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Lamictal concerns

Thu, 04/23/2015 - 14:10

Hi everyone. I recently switched from Keppra to Vimpat on insistence by my neurologist. It was hell. So now I might switch to Lamictal. It sounds like a decent drug in terms of its intended effects, but I am not thrilled about the black box warning regarding a rare skin disease. Is there anyone that takes Lamictal now? How has your experience been?

The main reason my neurologist took me off Keppra was that it seemed to exacerbate my depressive mood swings. So I'd like to know if anyone takes Keppa XR and how that has treated them, please.

 

Comments

keppra is keppra if you were

Submitted by just_joe on Fri, 2015-04-24 - 20:51
keppra is keppra if you were taken off keppra then don't think about it since the main ingredients are in keppra XR

I've been on Lamictal for

Submitted by garr0622@yahoo.com on Fri, 2015-05-08 - 12:18
I've been on Lamictal for years, maybe 10+, and have liked it.  I consider the Lamictal a good partial complex seizure medicine.  It is one that I've taken along with many other. Right now I'm also taking the Vimpat and was able to get the right dosage figured out (300mg daily)I've never had any experenices of skin rash/disease or anything like that so don't get to worried about it.

One thing with my Lamictal

Submitted by garr0622@yahoo.com on Fri, 2015-05-08 - 12:20
One thing with my Lamictal too is that I can't take the generic because it wasn't able to  get my seizures controlled  so I will only take the name brand.

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