Anyone here on lamictal? I'm been prescribed lamictal for epilepsy and just started again on aed's. I've been off aed's for about 2 years as per my doctors suggestion and after a relapse of seizures i've been put back on. This time on lamictal - I don't recall what I was on before, but it was no good. Anyway this time round I can say with confidence that the physical complications are less of a problem, although the first couple days I felt severely depressed, drowsy/tired, loss of hunger, and emotionally involved; that is to say that as I dude I experienced feelings that I didn't know existed - for a couple days I could understand how some chicks cry at kleenex commercials. Anyhoo all that has passed (thankfully), although i've, in the last week or so, experienced an increase in incredibly vivid and generally violent dreams. Previous to taking the medicine I noted that I didn't really experience that many dreams - strangely enough I had quite an in depth conversation on the matter, which has only helped to contrast the change.
Anyone know about violent dreams as a side effect? Vivid is one thing, but last night I dreamed about a nuclear holocaust complete with burning victims, an incident involving a gang and their onslaught with samurai swords (???) to which someone lost an arm, and to top it all off I woke up confused: I wasn't sure if I had murdered (in cold blood) the girl sleeping beside me, and three others, or if it was a dream. That is not cool at all, and my doctor has prescribed me to increase my dosage 8 times what it's at now. Hell no!
Now i'm curious to know if the lack of dreams I had experienced before now contributed to my new bought with epilepsy? Thoughts? More so I think experiencing 3 vivid dreams nightly in comparison to none will eventually be detrimental to my health when someone is dying in each of them, especially when some of them are loved ones. How do I explain to my g/f that I broke her neck and buried her in a shallow grave somewhere in the desert? I'm not a violent or angry person - dreams are one thing, but they are as real as waking life?
