Yes I take it and get degrees of mania on it, Lamictal is a mood stabilizer designed to help more with lows than highs it still takes the edge off my highs and the length of time l have an attack but i still get them so if you feel your mood on the rise and especially if your manic attacks can be destructive and/or long lasting you need to see your pdoc now.

I take Lamictal. I like it. I also find it helps more with the depression side. I would definitely go with what vickybea says and contact your doctor. Does he or she have an emergency number? ((((Hugs)))

yes I agree call your doctor ... its not good to just go off lamictal. or play with the dosage without the doc. It may not even be related to the lamictal.

I am on lithium/lamictal protocol. strangest thing is my lith helps with the depression and the lamictal seems to control the hypomania I used to have on lithium alone. ive always been a bit odd though .

good luck be safe and make the call even if you have to go route of er always take safety over all else

When I reduced my lamictal I had a bad hypomania, odd because they say it's more for depression than mania, but apparently it was keeping mine in check. Everyone is different, and what may be true for some may not be true for you. Call your doc! In the meantime do you have something you can take to take the edge off, a prn for anxiety maybe? That might help out short term. :)

I was really hypomanic when I stopped Lamictal, had never thought of it before...

I've gotten a little high on it especially when I first started taking it.. It calmed down over time although it does keep me on the upside ..Maybe cut down on it until you can get hold of your doctor??.. I wouldn't stop it though until you confer with your pdoc
Big hug for you sweetie...x

Same here, i was high as a kite for the first week then it went away :(. I agree with everyone see your pdoc. I'm no longer on it as it stopped working for me. (((feel better)))

I loved lamictal but then I love being hypomanic, It gave me a large rash twice.

Lamictal works well for me, the generic, actually.

When will you be able to talk to the pdoc? Sounds like a good idea to do so.

I like Lamictal because it's always worked for me and my pdoc said that would keep me more up My problem is mainly with depression. I wish I could feel hypomanic once in a while, but all the meds I take keep me very level. I'm actually quite satisfied with it, but as someone said, it's different for everyone. Best of luck to you.

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. I'm taking it to try to help my depression. When I get hypomanic it's usually not fun. I get anxious, agitated and have racing thoughts etc... I will talk to my pdoc as soon as I can.

Well, yeah. I'm prone to hypomania.

I never thought that the Lamictal would totally prevent it from happening, though.
Just help keep it to a minimum.

I think it's supposed to lengthen the time between episodes.

My Psychiatric Nurse prescribes it as a treatment for Depression.

When I suffer Depression (not very often) or when I relish Hypomania (I get the fun kind!!!), I don't see either as being caused by the Lamictal.
More in spite of it.

If you have only recently started taking it and that's coinciding with the unwanted moods you're experiencing, then that certainly makes the Lamictal a bit suspect.

And while it's true that even if you've been on it a long time it could still be the cause of your symptoms, perhaps it's not.

I hope you contact your Pdoc as soon as you can!!
If the Lamictal is the problem the sooner you're off it, the better!!

It may be, though, that you need a different med to treat the anxiety and racing thoughts, etc.

Anxiety is one of my least favorite symptoms!! Ugh!!
And I take something besides Lamictal for it.

I hope you're feeling better soon!!!

(((((Hugs)))))