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Re: just an angsty lonely rant (long) » ghost

Posted by Angel Girl on June 18, 2004, at 11:24:41

In reply to Re: just an angsty lonely rant (long) » Angel Girl, posted by ghost on June 18, 2004, at 10:50:28

> whoa. i hope to hell i don't get a rash. i read up on them and now am scared silly, but the drug WORKS.
>
> my pdoc was going to put me on trileptal instead of lamictal. he said both were very similar in their effects but lamictal had fewer side effects (except the rashes). is that an option for you?
>
> and THANK YOU for the warning about the withdrawls. what dose were you on? i'm only on 25 mgs a day right now.


ghost

I'll have to do some net research on Trileptal. No decision has been made yet as to replacement. We're waiting for the Lamictal to get out of my system first.

I was on 150mg/daily of Lamictal and also Depakote 500mg/daily. I *was* trying to replace the Depakote with Lamictal. Somehow I doubt my pdoc will be decreasing my Depakote anymore now. I HATE that med. I started Lamictal at 12.5mg/daily and increased by 12.5mg/daily every 2 weeks until I reached my highest dosage of 150mg/daily. So, as you can see, it took me a *long* time to get to that dosage. The reason for the slowness was to avoid the rash. hahaha. Guess it didn't work eh! ugh! Now, it's back to the dang drawing board. I'm not sure what I'm going to end up taking. So far, I can't take Lamictal, Lithium and I *was* weaning off of Depakote. <sigh>. Doesn't anybody make any medications with NO side effects? :(

Anyway, good luck yourself. You'll probably be ok, if you go up slowly like I did. My problem is that I'm very drug sensitive and I'm also on Depakote, which is a drug interation.

AG


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