Hi friends!

So about two weeks ago I had an appointment with a new psychiatrist (she is wonderful, listened to what I had to say with my ramblings lol and asked really great questions that made me realize some things about my mental health) and she decided to start treatment for me for Bipolar II. I deal with a lot of issues concerning my weight and expressed that to her and she decided that lamotrigine would be a great option to start and then after a while add in an antidepressant if needed.

She started me on 25ml of lamotrigine to make sure no rash develops or any severe side effects then increase to 50ml after two weeks. Since taking it I have had some rough insomnia, not falling asleep until 2 or 3 in the morning and waking up constantly. For nights I can’t sleep I take over the counter sleep meds and that seems to help. Today was two weeks so I took 50ml and I am dealing with the worst drowsiness, can barely focus on schoolwork and just want to sleep all day. Has anyone else dealt with this? I have an appointment in two weeks to check in so I will bring this up to her but I wanted to see what others experiences were on lamotrigine and if it does get better?

Thank you for reading my ridiculous long post and thank you in advance for any advice and guidance!

Tl:dr: Started 25ml lamotrigine two weeks ago with insomnia and today upped to 50ml lamotrigine and struggling to stay awake and wondering if anyone else experienced this?