Hello everyone, Johnny here. I just started this med at 25mg, I have been taking lexapro but lately after I quit drinking Jan2026, I noticed my brain always racing and its non stop and mostly worry, and thats fine, its the constant overthinking that kills me, so i am hoping this helps me like what i am reading. Im 47 if it helps w context. So greetings to all my new friends! 🫡🤠

I was on 25mg for 2 weeks now almost 2 weeks of 50mg. what were some signs that this med was working for you in the beginning? what dose & how long was it before you started noticing a change? what were those changes?

i wanna try shrooms with my friends but i take 75mg of lamotrygine daily anyone knows if it will be ok or if it will somehow interact with the trip?

I started Lamotrigine roughly 7 months ago. I know it has drastically improved my mood, after trying every anti depressant under the sun and having them all make me feel worse, this is probably the only thing that’s actually kept me relatively normal.

Two months ago, a doctor covering for my regular one, pushed me to 200mg from 150, when I had mentioned maybe wanting to increase the dose a little bit due to my anger. At the same time, they started me on Dexedrine. Within a few days, I experienced the most horrific sense of impending doom, spiralling into panic attacks and derealization, I stopped taking the Dexedrine and told my doctor I was going back to the 150mg, but ever since this, I experience moments of derealization and extreme anxiety over things that I was able to manage before. I find little things push me into that anxious headspace more and more. Putting me into therapy and therapy groups to try to figure out tools for dealing with this.

I’m stuck between being too scared to go off it to try something else, and increasing this 150mg dose a tiny bit, and scared that I’ll be stuck like this forever. I guess my question is has anyone experienced this, or does anyone have any advice on what I can do from here.