Method Recent experience with lamotrigine (Lamictal) + propranolol overdose

[miminkpo]

I took about four boxes total of 56 lamictal pills. I weigh about 85kg and I am 21 years old. I was found within two hours of ingestion and I was barely saved. I woke up from a coma after 10 days. I had seizures but don't remember having any pain, I just remember taking the pills, lying in bed and passing out. I combined it with about 200mg of propranolol but I'm pretty sure this method would have worked without it.

Right now I don't have a realible method to kill myself. I still have a box of around 30 pills of 50mg lamotrigine, plus quetiapine and clonazepam (around 56 pills of each). Also alcohol and tramadol. It is very unlikely these pills by themselves will kill me, but I'm wondering if I take everything at once... would that be enough? I don't have anything else available right now and I'm a bit desperate.

Fun fact, the hospital is going to publish a case study of my method since what I tried wasn't done before, as in the mix and the quantity of pills. They confirmed that what I did would have killed me 100% if I wasn't found in time... so, that's that.

 

[Hanaga]

Did they say anything about how long it would have taken for you to die if you hadn't been found?

 

[Whale_bones]

I'm glad you don't have any lasting effects, as far as you know. I don't know how recent this was, but I'd recommend taking a break to make sure your body is truly "back to normal".

Some people do luck out in terms of not having lasting effects, but there's also lots of effects that don't show symptoms immediately, so it's best to make sure everything is functioning normally before considering another risky attempt (where the side effects are unpredictable).

For anyone else reading this, the main risks of these methods are surviving with side-effects/organ damage. I took an overdose of Wellbutrin many years ago, it did cause me to go unconscious, have a seizure and need intensive hospital treatment. But the dosage per person, the time you need without being found, and other factors are so variable with these medication overdoses, and the risk of organ damage that you have to live with if you survive is high.

So I'd never say a medication OD like this is a good idea, even in desperate situations, considering the risks.

 

[PeacefulCareBear]

I took about four boxes total of 56 lamictal pills. I weigh about 85kg and I am 21 years old. I was found within two hours of ingestion and I was barely saved. I woke up from a coma after 10 days. I had seizures but don't remember having any pain, I just remember taking the pills, lying in bed and passing out. I combined it with about 200mg of propranolol but I'm pretty sure this method would have worked without it.

Right now I don't have a realible method to kill myself. I still have a box of around 30 pills of 50mg lamotrigine, plus quetiapine and clonazepam (around 56 pills of each). Also alcohol and tramadol. It is very unlikely these pills by themselves will kill me, but I'm wondering if I take everything at once... would that be enough? I don't have anything else available right now and I'm a bit desperate.

Fun fact, the hospital is going to publish a case study of my method since what I tried wasn't done before, as in the mix and the quantity of pills. They confirmed that what I did would have killed me 100% if I wasn't found in time... so, that's that.

I didn't expect to see methods that I already have perscribed to me.

I happened to get on Lamotrigine because my Psych and I agreed that we wanted something low risk (hilarious in hindsight) physically (no high blood pressure so no check-ins like that. We've stuck to a decent dose now, and I take it consistently because it helps.

I always suffered from Migraines, and after 3 medication switches, we VERY RECENTLY got Propranolol. It made me extremely dizzy when I had them together and I thought I was just adjusting to the medication. After adjusting to it, I feel so much better. My mood is getting less heavy because I'm not in as much pain; it makes me feel hopeful.

I'm (est.) 47kg, also 21. I wasn't really planning on finding this out but now I know. I didn't expect this, but it's something I'm not against now that this is an option. Can you talk a little more about your experience sometime? I want to know how this came about if that's ok with you.

 

[hopelesswanderer]

I took about four boxes total of 56 lamictal pills. I weigh about 85kg and I am 21 years old. I was found within two hours of ingestion and I was barely saved. I woke up from a coma after 10 days. I had seizures but don't remember having any pain, I just remember taking the pills, lying in bed and passing out. I combined it with about 200mg of propranolol but I'm pretty sure this method would have worked without it.

Right now I don't have a realible method to kill myself. I still have a box of around 30 pills of 50mg lamotrigine, plus quetiapine and clonazepam (around 56 pills of each). Also alcohol and tramadol. It is very unlikely these pills by themselves will kill me, but I'm wondering if I take everything at once... would that be enough? I don't have anything else available right now and I'm a bit desperate.

Fun fact, the hospital is going to publish a case study of my method since what I tried wasn't done before, as in the mix and the quantity of pills. They confirmed that what I did would have killed me 100% if I wasn't found in time... so, that's that.

Hmm. I have a steady supply of 150mg Lamictal. I wonder how many would be lethal? Anyone have any research on this??

 

[singingcrow]

Hmm. I have a steady supply of 150mg Lamictal. I wonder how many would be lethal? Anyone have any research on this??

I would like to know as well. I have about the same

 

[hopelesswanderer]

I would like to know as well. I have about the same

Just curious as a fellow lamictal patient, you on anything else? My doc has me on Abilify, Wellbutrin, Lithium, Pristiq, Lamictal. A cocktail of drugs and here I still am lol

 

[mistymoo]

Holy shit, I've been stock piling these because my dr messed up my dose once. I easily have 100+ pills

 

[SorryEveryone2]

I have a ton of Lamotrigine with a high dosage. I think I could actually attempt with this method. Saving this for later because this might be how I go out

 

[El_Jefe]

What was the dose of the lamotirgene

 

[schrei_nach_liebe]

I took about four boxes total of 56 lamictal pills. I weigh about 85kg and I am 21 years old. I was found within two hours of ingestion and I was barely saved. I woke up from a coma after 10 days. I had seizures but don't remember having any pain, I just remember taking the pills, lying in bed and passing out. I combined it with about 200mg of propranolol but I'm pretty sure this method would have worked without it.

Right now I don't have a realible method to kill myself. I still have a box of around 30 pills of 50mg lamotrigine, plus quetiapine and clonazepam (around 56 pills of each). Also alcohol and tramadol. It is very unlikely these pills by themselves will kill me, but I'm wondering if I take everything at once... would that be enough? I don't have anything else available right now and I'm a bit desperate.

Fun fact, the hospital is going to publish a case study of my method since what I tried wasn't done before, as in the mix and the quantity of pills. They confirmed that what I did would have killed me 100% if I wasn't found in time... so, that's that.

The method's been done quite a bit in a hospital I worked in oddly, and the results are similar to what you said. The stuff you've got on hand isn't likely to be any more successful, probably not even as successful as your initial attempt. I had a similar experience with 22.5g of amitriptyline (mixed with a bunch of other stuff, an OD of lamotrigine was part of it, in addition to olanzapine, quetiapine, zoloidem, lorazepam, and alprazolam). They said they never saw anything like my OD either, on top of that bizarrely they tested for a bunch of things but none of them were what I took, I can't for the life of me imagine them not testing for benzos as that's standard procedure when I'm working. We have an antidote for benzos too, flumazenil. Unfortunately, OTC drugs are way way too safe, and if you can manage to keep a massive OD down they're just likely to maim you and cause a miserable death. Prescription drugs are by design more risky, but still super unlikely to kill you. The threshold is usually like 4x the max dose starts to become a risk of morbidity, but that's pretty much talking about the most dangerous drugs.

 

[singingcrow]

The method's been done quite a bit in a hospital I worked in oddly, and the results are similar to what you said. The stuff you've got on hand isn't likely to be any more successful, probably not even as successful as your initial attempt. I had a similar experience with 22.5g of amitriptyline (mixed with a bunch of other stuff, an OD of lamotrigine was part of it, in addition to olanzapine, quetiapine, zoloidem, lorazepam, and alprazolam). They said they never saw anything like my OD either, on top of that bizarrely they tested for a bunch of things but none of them were what I took, I can't for the life of me imagine them not testing for benzos as that's standard procedure when I'm working. We have an antidote for benzos too, flumazenil. Unfortunately, OTC drugs are way way too safe, and if you can manage to keep a massive OD down they're just likely to maim you and cause a miserable death. Prescription drugs are by design more risky, but still super unlikely to kill you. The threshold is usually like 4x the max dose starts to become a risk of morbidity, but that's pretty much talking about the most dangerous drugs.

so OD on lamotrigine could be a good method?

 

[schrei_nach_liebe]

so OD on lamotrigine could be a good method?

No, definitely not

 

[miminkpo]

I forgot about this post. Last night I was planning on OD'ng. Now I have 6 boxes of lamotrigine (Lamictal), 56 pills 100mg each. It's a handful. I also have the clonazepam 0,5mg (Klonopin) and quetiapine 50mg (Seroquel), 3x boxes with 60 pills each. I still haven't gotten a hold of propranolol, sadly. Reading your comments, I believe maybe it's not a realiable method. The hospital said I was almost gone. My father told me that when he got there to the hospital, they told them durign the first 3 days that they just were ''seeing what they could do'' but that it was possible I wouldn't make it. I was in a coma for 10 days and that's because of being found early.

I might do it again. I already took them out the blister packs. Yesterday I was much more calm but today I am a bit scared. It is true that OD's rarely work and I fear I might have deluded myself with this one and will fail again. However I don't have much other options. I also have horrible survival instincts (it saved me from SN before) I hate myself for it. I could have died peacefully much earlier. Anyways... I don't know if this is necroposting but at the same time I don't want to do a duplicate thread.

What was the dose of the lamotirgene

Did they say anything about how long it would have taken for you to die if you hadn't been found?

Holy shit, I've been stock piling these because my dr messed up my dose once. I easily have 100+ pills

Hmm. I have a steady supply of 150mg Lamictal. I wonder how many would be lethal? Anyone have any research on this??

I took about a total of 24g of lamotrigine. That's roughly 4 boxes of 100mg. According to chatGPT LD50 is approximately 200-500 mg/kg. So the more you go up that threshold. the likehood of dying increases. I don't know how much time would have to have passed before I died, but I know from comments made from the staff and my family that it was a very close call. Anyway, at least 2h+. I was unconscious the whole time. I attempted in May 8th and woke up suposedly on the 18th, however I have no recollection of events until the 24th.