Newly pregnant and taking Lamictal

I actually JUST talked to my neurologist about this last week! I'm a few years away from having kids because I'd prefer to find something that works before I do. He said the biggest problem is not enough woman report their pregnancies and birth to the people who do these studies so its such a small percentage. I really think we all owe it to the women who will come after us to get true number studies.

Hi everyone. It makes me feel so much better to know I'm not the only one out there who is going through this. I am also going thru changing my meds, (I'm already off Depakote, and am about to start weaning off Dilantin, and just started taking Lamictal). I have both grand mal and petit mal seizures. My nuerologist thinks monotherapy is a better idea for pregnancy. I'm hoping to get pregnant next year. So far from what I've researched, Lamictal is a better drug for you. I can't express this one thing enough though. Take your folic acid. My nuerologist already gave me a prescription for this. It help in preventing birth defects. Best of luck to all of you!

Yeahh Lamictal is great, I agree. Its so much better than that Dilantin crap...which makes me really drowsy and brain dead. I was never pregnant...sorry...so cant share an experience there... but I noticed that with Lamictal I feel more alert... especially once you get to the theraputic level. Just like many people have said here, make sure to take your folic acid too. Im also taking folic acid.