Lamictal, 250 mgs: So Far, So Good

Two weeks ago, I dropped from 300 mg to 250 mg. In the past few days, I've noticed that I'm feeling a bit sharper, mentally. I've begun craving healthy food again, after several years of craving salt, fat, and sweets (normally, I'm one of those lucky people who can normally look at a plate of cookies dispassionately; not so on Lamictal). Best of all, there's been no drop in my mood whatsoever!

The downside: I've had some GI issues (constipation and gas). My muscles are stiffer. I've also been really tired, but this might be my body's way of telling me it's OK to lower my Ativan dosage as well :)

Crazy Lamictal Recipe: French Toast Tuna Melt

Since starting this blog, crazy food morning food cravings has been a topic I've written about ad nauseam.  For some of you this might even be true in a literal sense.  Heh.

This morning I felt like having a tuna melt for breakfast.  I've only just discovered that tuna melts are worthwhile.  For years, they sounded really gross to me, but I now realize that's probably because I was introduced to them by my school cafeteria.  On Tuna Melt Day, it smelled even grosser than usual.

But a mere tuna melt wasn't enough this morning.  I wanted it with eggs. So I did the usual thing.  I put tuna on bread, then cheese on the tuna, and ran it under the broiler until the cheese was melted.  Then, I put some olive oil in a pan and put the bread in the pan.  I poured scrambled eggs over the top.

I wish I'd gotten the eggs to soak into the bottom of the bread a little better, but I'm not sure how to do that.

Anyway, if lamictal is also making you crave that salt/fat combination, this recipe is yours for the using.

Lamictal 300: Today's Weird Omelet

I should be honest here; they're not so much omelets as egg scrambles.  I don't have the patience to cook eggs to the proper consistency, put in the filling, and flip the damn thing over.  Too much work.

Anyway.  Today's weird omelet: dal with garlic shiitake mushrooms.

Yup.

Lamictal Side Effect #4: Weird Food Cravings

In my continuing series on weird lamictal side effects, I will today be writing about a particularly odd one.  It's related to the second most persistant and annoying side effect, loss of appetite; but this one has to do with the kinds of foods I do have an appetite for.

In short, they're high in salt and fat.

Since I started taking this stuff I've been into really weird omelets.  And when I say weird, I mean weird: last summer I making omelets out of a raw tomato sauce that had tuna fish, olives, capers, and arugula in it.  Salt and fat.  But I can eat this kind of thing when my usual sedate breakfast of yogurt and gluten-free bread just seems unappetizing.

I'd think I was pregnant, only I know with 100% certainty that I'm not.

Previous posts in the series include #1: Delayed Sleep Phase; #2: Loss of Appetite; and #3: Digestive Issues.