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Lamictal users please read and help me...
Fri, 01/29/2010 - 21:42Topic: Epilepsy.com Help
Hi my name is Samantha, I am 24 yrs old. I do not have seizures or epilepy but this is the only site I have found that has any information on the medication Lamictal. I am supposed to be taking it for bipolar disorder but I am nursing so I have been unable to start my medication. I wasn't on the any medication while I was pregnant with my son who is now 5 months old and I was wondering if there is anyone else in my shoes that hadn't been on the medication but needed to start it after a birth of a baby and did and breastfeed on it. Or if anyone knows of possible things that could accure if I went ahead and started my medication while still nursing as I have been unable to wean my son to a bottle, I think I am going to not beable to wean him until he can start taking a sippy cup. Any advice is needed and will be extreamly helpful. Thanks for everyone's time. If you would like to contact me with information outside of the website you can email me at nocinderella823@aol.com thanks!
Re: Lamictal users please read and help me...
Submitted by vamuse on Fri, 2010-02-05 - 21:51
If doctors don't give you an answer call the pharmacist. They are able to give you detailed information about the affects/effects of medications. When I'm sick, I call the pharmacist first for recommendations. Think about it, they see what many doctors choose to prescribe. They can compare and are educated in DRUGS.
Aside from the medication, my daughter would not nurse at all. Nor would she drink from a bottle. In desperation, I finally used sippy cups, and it worked. Messy, but, worked.
My attitude is when in doubt, throw it out. Don't take meds and nurse. If you can wait for your little one to go to a cup, don't take the med. But, if you know you need it now, and your behaviour with bi-polar is risky with your child, stop nursing, take the med, and start working with your child to take formula/bottle/cup.
Your a mom now, seek the best interest of your child, and if it means you bulking up with your meds, do it. It's hard but children are able to adapt if they are taught with patience.
If doctors don't give you an answer call the pharmacist. They are able to give you detailed information about the affects/effects of medications. When I'm sick, I call the pharmacist first for recommendations. Think about it, they see what many doctors choose to prescribe. They can compare and are educated in DRUGS.
Aside from the medication, my daughter would not nurse at all. Nor would she drink from a bottle. In desperation, I finally used sippy cups, and it worked. Messy, but, worked.
My attitude is when in doubt, throw it out. Don't take meds and nurse. If you can wait for your little one to go to a cup, don't take the med. But, if you know you need it now, and your behaviour with bi-polar is risky with your child, stop nursing, take the med, and start working with your child to take formula/bottle/cup.
Your a mom now, seek the best interest of your child, and if it means you bulking up with your meds, do it. It's hard but children are able to adapt if they are taught with patience.