Hi all!
I would like to say that I'm currently taking lamictal 150mg twice a day, vimpat 150mg. twice a day, and serquel 350mg. at night only. I have always taking name brand meds which all my docs have preferred it that way, as I did too. I have had E. for 36yrs now and have taking many diff. meds throughout these yrs. and have had many diff side effects. My insurance has started giving me trouble with paying for the name brand on my lamictal, and vimpat. Which has been over a yr. so I have had to start taking the generic in these two. It has been almost 1yr since I've had to start taking the generic brand, and since then I have noticed that my sex drive has really gone down. I have tried talking to my neuro, and physiatrist about these issues, but it's like talking to a brick wall because they both keep denying the fact that these meds are the reasons for these side effects. I have recently gone into the internet and found a lot of info. on the meds that have caused low sex drive and it has come up with the fact that the generic can be a big issue in this situation. I've also read that lamictal is one of the meds that realy decreases the sex drive as well. I have spoken with my physologist about these issues, and she went into the internet for me and printed out some sites that show that the meds are a great problem when it comes to your sex drive. She also said that I need to make the docs listen to what I have to say, instead of making me feel like I'm talking at them and not to them. I'm fed up and frustrated. I've gotting to the point where I'm doing my own research on these issues. The most frustrating part of it all is that our body chemical imbalance are different, so sometimes even the research starts to become a mute point too. I'm just fed up, and tired of not only having to stress out about my sz. deppression, and anxiety, but in also having to deal with this too!
I would like to say that I'm currently taking lamictal 150mg twice a day, vimpat 150mg. twice a day, and serquel 350mg. at night only. I have always taking name brand meds which all my docs have preferred it that way, as I did too. I have had E. for 36yrs now and have taking many diff. meds throughout these yrs. and have had many diff side effects. My insurance has started giving me trouble with paying for the name brand on my lamictal, and vimpat. Which has been over a yr. so I have had to start taking the generic in these two. It has been almost 1yr since I've had to start taking the generic brand, and since then I have noticed that my sex drive has really gone down. I have tried talking to my neuro, and physiatrist about these issues, but it's like talking to a brick wall because they both keep denying the fact that these meds are the reasons for these side effects. I have recently gone into the internet and found a lot of info. on the meds that have caused low sex drive and it has come up with the fact that the generic can be a big issue in this situation. I've also read that lamictal is one of the meds that realy decreases the sex drive as well. I have spoken with my physologist about these issues, and she went into the internet for me and printed out some sites that show that the meds are a great problem when it comes to your sex drive. She also said that I need to make the docs listen to what I have to say, instead of making me feel like I'm talking at them and not to them. I'm fed up and frustrated. I've gotting to the point where I'm doing my own research on these issues. The most frustrating part of it all is that our body chemical imbalance are different, so sometimes even the research starts to become a mute point too. I'm just fed up, and tired of not only having to stress out about my sz. deppression, and anxiety, but in also having to deal with this too!