Posted by klein on May 7, 2014, at 19:33:11
In reply to rapid lamictal titration?, posted by Christ_empowered on May 7, 2014, at 16:37:43
> I dropped tofranil, 150mgs/day. My pdoc wants me on Lamictal, 400gs on top of:
> 1200 trileptal
> 30 abilify
> up to 200-300 Neurontin
>
> and he wants me to start at 50mgs/day. Is that weird? I'm kinda scared. He's foreign, and I read they do lamictal titrations differently abroad. I've been on lamictal before, no problems.
>
> Your thoughts?I'm starting Lamictal too.
And yeah, I've heard that people with epilepsy start off at 50mg and escalate quickly. The rash thing is overblown, yes it does happen, but very rarely.
I've seen some Lamictal titration schedules that are almost ridiculous, just way too conservative.
My plan is to take 25mg for a week, then go up to 50, stay there to see how I feel and, if needed, titrate up to 100mg.
But anyway, yes, some people do start off at 50mg without a problem and take it from there.
HTH!
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