Posted by Janelle on July 14, 2001, at 23:16:57
In reply to Re: LAMICTAL doses 4 mood vs. seizure- HELP!, posted by stjames on July 14, 2001, at 19:30:41
How nice of you to have looked in Dr Bobs Tips section (I'll have to check that part of this wonderful site out!) and report that most of the docs start folks at 12.5, as going up too fast can cause the rash issue. I knew that starting at lowish doses is because of problems with the rash when Lamictal first came out and it was given to people at like 50mg to START with, but it is reassuring to read what you found out - that 12.5 is what docs start people out with for mood disorder treatment. If my doc had 5mg sample bottles that's what she would have started me at; instead she had only 2 mg bottles, so I've started at 4 mg/day (2 TINY pills/day, man are those pills tiny!)
I wouldn't have minded starting a bit higher, but I agree with you that there's nothing wrong with starting lower, to err on the side of caution. Thanks again for the info.
-Janelle
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