Posted by ghost on December 1, 2004, at 18:56:44
i was finally starting to feel human. the dose was being increased. to 150mg a week or so ago. i got a small rash on my belly (not the first time, although i think i may have gotten it when i first started lamictal, in hindsight). chalked it up to the wintertime, dry skin, etc. my eyes were goopier and yuckier in hindsight, too. i got a sore throat a few days ago, with swollen lymph nodes--- and muscle pain in the front of my neck. (odd spot, for me.)
then i started itching all over. chalked it up to dry skin. lotion, lotion, lotion. it didn't help. i itched EVERYWHERE. didn't even consider it could be lamictal doing it. it hit me two nights ago that it might be the dreaded flesh-eating bacterial rash, or whatever. so i called the pdoc the next day. he admitted it's possible i could keep taking it, but he wasn't one to risk it, and told me to stop immediately. put me back on abilify. which i started last night, and spent all of today dizzy, tired, and nauseaus.... and now irritable and antsy.
i hate drugs. i'm lucky enough to find something to work pretty well, and it gives me a stupid rash. it's all crap.
blah. but if lamictal works for you-- stick with it. i swore by it. i don't know what i'll find now.
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