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trileptal and lamictal

Thu, 04/12/2007 - 14:36
My daughter Ariana had her appt. with neuro today and after discussing her behavioral problems at home and in school, he has decided that he is going start her on lamictal while weaning her off of the trileptal. He feels the trileptal can be causing her aggressive and nasty behavior. Hope the lamictal works!! I dont know how many more phone calls I can take from school that they had to remove her from the class or that she flipped her desk over.. :( Has anyone had their child on both or can anyone tell me anything about lamictal. I do know about the rash issue and of course nervous about that. Thanks Shar

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My son is 11 and on Trileptal

Submitted by Sandy88 on Thu, 2019-10-17 - 08:03
My son is 11 and on Trileptal and Lamictal, sine starting the Lamictal he has become very angry and aggressive and still seizures, so we are looking at getting him off it, but everyone reacts differently, he was fine on the Trileptal only but after 2 yrs seizures started again so Lamictal was added.

Re: trileptal and lamictal

Submitted by Christine1968 on Thu, 2007-04-12 - 16:36
My son was on Trileptal and when it didn't work to control his seizures, his doctor switched him to Lamictal. For him the side effects for both medications were pretty much the same...he was tired and a bit "spacey" at times. After the Lamictal didn't work, his doctor added Carbatrol and he is currently taking both. I know that everyone processes the medications differently so hopefully the Lamictal will work for your daughter with minimal side effects. Good luck and take care. Chris

Re: Re: trileptal and lamictal

Submitted by deb harris on Thu, 2007-04-12 - 17:39
lamictal didnt work for me either by itself. also put me on trileptal which seem to be doing the trick rigt now. side effects with all meds. please hang in there. Im 52 and been on many combos since I was 10. keep the faith.

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