Posted by Peter S. on June 4, 2003, at 15:22:14
In reply to Re: Lamictal Experiences » Peter S., posted by Ritch on June 3, 2003, at 22:51:52
Hi Ritch,
I generally titrate up in 50mg increments and have had no problem with skin rash. Of course that's just me and it's worth being very careful because of the risk. I wish you the best of luck with it! Keep us updated, and if I find some way to augment the Lamictal effectively I'll definitely post about it.
Peter
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> > Lamictal is still an enigma to me. It was great for a couple of months and then started to poop out. Now I take 50mg in the morning and it gives me a boost but then poops out in the afternoon. I was up to 600mg but it seems like 50mg works just as well as any higher dose. I've tried Prozac as augmentation which seemed to work for a while but then pooped out too. I'm thinking of trying another SSRI like Lexapro.
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> > It's great to hear other people's experiences!
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> Peter, thanks for relaying that info! I wonder also that Lamictal may have a fairly flat dose-response curve for bipolar. No need spending more money or your liver processing more medication than it has to. I wouldn't be surprised if I went up in 5mg increments every two weeks that 25mg would be sufficient.
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