Lamictal And Smoking Majiuana
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I wanted to see if anyone can tell me the known side effects with smoking majiuana and taking lamictal, if any. I have been trying to get info on this for about 2 months and can not seem to get anything back on it. Of course my doctor and counselor says tht it is not good to do ANY drugs...but I have to be honest, I smoke and dont plan on stopping...so I would like to know what to expect when these two are combined. Thank you and I would love to hear a responce about this. By the way, I do not smoke alone so I need to know what to expect so I can educate my husband. Thank you again, Leilani

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I've been taking Lamictal for many many years. I've not had any significant side effects, whereas I still have lingering effects from a medication I've been off for almost 15 years. I take it for epilepsy, and it works wonderfully. I do carry around a lot of anxiety and tension, and marijuana has been recommended to me for that. I worry about it lowering my seizure threshold

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I am one of those "Prozac junky kids". Started Prozac when I was 17, and let me tell you something, it is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Have you ever had intrusive thoughts? Have you ever constantly obsessed over the smallest thought because it plays over and over in your head until it makes you feel absolutely crazy? Have you ever been unable to eat much of anything, not because you're sick, but because every time you try to eat something, even the simplest of things and thrown it all back up because you're so anxious and depressed? I began experiencing all of this during my junior year of high school. I couldn't keep focused, nearly everything frightened me, I began failing classes (thank god I was able to get my grades back up) I felt hopeless and stuck in a deep, dark, and scary place. I honestly thought I would be in this state for the rest of my life. And yes, before you say "well therapy is much better than drugs", I did go to a counselor and sought help through therapy. But what's funny? Without my Prozac and lamictal, I don't think I would be where I am today. Neither of these drugs have completely made me overly happy or have altered my state of mind. Neither of these drugs have altered my body and caused me to be a junkie. I am able to stop both meds without craving more. Marijuana on the other hand? Much different story. I quit taking my meds once because I felt better. I started smoking occasionally which eventually turned into an everyday NEED. Without marijuana, I would go crazy. Not because it made me happy etc. but because it was all I could ever think about. It was as if I was hooked on it. I began my medicine again, and after about a month of being on both meds, I smoked. After 2 hits of a small joint I began having awful depression and paranoia. It triggered tinnitus as well. I began hearing noises that sounded like crickets. My entire body felt like it was on fire. I was crawling out of my skin because I was so anxious. I cried for days because I felt myself becoming so wrapped up in the paranoia. Taking 2 hits of a small joint caused this. I'm not bashing marijuana or people who smoke it. My boyfriend smokes almost everyday. Some of my closest friends and family also smoke. If it helps you then great! More power to you! Also, marijuana can cause adverse reactions. Marijuana can cause you to become more anxious/depressed over a long period of time. Depending on how long you have smoked, how often, and other factors. (Underlying mental disorders, chemical imbalances, etc.) just to name a few. I am a medical student. I have studied several topics related to marijuana and how it effects the brain. Marijuana doesn't cause a physical dependence, but it can create a psychological dependence. Marijuana isn't a cure all, just like pharmaceutical drugs aren't a cure all. Please don't speak down upon people who take the step of fixing themselves- even if that includes pharmaceutical drugs such as Prozac. If smoking is what helps you, I hope you continue to get that relief from it. For a long time I was able to smoke and got much pleasure from it. However, it has since caused adverse reactions which is why I quit. Just because someone takes Prozac doesn't mean they are junkies and just because someone smokes marijuana, it doesn't make them a pothead. Think before you speak or type.

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I have taken, then stopped, lamictal 200. Smoked ten years. Smoking with lamictal makes me worse. Both give the brain chemical glutamate to be suppressed. I think they counteract in trying to do the same thing.

I was smoking the past year until a recent episode. But my cannabis intake has decreased and symptoms increased back to needing meds.

I usually feel worse and my ocd thoughts can get worse.

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I am a female and just turned 19 and was diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy when I was 16 and am on 400mg of Lamictal and 1500mg of Keppra and am also wondering the same thing. I've only ever had a grand mal seizure because I drank coffee and another grand mal when I forgot to take my meds. I'm also curious as to how cannabis will affect me so I think maybe just try a little bit and see how you go? :)

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Queria saber si puedo tomar marijuana en infusion y lamictal para la epilepsia sin peligro

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Smoking on lamictal gives me anxiety, makes me become shaky and depressed. Instead of getting high, I just feel low :(

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Smoking stops the weird dreams for me.

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I am taking Lamictal (Lamotrigine) for my epilepsy, 300mg (1.5 tabs twice a day). I was diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic epilepsy when I was 12 and have been taking Lamictal since I was 14. I've never had a seizure or any bad side effects on this medication. I've wanted to try marijuana for a long time but I don't know if I would be affected.

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I don't think cannabis can affect your period

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well you obviously dont know what your talking about when it comes to cannabis.

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Pot will and can make you depressed. you say you've never met anyone that gets depressed while smoking cannabis.... I do it kills your body's ability to make its own THC and when that ability stops and or you get too much THC im sorry but you get depressed as f*** im living proof and lamictal is used for depression aka mood stabilizer for those that dont know what depression is.

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I would have to agree with you on this. I came here to look at the side effects of using lamictal and marijuana together and with some people it does in fact create a more stressed and manic bipolar episode like it does in me. It also makes me irritated faster and unable to control my anxiety attacks or my out bursts. I feel more level and less depressed with out the use of marijuana. So it indeed affects your moods good or bad. For me its a bad reaction. Everyone is different, analyze your moods in a journal while on marijuana and lamictal, and a week to two weeks off of marijuana. I saw a big difference.

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I am having a bad reaction when smoking while taking lamichtal. Always feel spaced, tired and stoned.

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i just started taking lamictal, haven't taken any mood disorder medication in over 7yrs. i have insomnia. i do drink some cannabis tea, calms my nerves, i don't like to take pills. wish i could find something that works that doesn't have horrible side effects.

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is this your site??? if so disregard what I am about to write however, if you're using my site and its not, then you can stop judging other people, and what is abuse to you, is legal in other states. Also you do not know if she is "abusing" marijuana , you're making an assumption and when you assume, well. you know what that makes you! I came here because my child with add/spd is on lamictal, and may be getting on the moreno (sp?) pill the THC pill, It has little side effects and is much more natural then say one of the drugs currently being sued for causing boys to grow breasts. So before you judge, which wow people think they can do this why? why don't you try and get all of the facts or better yet, shut it and just answer the question or leave!! (to everyone else please forgive the typos, i get a bit flustered when nameless faceless people think they have they need to their morals onto others and are probably hypocrites in the first place!)

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your words sound as though they come from a true non smoker that has no idea of what pot is.where did you hear pot makes you depressed after smoking for some time.thats just foolish and baseless.i have never known of anyone that will continue any type of medication to become depressed.weather you like it or not,humans have been doing their own non-government funded ,clinical study of pot for thousands of years.the human brain has evolved with pot use and has specific receptors that are for only one purpose and that is for pot .yes pot.pot is the onlyplant or drug that our brain has its own mechanism built in to process it like it is part of our own bodies.it is almost like it was once a chemical part of us at some time in the past.as a long time pot user.even i was surprised to hear that is now a known fact.pot is only harmfull to oil companies ,paper companies,textile companies,and those effected by the deadly effects of it being made illegal by companies that would dry up and blow away shorty after the mirical of this high fiber plant.put pot smokers smiling faces out of your mind for va day or to and reserch what hemp could do for our polluted earth.hemp is not pot.no one will feel high off of it.you want money ,jobs and some respect for our country to come back.people are going to have to take their hands off of their eyes and stop refusing the see all of the years of hard work that is documted about hemp and its sister plant pot.hemp can save the world and pot can make you happy.is that all so bad.please open your eyes and see.no one if asking you to smoke it.but if you keep insisting it is bad,just because you say so,then you may as well just give it to your kids because they will want to get it just to see how bad it realy is.and we cant have all of those prozac junky kids smiling and consentrating on their school work now can we. that would be terrible.pot is your friend after age 18 ,of course. yes prozac type drugs can make kids happy too.and thats fine until the one hour that you kill yourself.i've seen it so many times.

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I take Lamictal 100mg in addition to about six other medications, and I have been smoking once a day at night for most of this year. I just recently started taking the Lamictal - within the last six weeks - and I have noticed that I feel worse than before the day after I smoke. I am taking Lamictal for my migraines. I find that the day after I smoke my migraine symptoms get worse. I am trying to stop smoking but it is hard to, as I've begun to crave pot and I have gotten used to smoking it regularly. I would also like to add that while smoking pot regularly, I stopped getting my period. Most people will moan and complain that pot is harmless, but there are cases like mine where it seems to do more harm than good.

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I take the following meds AND I use MJ on an hourly basis:

Sertraline / Zoloft 75mg

Lamictal / Lamictin / Lamotrigine 25mg-50mg-75mg

Pur-Bloka 10mg

Solian 50mg

Dormonoct 2mg (Loprasolaam)

Topalex 25mg


And I must say that I have no negative affects, apart from an increased libido ;) and one hell of an appetite.

N~

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I've been on lamotragine 200mg and Serquol 300mg for a number of years. I smoke about a joint of pot a day and I've never had any negative side effects. That being said I don't combine them together. If I toke at night I usually wait 30 min before taking my me da, that's just me though. My psychrist knows I smoke cannabis and he hasn't warned me of any negative side effects. I'm 100% confident that if there was any risk he would have informed me.

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I know this is a super old post but...

I've been on lamictal for a little over a month for anxiety to help stabilize my mood. I've been smoking for about a year but never while on any other medications. I smoked less than half of what I normally do and really started to trip so I got up to go lay down and I collapsed. Everything was black and I was seeing purple flashes and my body was shaking. I passed out for a minute after that and then came back I guess. I've never had a seizure so I'm still trying to figure out what happened to me. Thanks

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