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Newly pregnant and taking Lamictal
Mon, 11/13/2006 - 16:28Comments
You need help to GET PREGNANT
Submitted by luciadawn on Wed, 2020-04-15 - 10:04
Re: Newly pregnant and taking Lamictal
Submitted by lilmummy on Sat, 2010-06-26 - 21:46
Hey, My Name is Mandy, Goodluck with getting pregnant, i hope it happens for you soon, i heard that lamictal is better when you are pregnant, I just found out this week im 6 weeks pregnant.
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Hey, My Name is Mandy, Goodluck with getting pregnant, i hope it happens for you soon, i heard that lamictal is better when you are pregnant, I just found out this week im 6 weeks pregnant.
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Re: Newly pregnant and taking Lamictal
Submitted by ginsharisan on Sat, 2008-12-06 - 06:48
My husband and i are thinking about starting a family in about a year but I've been having difficulty with my medication lately. I have tonic clonic seizures. I still have seizures about twice a year so I was trying to find a different med that would give me little more leniency for those rare occasion when I slip up and forget or don't take it on time. I switched from 300mg in the morning and 300mg of Carbamazapine in the evening to the same dosage of Zonegran back in january which has now been reduced to 200mg in the morning due to severe feelings of anxiety. I also seem have tonic nocturnal seizures two or three times a month which never happened before.
Since I expressed interest in starting a family in the future, my doctor suggested I try Lamictal since it has a good reputation with pregnancies. However, they are kind of freaking me out with the rash thing and the other potential side effects. Obviously I take a relatively high dose of these meds to the point where side affects are a major major concern for me. The anxiety from the Zonegran has been nearly debilitating. Not to mention the fact that that higher dose can't great for an unborn child either. These thoughts are enough to send me into a panic attack but that's probably just the meds talking.
Is there anyone out there on about the same dosage of this med who can give me some indication of what their personal experience has been as well as that of the process of going through pregnancy on that level of med?
My husband and i are thinking about starting a family in about a year but I've been having difficulty with my medication lately. I have tonic clonic seizures. I still have seizures about twice a year so I was trying to find a different med that would give me little more leniency for those rare occasion when I slip up and forget or don't take it on time. I switched from 300mg in the morning and 300mg of Carbamazapine in the evening to the same dosage of Zonegran back in january which has now been reduced to 200mg in the morning due to severe feelings of anxiety. I also seem have tonic nocturnal seizures two or three times a month which never happened before.
Since I expressed interest in starting a family in the future, my doctor suggested I try Lamictal since it has a good reputation with pregnancies. However, they are kind of freaking me out with the rash thing and the other potential side effects. Obviously I take a relatively high dose of these meds to the point where side affects are a major major concern for me. The anxiety from the Zonegran has been nearly debilitating. Not to mention the fact that that higher dose can't great for an unborn child either. These thoughts are enough to send me into a panic attack but that's probably just the meds talking.
Is there anyone out there on about the same dosage of this med who can give me some indication of what their personal experience has been as well as that of the process of going through pregnancy on that level of med?