First things first, I’m doing this under a psychiatrist’s care, and I’m still taking my main medication, lithium. I’m also Titrating gradually per his recommendations. At the beginning of the month, I went from taking 300mg to 200mg; mid-month, I started taking 100mg. In a few weeks I should be at 0. 

In this time, I’ve had slightly more disrupted sleep, more headaches, and more anxious thoughts — ruminative, self-hating, sometimes SI thoughts.

It’s always so hard to tell what causes what, though, and Googling shows results ranging from “there are no side effects” to “the side effects almost killed me.” So I’m curious to hear others’ experiences coming off Lamictal.