Suboxone and anxiety attacks while on Lithium/Lamictal?

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I've been on Suboxone for 1 1/2 (June '06))years. After I was on the Suboxone for 6 months, I began to have anxiety attacks(only in the AM) because as soon as i take the Sub it takes away the anxiety. then depressed for the rest of the day. I am on Lithium(BiPolar) and Lamictal(BiPolar/depression) since Sept.'07. And just put on BusparAnxiety) about 2 weeks ago. I am also on Prevacid and stool softner (for side effect of Suboxone). Plus Estrogen Patch (hysterectomy) and Estroven (soy supplment for Estrogen). OMG, I just realized how many meds I'm on. And I'm only 46. Anyway, the only thing I could think of what might be causing the bad anxiety(which is causing morbid thoughts)that when I started splitting the 8mg tabs in half, I wasn't splitting them exactly in half. So I would be getting less/more each day. I wasn't using a pill splitter.You need consistency when taking this. My doc said maybe I was going through w/d in the AM. So I started taking my PM dose later. Still have anxiety

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Could be some hypomania happening, or possibly Lamictal activation if you'd recently changed your dose.

A good site for meds is http://www.crazymeds.org . The med info is in English with links to manufacturer Patient Info sheets and legit studies. The talk board is dedicated to meds and a lot of people with bipolar use it.

I take the Li/Lamictal combo, btw. Love it. No Suboxone or serious anxiety accept when hypo. Would say more if I did.