Posted by Krissy P on March 21, 2003, at 20:41:49
In reply to Re: Changing more than one variable at a time, posted by pork chop on March 20, 2003, at 14:29:36
Hi, thank you for sharing this. I'm so glad that you feel great now and know the Lamictal is working for you. I'm hangin in and see my pdoc a week from today. The first week when I started back on Lamictal, I did pretty good, but was having a bad time this third week. I know I definately need this med, as it works well for me too, so I am not giving up. I think I need to talk to my doc about the possible increase in Lamictal when I see her though, because once I get past this 50mg, I'm hoping an increase will do more good.
Please wish me luck!
All the best, Kristen
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------it's been a lifesaver> just thought i'd jump in on my lam dosage increase saga. i started at 25 and stayed on that for 3 weeks. then we tried to move to 50 and i got these small red blotches on my chest and neck. i cut the 25 in half and took 37.5 for another 2 weeks. then i went up to 50. mind you, at this point i was cycling, unbelievably irritable and just plain miserable. after another 3 weeks we went to 75. i got more red spots at this point so i decreased by 12.5 for a week, then went back to 75 and no rash so we went to 100. another three weeks 100. 2 weeks later 150 and another 2 weeks 200. after 100 it was really easy to increase, at least it was for me. i feel great now and i know the lamictal is working. it's been a lifesaver, but those first few months were REALLY hard.
kind regards
poster:Krissy P
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