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lamictal dosage - 400mg - a lot?

Thu, 04/13/2006 - 20:13
can anyone tell me the 'average' dosage of lamictal? i have been on lamictal for about 2 years and i LOVE it - i am taking 400mg a day and i am curious as what dosage other people are on.

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Re: lamictal dosage - 400mg - a lot?

Submitted by coolcanadian on Sat, 2006-04-15 - 21:25
Hi nzingar, I've been on Lamictal for over a year and a half now. I've had really good results with it, too. Just after diagnosis with E, I was put on Dilantin 300mg/day. It controled sz, but cooked my memory and made me intollerably irritable. Sliding over to L got rid of the cranky behaviour and seemed to boost my energy level- a happy pill, eh. My liver isn't breaking it down as well now. My new neuro has backed me off to 200mg/day from 400. That's helped my short-term memory even more. Best of all, of course, no sz. I'm wanting to drop the dose to 100 with help from her homeopathic methods. We'll see how it develops. Glad it's working for you for sure! Keep smilin' -cc

Re: Re: lamictal dosage - 400mg - a lot?

Submitted by super_spy_nancy on Fri, 2006-05-12 - 13:08
you are taking 800 per day? I was worried that that was too much.... but I just started. Hope it works I am taking Pheno and I want him to take that one off... hope I can do so.

now am taking 800 mg.of

Submitted by ttammy on Sat, 2006-05-13 - 12:00
now am taking 800 mg.of Lamictal a day, but seem to like it for now. Been on it for quite a few years so I won't have to take phenobarbitol or dilantin. But also take other meds.

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