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Lamictal

Thu, 07/08/2004 - 14:18
I've had epilepsy since I was a child. At 18, they assumed I'd outgrown it and I was able to go off medication and remain seizure-free for about 8 years (I think). About age 26 I started having seizures again and was put on Dilantin.The Dilantin worked great and I was happy to just take it the rest of my life. Last August I had three "major" seizures and was hospitalized, thinking it was something else (a spot on the brain in the CAT scan and MRI).Well, after a second MRI found nothing ... they put me on a couple of different medications (in addition to Dilantin): Toppomax (which I was allergic to), Keppra (which made me depressed), Depakote (which gave me the tremors), and now Lamictal.I'm to take 1 twice a day for one week, 2 twice a day for one week, then 3 twice a day from then on. (I just started the "2" twice a day today.)I'm feeling fine ... just having really weird dreams. The side effects don't say anything about dreams.Anyone else taking Lamictal? Is it working?I am hopeful that we've found the right one and the bad dreams will cease as I get used to the prescription.Thanks.

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