lamotrigine (lamictal) plus lorazapam(ativan)

hi peops, just wondered if you had any expirience or knolage on taking these two together, im going to speek to my p doc in a couple of weeks at our next apointmeant but was curious if there ok to take together or anything i might need to watch out for, like extra sedation ect(i proberly wont take them till i see the doc but would be nice to know).

manny thanks

I've taken them together. I'm not sure if the lamictal has anything to do with it, but anxiety meds (I've taken ativan and klonopin) make me feel a bit dissociated and just basically "out of it". They make me a little depressed and definitely don't make me less anxious. I hear that ativan and klonopin can work miracles for other people though, so I'd say you should give ativan a shot and see how it works for you.

One thing -- when I take either, they mess with my motor skills. I for one could NOT drive safely on either. So make sure you're still safe when you take them. Just be wary of tht.

hi peops, just wondered if you had any expirience or knolage on taking these two together, im going to speek to my p doc in a couple of weeks at our next apointmeant but was curious if there ok to take together or anything i might need to watch out for, like extra sedation ect(i proberly wont take them till i see the doc but would be nice to know).

This has been discussed with you in your previous thread which was like 5 pages. My guess is once you see your Dr there will yet be another excuse for you not to take them.

Apo whatever the rest of his name is went into pretty good detail with you about ativan, klonopin and I believe xanax. I completely agreed with everything he said. Yet here you are posting again when you've been given this advice.

With your last thread you seem to get quite out of control, and need something like Ativan or Klonopin. Lamictal is a mood stabalizer which from what I read with your last thread is also something else that you need. If these are what your Dr prescribed than take them. Stop with this procrastination of I'll wait to see my Dr, because I'm sure after that there will be yet another excuse. If lamictal and ativan is what you prescribed than take them. Why might you ask? So when you see your Dr you can tell him how you are responding to them.

Both Ativan and Klonopin can give you a drowsy feeling. I take both Lamictal and Klonopin, have been for years and I've had no problems. I've also taken Ativan with Lamictal before. I prefer klonopin it seems to work better and longer. This was discussed with you as well.

and yes Lamictal is an anti seizure drug, but it's also used as a mood stabalizer..

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albert_mistrall wrote:
just curious, do any of you guys suffer from deprersanalization/derealization? i have been getting it alot lately and i was worried what effect taking lorazapam might have on it, im guessing that it should calm it down abit if it relaxes me, but would it cause derealization do you think? any thoughts apritiated x


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Sorry man I didn't realize you were posting here.

Benzos are amongst the first line treatments for depersonalization and derealization. They've always been a great help to me. I've been on Xanax, lorazapam, clonazapam. For long term treatment clonazapam is supposed to be best due to its long half-life and mood-stabalizing properties and I've found this to be true. Xanax for instance is on the opposite end of the spectrum and is mostly best for a quick fix; it's popular for panic attacks. Lorazapam is somewhere in-between, it has a longer half-life than Xanax i.e. less of a punch but lasts longer.

One of my posts to you..

I skimmed through several of these posts, and several of them are about how hesitant you are in taking medications. If you're NOT taking any, than you NEED to start, and now!!!!! Even if you're having a good day you still need to be taking them. I have no sympathy for you if you're not.

I get the bad experience with anti depressants, but Lamictal is NOT an anti depressant or anti psychotic (although an anti psychotic might be good for you) Lamictal is used as a mood stabalizer.

Klonopin is a GREAT med and other than a little drowsiness no side effects, and it will calm you down. Ativan is nice, but for me it didn't seem to work that well for a prolonged period of time. Klonopin seems to have a little more kick. Agree completely with Apo in regards to half life.

So stop with the MAYBE I'll take them, and take them.

Also no alcohol.

cboxpalace wrote:

hi peops, just wondered if you had any expirience or knolage on taking these two together, im going to speek to my p doc in a couple of weeks at our next apointmeant but was curious if there ok to take together or anything i might need to watch out for, like extra sedation ect(i proberly wont take them till i see the doc but would be nice to know).

This has been discussed with you in your previous thread which was like 5 pages. My guess is once you see your Dr there will yet be another excuse for you not to take them.

Apo whatever the rest of his name is went into pretty good detail with you about ativan, klonopin and I believe xanax. I completely agreed with everything he said. Yet here you are posting again when you've been given this advice.

With your last thread you seem to get quite out of control, and need something like Ativan or Klonopin. Lamictal is a mood stabalizer which from what I read with your last thread is also something else that you need. If these are what your Dr prescribed than take them. Stop with this procrastination of I'll wait to see my Dr, because I'm sure after that there will be yet another excuse. If lamictal and ativan is what you prescribed than take them. Why might you ask? So when you see your Dr you can tell him how you are responding to them.

Both Ativan and Klonopin can give you a drowsy feeling. I take both Lamictal and Klonopin, have been for years and I've had no problems. I've also taken Ativan with Lamictal before. I prefer klonopin it seems to work better and longer. This was discussed with you as well.

i think i didnt get what i meant across, sorry.
you see, i was prescribed the ativan by a cpn who had no idea that i had been given lamotrigine. when i was in a moment of crysis.
and the doctor that gave me the lamotrigine has no idea that i have been given ativan (at least to my knolage) because i am now with a new random doctor.

yes the ativan has been working wonders for me. but the question i was asking was weather you can take the two together, and weather they give any extra side effects. ie: one making the outher more potant ect.


and it is not an excuse not to take them, it is basic logic. because i have an eeg comming up (sepreate isshue that you couldnt have known about) i have been told by the psyc doc not to take the lamotrigine untill i have the eeg done because it is an ati epileptic.
as i sead in my long post (to keep the forum tidy). i was just as i say here wondering of drug interactions, that is all. nothing more.
just a curiosity and a concern, being that one seems or is thought to work on blocking sodium channles and the outher works with gaba which inturn blocks glutimate it seemed like there might be a negitive interaction posible or at least an extra effect with the combo.

be ashured that i will be taking the lamotrigine once i have had the eeg regardless of the results.

and thak you for letting me know that it is ok to take the two together.


(edit) Clonazepam i didnt realize was klonopin (for some reason i thought that it was an anti psychotic in my scrabled memory) , now it makes sence. and so for that my apologies.

shouldnt realy have to explain my self though.

hope your having a good day.