LAMOTRIGINE vs PREGABALIN

I’m a writer. Maybe not a successful one at this point in my life, but it’s what I identify as. Writing has been such a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. Writing is one of the few things I am confident I can do, regardless of my mental state, and it has been my personal therapy for

Edit: I just got on new medication last week. I’m not looking to get attention I’m truly asking for help. I also just went through an episode of hitting myself. Which truly felt like it helped to let that out. I know that sounds terrible but I feel better now. I feel bad that my dog just saw me do a

soooo i just recently (in this last month) got diagnosed bcos i felt myself completely slipping. i sought out a doctor, homie did an evaluation and prescribed me meds. i was very unsure as far as whether he was correct abt the diagnosis or not so i went in for a second opinion and sure as hell, “you

I went to the eye doctor yesterday and when she saw i was lamotrigine i clarified i didn't have epilepsy but bipolar and she went on a rant about how i should get a second job because if i'm busy i wont have time to be mentally ill. like the whole appointment. girl i just wanted some new glasses. i

I was recently diagnosed with bipolar 1 about a month ago and I’ve been taking 200mg of Lamotrigine and 45 mg of latuda. My family is very VERY religious and they want me to go to a special priest hoping that I get cured of being bipolar. I know doing this will not bring me any harm, but I generally

Recently i had to find a new psychiatrist because my insurance changed. I told him I’ve been on lithium and lamotrigine for several years and he told me that he used to work at an inpatient facility and he’d only ever used lithium with those patients and would wean them off after they left. He sugge

Ok so first things first, the medicine works great for me. My complaint is the pill itself. Whoever designed them is the spawn of fucking satan and deserves the most awful of punishments. It’s just compressed powder. It dissolves in water, which is what spit is. Like who the fuck approved this shit.

Called the pharmacy Thursday to refill my prescriptions as usual, knowing I had at least one refill left, which would have gotten me through til my psych gets back July 4th. Pharmacist said it would be ready by 9am today (Saturday) because they didn't have the right size pills for my lamotrigine and

6 years ago I broke my knee playing rugby. I was 33. I had a fair bit of metal put in and lots and lots of rehab. 2 years on crutches and over 4 years of physio. Nothing helped the pain and they removed the metal, which also didn’t help. I had a nerve block injection and was told it may stop the pai

In 2018 I started having daily headaches, it was in my temples, eyebrows/forehead and neck/occipital. I was bedridden for 6 years, unable to work, study, clean my own bedroom or even watching something on TV. I've taken every possible migraine medication: topiramate, emgality, amitriptyline, pregaba

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I've had to move back home due to the cost of living be so high and my mum has taken my dihydrocodeine from me. She says I take it everyday and am addicted. She says that I should just take paracetamo and be on a pain patch. I'm only taking my dihydrocodeine as prescribed for my slipped discs and p

25F just recently diagnosed so I went to the pharmacy to pick up pregabalin prescribed by my rheumatologist. Of course I hadn’t taken it before so I asked the pharmacist to go over it with me. He asks “what’s it for”? I say “fibromyalgia” then the comments of “wow you’re pretty young for that”. I gu

Title says all. I was recently diagnosed with fibro after testing negative for other autoimmune and muscle diseases. However I seem to have a unique version where I experience 24/7 muscle stiffness and inflammation. Being a little risqué, it feels like I'm tightly wrapped up in BDSM-type rope all ov

I started with 1.5mg and slowly worked my way to 4.5mg, going up 0.5mg at a time. Since the very first dose, I noticed a decrease in pain. With every single dose increase, the pain relief got better and better. When I hit 3.5mg, I had ZERO pain the next day during my 8 hours of work. That’s right -

Just a vent post really. Why is every single medical appointment such a fucking fight every time to advocate for myself and be heard??? Like even with pain management doctors who are supposed to want to help people like me. I literally asked about pregabalin because we haven’t really tried many me