Posted by Kirsty Douglas on August 23, 2007, at 21:47:58
In reply to Re: Lamictal SJS rash - READ THIS!!!!!!, posted by rskontos on August 23, 2007, at 14:51:33
The thing is that I was warned by the prescribing doctor to look for a rash. I even went to the GP to check for a rash and there was at that stage no sign of an external rash. I had other symptoms that I wasn't told to look for. Severe headaches, changed sexual functioning and burning skin inside the vagina. I didn't initially connect this to the lamictal although I do in retrospect. I didn't tell the GP about these because it wasn't what i had been told to look for. I feel silly about this in retrospect but I didn't realise that they were important.
I stopped taking the drug four months ago and had only taken it for four weeks. Since stopping the drug, I have developed extremely itchy skin, particuarly on my face, arms, hands and trunk. There is still no visible rash. I wake up in the middle of the night and just want to scratch. I don't know what is causing all this itching. I am suspicious of the lamictal but I have no proof. I have no confirmed explanation. As I have stopped taking it, I just wonder if i have somehow become sensitized to other things. I've had minor skin rashes before but never overall itchiness like this.
That's why i am interested in other people's experience.
poster:Kirsty Douglas
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