Posted by katia on July 29, 2003, at 1:32:56
In reply to Re: Katia Lamictal Rash? , posted by HenryO on July 28, 2003, at 4:22:38
> Lamictal has been the best by far of any med I've ever taken. Works as advertised, no side effects.
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> Those photos are awful but you take a small amount of Lamictal and build up slowly watching for any signs of trouble. I did not see anything that claimed Lamictal caused those particular rashes. I have never heard of it never going away either. Your doctor is being overly cautious. I have seen one person on this whole site claim they got a skin reaction and they quit the med, no problems.
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> The whole thing with Lamictal was that when it was first prescribed for epilepsy years ago they just jumped right in at 200-400mg. If a person was sensitive to it they got broadsided.
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> Try it. After it gets up to 150-250 it works very well. You just start small and move up slow any problems quit taking it.
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Hi Henry,
What else have you tried? What is your dx? I've heard that just Lamictal alone can make one too racy. Is this all you are on? It's very tempting to try this med and forget about Depakote. My dx is BP NOS (not otherwise specified). And after a year of trying ADs to no avail, my dx changed from depression to bipolar. I have yet to try any mood stabilizers, but am waiting to receive my depakote in the mail from Canada. Lamictal seems like it would be good for me!
Can you tell me a little of your experience?
thanks.
Katia
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