Posted by emme on July 22, 2009, at 19:29:31
In reply to Tiny dose of Lamictil?, posted by SheilaC on July 22, 2009, at 18:32:20
> I am trying Lamictil (again), but this time my doc has me starting a tiny dose of just 5mg to ease my way up. The other time I tried it I had the starter pack (I don't know what dose it starts at) and I had problems around day 10 or 12 (again, I can't remember the dose on the starter pack on those days).
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> The reason I stopped it was because it made my mouth/gums feel weird. I am hoping by starting a really tiny dose it may help to keep the weird side effects away.
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> Anyone ever start this small of a dose?
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> Anyone ever have the weird mouth/gum feelings I had?
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> Thanks for any info.
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> I am also taking Seroquel and Klonopin.
I started Lamictal at 2 mg. It was a retrial - I had gotten a rash during my first attempt, in which I started at 12.5 mg.I have not had the gums/mouth problem, although I did feel fluish and had tight muscles for the first few weeks during the titration.
Good luck.
emme
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