try it!

The catch is that you prolong your agony by poisoning your brain further and become addicted to yet another phych med and another withdrawal. There’s only one way through this. Press on without meds or supplements to screw up the healing process.

 

I'm sorry, but I disagree.  Not everyone can just "wait out" their symptoms, sometimes they are too horrific.  If going on this medication (or another one) helps reduce withdrawal symptoms for someone at the end of their rope, insisting that the person is just "poisoning" themselves is not helpful.  Some people take antidepressants or other meds, stay on them their whole lives, and are fully functional.  Others take them for a while to help with benzo withdrawal, then slowly taper off it when they feel more stable.  Some people were forced to go through benzo withdrawal while they have other major things going on in their life, and taking another medication is the only way that person can function.  Yes, people are more likely to get hit with side effects during withdrawal, but as long as the person is aware of that and is willing to take the risk, we should not be using fear mongering against them.

 

I know I was just offered trileptal (a seizure medication that affects/increases gaba) to help with some of my severe headaches.  I only have the extreme headaches a few days a month, so I refused.  However, if I had to deal with these extreme headaches every single day, then yes, I would have tried it. If it worked, I could have stayed on it indefinitely, or tapered off slowly in the future.  If there are medications out there that can relieve a persons unbearable suffering, even if it is just temporary, let the person try it!

Sorry but I disagree with you. If our bodies were ment to have these poisons in them we would produce them naturally. We don’t. That’s why we experience side effects. The body is rejecting and being injured by these toxins. None of this crap is ment to be in our bodies. You keep adding more and you knock the whole CNS off balance. And there is no such thing as a slow easy withdrawal. It’s all agony. Have a nice day and I hope you find relief soon.

The catch is that you prolong your agony by poisoning your brain further and become addicted to yet another phych med and another withdrawal. There’s only one way through this. Press on without meds or supplements to screw up the healing process.

 

I'm sorry, but I disagree.  Not everyone can just "wait out" their symptoms, sometimes they are too horrific.  If going on this medication (or another one) helps reduce withdrawal symptoms for someone at the end of their rope, insisting that the person is just "poisoning" themselves is not helpful.  Some people take antidepressants or other meds, stay on them their whole lives, and are fully functional.  Others take them for a while to help with benzo withdrawal, then slowly taper off it when they feel more stable.  Some people were forced to go through benzo withdrawal while they have other major things going on in their life, and taking another medication is the only way that person can function.  Yes, people are more likely to get hit with side effects during withdrawal, but as long as the person is aware of that and is willing to take the risk, we should not be using fear mongering against them.

 

I know I was just offered trileptal (a seizure medication that affects/increases gaba) to help with some of my severe headaches.  I only have the extreme headaches a few days a month, so I refused.  However, if I had to deal with these extreme headaches every single day, then yes, I would have tried it. If it worked, I could have stayed on it indefinitely, or tapered off slowly in the future.  If there are medications out there that can relieve a persons unbearable suffering, even if it is just temporary, let the person try it!

Sorry but I disagree with you. If our bodies were ment to have these poisons in them we would produce them naturally. We don’t. That’s why we experience side effects. The body is rejecting and being injured by these toxins. None of this crap is ment to be in our bodies. You keep adding more and you knock the whole CNS off balance. And there is no such thing as a slow easy withdrawal. It’s all agony. Have a nice day and I hope you find relief soon.

 

I think that we must all must acknowledge that there can be a "tipping point" where the misery of withdrawal breaches the point where it becomes a determent to the life and continued existence of the sufferer. During my benzo withdrawal process I felt horrible, in fact the worst I've ever felt in my life. However, I was able to maintain a stressful / dangerous 50+ hour a week job, a marriage, self / property care and meet every single responsibility I had during that time. That isn't the case with many, many other people. I started the process with a sound mind (aside from anxiety), a physically fit body, a past free from childhood or mental trauma, and a support group of family. Not everyone has that baseline to start from.

 

With end of stage cancer patient care, the term "quality of life" is utilized often. It often dictates what care is given and the course of treatment. For some reason, that term isn't applied here even when the person has a zero quality of life. We've all read the stories here. For years a person is home bound, unable to care for themselves, living in a state of panic, physically ill, mentally destroyed, cut off from all first person social interactions and with no clear path out of it. It's utterly careless to say to this person, "There is no easy withdrawal. It's all agony. Any treatment is poison that screws up recovery." What recovery?

 

Again, there has to be an accepted "tipping point" where it's no longer classified as an attempt at recovery but an attempt at restoring a quality of life and survival by any means necessary, to include medication.

The catch is that you prolong your agony by poisoning your brain further and become addicted to yet another phych med and another withdrawal. There’s only one way through this. Press on without meds or supplements to screw up the healing process.

 

I'm sorry, but I disagree.  Not everyone can just "wait out" their symptoms, sometimes they are too horrific.  If going on this medication (or another one) helps reduce withdrawal symptoms for someone at the end of their rope, insisting that the person is just "poisoning" themselves is not helpful.  Some people take antidepressants or other meds, stay on them their whole lives, and are fully functional.  Others take them for a while to help with benzo withdrawal, then slowly taper off it when they feel more stable.  Some people were forced to go through benzo withdrawal while they have other major things going on in their life, and taking another medication is the only way that person can function.  Yes, people are more likely to get hit with side effects during withdrawal, but as long as the person is aware of that and is willing to take the risk, we should not be using fear mongering against them.

 

I know I was just offered trileptal (a seizure medication that affects/increases gaba) to help with some of my severe headaches.  I only have the extreme headaches a few days a month, so I refused.  However, if I had to deal with these extreme headaches every single day, then yes, I would have tried it. If it worked, I could have stayed on it indefinitely, or tapered off slowly in the future.  If there are medications out there that can relieve a persons unbearable suffering, even if it is just temporary, let the person try it!

Sorry but I disagree with you. If our bodies were ment to have these poisons in them we would produce them naturally. We don’t. That’s why we experience side effects. The body is rejecting and being injured by these toxins. None of this crap is ment to be in our bodies. You keep adding more and you knock the whole CNS off balance. And there is no such thing as a slow easy withdrawal. It’s all agony. Have a nice day and I hope you find relief soon.

 

I think that we must all must acknowledge that there can be a "tipping point" where the misery of withdrawal breaches the point where it becomes a determent to the life and continued existence of the sufferer. During my benzo withdrawal process I felt horrible, in fact the worst I've ever felt in my life. However, I was able to maintain a stressful / dangerous 50+ hour a week job, a marriage, self / property care and meet every single responsibility I had during that time. That isn't the case with many, many other people. I started the process with a sound mind (aside from anxiety), a physically fit body, a past free from childhood or mental trauma, and a support group of family. Not everyone has that baseline to start from.

 

With end of stage cancer patient care, the term "quality of life" is utilized often. It often dictates what care is given and the course of treatment. For some reason, that term isn't applied here even when the person has a zero quality of life. We've all read the stories here. For years a person is home bound, unable to care for themselves, living in a state of panic, physically ill, mentally destroyed, cut off from all first person social interactions and with no clear path out of it. It's utterly careless to say to this person, "There is no easy withdrawal. It's all agony. Any treatment is poison that screws up recovery." What recovery?

 

Again, there has to be an accepted "tipping point" where it's no longer classified as an attempt at recovery but an attempt at restoring a quality of life and survival by any means necessary, to include medication.

 

Very good point. This process is universally shitty. For some it equates to being constantly hungover, very unpleasant but you can get through days of work and other life issues and struggle on. For others its is literally impossible to watch tv shows, get out of bed or cook themselves food. And thats not to mention those with constant suicidal ideation.

 

Too many variables. When I jumped I was fit, exercising and able to socialise a little. Now I can't exercise at all, have trouble controlling my limbs, don't have the cognitive capacity to cook or watch tv. I can totally relate to someone who is considering medication as they want to be alive to let themselves heal.

I can respect everyons opinion on the matter of relief and alternative meds to aquire such relief but in my opinion I feel the brain needs to be left alone and med free to properly heal. Anything you add to the mix only prolongs to your agony. Again this is MY opinion. I truly hope we all here can find true relief and healing from all this agony we have been handed by our miseducated doctors.

I can respect everyons opinion on the matter of relief and alternative meds to aquire such relief but in my opinion I feel the brain needs to be left alone and med free to properly heal. Anything you add to the mix only prolongs to your agony. Again this is MY opinion. I truly hope we all here can find true relief and healing from all this agony we have been handed by our miseducated doctors.

 

I think you are right. It's more a case of healing being unattainable for some people due to completely severe nature of their symptoms. It's a bit of a trade off, take nothing and eventually get to 100% or take something and get to 70% quicker but stay there, i dunno. I definitely think it's best to stay off everything but for some that may not be an option.

I can respect everyons opinion on the matter of relief and alternative meds to aquire such relief but in my opinion I feel the brain needs to be left alone and med free to properly heal. Anything you add to the mix only prolongs to your agony. Again this is MY opinion. I truly hope we all here can find true relief and healing from all this agony we have been handed by our miseducated doctors.

Lamicital is used to treat Bipolar individuals, would you suggest getting off all medicine? Not all medication is evil.

In my OPINION it is evil.

In my OPINION it is evil.

What is evil? All medication is evil?

Phcych meds are. They all alter and injure the brain. They turn you into someone else. You don’t even recognize yourself. DP/DR

Phcych meds are. They all alter and injure the brain. They turn you into someone else. You don’t even recognize yourself. DP/DR

Who do they turn you into? A lot of medications allow people to live a normal life they would not otherwise. Ever hear of someone with mental illness going off their meds?

Phcych meds are. They all alter and injure the brain. They turn you into someone else. You don’t even recognize yourself. DP/DR

Who do they turn you into? A lot of medications allow people to live a normal life they would not otherwise. Ever hear of someone with mental illness going off their meds?

All the time! And many many many return to their old normal pre poly drugged selves. These poisons make you sicker and sicker. That is a basis for the pushers to prescribe even more meds. Guess what happens then. That’s right mr. 123 they prescribe even more. This website is full of us unfortunate folks that have been victimized. I’m one,your one,we all are victims of these poisons. That is my opinion and I will stand by it. You have a nice normal life as for me I’m still fighting for mine. Been bed ridden now for weeks. To sick to do anything but suffer and I’m over 23 months out now from a very short use.