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Newly pregnant and taking Lamictal
Mon, 11/13/2006 - 16:28Topic: Women With Epilepsy
Hey There,
I'm new to this site...so HELLO....Hope everyone is doing well! I just recently..actually 2 days ago found out i was pregnant..Yay! I'm currently taking lamictal for my seizures. I love it and have found that it has such a low risk of side effects when it comes to how you feel! It's a fairly new medication so if anyone is taking Lamictal I'd love to share stories and chat...also If anyone has advice on pregnancy while taking seizure meds. I would love to hear from you!
Comments
Re: Re: Lamictal is a brand name for
Submitted by sammy23 on Thu, 2007-05-31 - 07:17
My doctor took me off tegratol about years ago now and put me on Lamictal. Its great and I didnt put any weight on with it either.
Sam
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Re: Lamictal is a brand name for
Submitted by psimons78 on Sun, 2007-01-28 - 23:57
I am currently taking Lamictal and would love to have another child but that will likely not happen. I would like to share that I took Tegretol, quite a large dose of it actually, nearly 1000 mg a day while pregnant with both of my children who are 6 and 7 now. I had no idea it could lethal for them. I did no research. I was never told that there could be birth defects if I got pregnant. My doctor was found to be a quack. Well, I had two perfectly healthy children. I would have to say that yeah meds have a lot to do with things but my faith had more to do with the outcome of my children's health. Knowing what I know now, I would definitley want to be on the safest medicine with the least known side effects and the smallest chance for birth defects. God Bless, I hope all turns out well.
Re: Lamictal is a brand name for
Submitted by aussiecarla on Wed, 2007-01-03 - 04:42
my epilepsy doctor said the same thing about 7 yrs ago, took me of tegretol to put me on lamital for when i wanted to become pregnant. though i would be thinking about whether you will breast feed or not on lamictal.