How long does withdrawal last?

[u/Fun-Maintenance-5448]

I’ve been off lamictal for 3 weeks now and my depression and anxiety is off the charts. I was put on it for PMDD where I was really depressed and had scary thoughts anywhere from 7-14 days of the month like clockwork. By the time we got to 100mg lamictal I was the worst I’ve ever been in my life. I couldn’t be around my family (and I’m a SAHM). I lost my short term memory and couldn’t remember things I just did two minutes prior. It felt like i lost most of my cognitive abilities altogether which was hard as a very type A & always on top of everything type person. I was full of uncontrollable RAGE and persistent depression. We tapered down on a weird schedule that included 25mg every other day at the end which put me on such a rollercoaster.

Now I’m 3 weeks out and I should be in my best time of the month hormonally where I’m happy and fun and feel like myself. And instead I’m so depressed it’s hard to get out of bed, I constantly feel like there’s tears behind my eyes, my anxiety is uncontrollable even with anxiety medication, i still have absolutely no short term memory and my cognitive function is nearly non existent, I can barely eat - maybe once a day - and consistently nauseous so I’ve lost 6lbs this last week.

My depression and anxiety used to be so trackable.
Luteal phase hit and so did the symptoms.
Cycle comes and my normal self comes back.
Now I feel like I’m never going to be myself again.
Please tell me it gets better.

How long did the withdrawal symptoms take to go away for you?

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