Posted by herpills on January 10, 2010, at 11:13:04
In reply to groggy after Lamictal increase?, posted by Roslynn on January 7, 2010, at 15:46:01
hi roslynn,
I had similar thing happen every time I increased the dose. Went away after a few days. The worst was the dizziness.
I don't know what your plans are as you continue to go up to 100mg, but I would recommend doing 75mg for a week or two before you go to 100 which I think can minimize these unwanted effects. I actually did this for one week (even though doc said oh once you get to 50 you can just double it everytime you go up...) I still felt crappy for a couple days when I got to 100. I also did 150 for a week before going to 200. I didn't have any problems at all when I got to 200 as far as the dizziness/spaciness. good luck
herpills
> Hi everyone,
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> I increased my Lamictal last night from 25 to 50mg. (I'm using the starter kit.) This morning I woke up with headache, severe spaciness, lightheadedness, and very drowsy. I had to sleep later and it was very hard to lift my head off the pillow when I finally got up. All day I have been very dopey/forgetful.
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> Does this sound like something a Lamictal increase would cause? I'm trying to think if there could be any other cause.
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> For those of you taking Lamictal, have you experienced anything like this and does it go away?
> I'm supposed to work up to 100mg and now I worry about what that will do.
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> Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
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> Thank you,
> Roslynn
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