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Lamictal
Sun, 02/11/2007 - 18:51Topic: Living With Epilepsy - Youth
my daughter is 4 she has had epilepsy for about 2 years last week she had a seizure it was only 2 1/2 min. but it was differnt than any others she normally goes stiff as a board eyes roll back in her head and she wets her pants this one her left harm drew inward and her eyes rolled back in her head but to the right and she vomited now they have her on 12 pills a day of lamictal 25mg does anyone think this is to much and what signs do i look for to see if she is going toxic she has tonic-clonic and simple partial seizures thank you and may God Blees all of you and your familys
Comments
Re: Lamictal
Submitted by haney307 on Mon, 2007-03-26 - 22:28
That sounds like way to much meds, I would be scared of the side effects. My 4 year old has 1 second seizures and IM holding off meds for now.
Re: Lamictal
Submitted by Momtoaboy on Fri, 2007-03-30 - 23:10
Yes, that does seem like a bit too much. My son is 4 years old and weighs about 35 lbs. He's on a total of 85 mg of Lamictal per day. It sounds like your doctor has reduced your child's medication, but you might have to consider switching meds if the Lamictal doesn't control her seizures. The Lamictal has done nothing to control my son's myoclonic seizures--in fact, they are getting worse--so it's time for us to look at other options. Best of luck to you.
Re: Lamictal
Submitted by scorpio on Thu, 2007-03-01 - 11:48
300mg/d of lamictal seems a pretty high dosage of lamictal to be giving a four-year old child: 100-200mg would be a normal dose for an adult on monotherapy; 200-400mg/d when taken alongside an enzyme-inducing drug such as phenytoin (Dilantin/Epanutin) alongside it. Worth checking out. Chris