Posted by galkeepinon on August 27, 2003, at 19:44:36
In reply to GALKEEPINON: questions re Lamictal !!, posted by Janelle on August 27, 2003, at 18:15:11
Hi Janelle:-) Yes, I was given a starter kit for Lamictal-exactly. I did use it and it worked out well for me. Two nights ago I started taking the 50mg at night and he said he will most likely do that for a month, then see how I feel. He is mostly going on how I *feel*.
I'm really sensitive to meds too and need very low doses for some reason, so I may only need 50mg of Lamictal in addition to the other meds I take.
Hope this helped and good luck:-)
> Hi,
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> Based on what you had written in a post somewhere above, it sounds like you were given a starter kit for Lamictal which is the same as the one I have just begun - I'm on 25mg every other day for 2 weeks then 25mg every day for 2 more weeks and now 50mg a day. Did you use the starter kit? Just curious because what you mentioned is EXACTLY how I'm titrating up on it (low and slow).
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> How high a dose does your pdoc plan to get you to and do you know what increments you will be doing it in?
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> My pdoc told me that 200mg/day of Lamictal for BP or depression is the therapeutic dose, although with my sensitivity to meds, I may not make it that high.
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