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My seizure meds are a stimulant


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I want to say Lamotrigene or something like that. It's Lamictal.

It's a pretty low dose and the doctors say it's about the safest medication, so it's probably all in my head and I just really like pushing myself to go faster.

Still though.

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7 minutes ago, SwimModSponges said:

I want to say Lamotrigene or something like that.

It's a pretty low dose and the doctors say it's about the safest medication, so it's probably all in my head and I just really like pushing myself to go faster.

Still though.

Oh. No its the Lamictal. 

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5 minutes ago, SwimModSponges said:

I want to say Lamotrigene or something like that.

It's a pretty low dose and the doctors say it's about the safest medication, so it's probably all in my head and I just really like pushing myself to go faster.

Still though.

I just looked it up. No one should ever look up any anticonvulsive. It shows that it's a mild depressant,  Also it nullifies hormonal birth control. 

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Yep.

And I mean it's not a problem or anything, I just bust my ass at work slightly more, I'm  mostly pretty chill when I'm at home I think.

Not super-manic or anything like that.

My dad is bipolar; I know a manic episode when I see one.

The fact that I haven't gone out and built a bomb shelter in the backyard means we're pretty good yet.

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A. Maybe the increased energy is due to the fact you are happy to be on meds that are (apparently) working in preventing seizures and you're just in a very good mood about that that has the side effect of you having increased energy.

B. If someone confronts you about being on drugs to account for your increased energy, say you recently got addicted to energy drinks.

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3 minutes ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said:

A. Maybe the increased energy is due to the fact you are happy to be on meds that are (apparently) working in preventing seizures and you're just in a very good mood about that that has the side effect of you having increased energy.

I like that. Let's go with that.

B. If someone confronts you about being on drugs to account for your increased energy, say you recently got addicted to energy drinks.

I make it pretty well known that I'm on drugs. I'm pretty open about my experience with the seizures (partially because my pills make me a bit of a chatty cathy) and the other day I forgot to take my morning dosage, let  my leader know,  had somebody go to my place,  grab my pills, and bring them to me. In fact, today I was checking numbers and whatnot in production, and turned to one of the folks there and said "Hey, I think this seizure medication is probably a stimulant," to which she replied "Well no duh..."

Got an absolute shit ton done today. Would have liked to have done more, but it's only sunday and we're already so dang far ahead it's not even funny; model stock was at +398 or something this morning.

 

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took a pill found while clearing out my stash, might not have guessed right as to what it was....still hasn;t worn off......I feel like i've done irreprable damage to my body.....plus sude, pretty sure i've figured out my life path

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9 hours ago, SwimModSponges said:

I want to say Lamotrigene or something like that. It's Lamictal.

It's a pretty low dose and the doctors say it's about the safest medication, so it's probably all in my head and I just really like pushing myself to go faster.

Still though.

I've taken that, in fact I'm in the process of titrating down off of it right now.  I was taking it for trigeminal neuralgia, though.  It is a stimulant, a muscle relaxer.

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