 [ Symptoms ] does lamictal xr with an antidepressent assist in the treatment of severe depression no seizures or and not bi polar  i was prescribed lamictal xr along with pristiq last spring in the treatment of my depression i have been on a 1000 different meds but this seems to be the only thing that works my insurance company is saying that because i am taking lamicta l i must be bi polar never had manic symptoms only depression most definitely not bi polar  if you could please tell me if lamictal is ever used in the treatment of depression i would be grateful thank you in advance [ Disease ] you have to remember is that people who sleep well heal well and that is a very important factor that people have to understand especially in hospital settings uh or even at home if you are not feeling well sleep is actually a healing mechanism and you need to allow your body to have a little extra if it needs it so you have to be somewhat careful but usually your amount of sleep is reasonably set unless you are sleep deprived alright so you are going to bed at the wrong time and getting up at the wrong time and not getting enough good quality sleep or there is a medical condition on board that may make you need more sleep usually when you hit the age of about 18 19 years old your amount of sleep is pretty set even though many people think that as they get older they need less sleep in truth that is not the case what we if you looked at the total minutes of sleep that somebody gets over the course of a day they take naps which they do not count towards their sleep or they may even take unscheduled naps where they are watching tv during the day because they are not working and they have retired and all of a sudden they are out cold