Posted by BetweenDreams81 on January 28, 2011, at 23:14:38
In reply to Re: Now about Xanax and ? about Klonopin, posted by morgan miller on January 25, 2011, at 17:41:32
So, today was the first day of 50mg of Lamictal. I took the whole 50mg ODT and then thought to myself...'did doc say to take 1/2 am and 1/2 pm for the first week of 50mg?' I didn't think too much about it because, I couldn't do anything about it if that's what I was 'supposed' to do or not...it was already in my system. Well, about 2-3 hours later I felt really feverish and got the chills, aching all over like I had the flu...and actually did have a fever around 101.4. I think the fever is mostly gone now, but the chills and hot flashes are annoying.
There are a few other things that may have played a part of this though...gotta love playing 'sleuth! lol...
1.) I was maybe stupid yesterday. I NEEDED to have more get up and go, a good bit more motivation cause I'm packing and getting ready for a 2 month relocation, and the drive there is 18hrs. So, I re-looked up several times to make sure there were no interactions with adderall and the other things I'm rx'd. I took a small 2.5mg adderall, but it was at the same time I took the alprazolam. Holy moly, when I was taking a shower 20-30 min later, I got chills, felt dizzy, nauseous and if water hadn't been running over me, I would have been washed-out anyway. I 'think' it was because of this combo...the adderall possibly making the xanax work overtime throwing my body off. but maybe it was already the early signs of a reaction to Lamictal? The incident was also around 2-3 hours after taking Lamictal.
2.) Since Monday I have been having a really sore back and tight muscles...I did help pull out 2- 800# round bales from a truck bed, but I've done it several times before, and never had this type of pain before. ie: I don't take pain meds unless I REALLY need them...I'm taking naproxen every time it wears off.
3.) I suppose it is possible I just had a 'bug'...but I don't think it would run its course this quickly?? I still have slightly swollen lymph nodes on the right side of my neck, but most other sympoms are gone, save body ache and chills/hot flashes.
Taking half of the 50mg tab tomorrow AM & PM to see if that helps. Has anyone had this type of reaction w/ Lamictal before??
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