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nzingar
lamictal dosage - 400mg - a lot?
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can anyone tell me the 'average' dosage of lamictal? i have been on lamictal for about 2 years and i LOVE it - i am taking 400mg a day and i am curious as what dosage other people are on.
By nzingar at Thu, 04/13/2006 - 4:13pm | 1359 views | 16 comments
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I take 600 per day and another 3000 of Keppra and seems to keep the TC's under control pretty well. Right now, I'm taking Klonopin for my simple partials.
Doug
hey i'm on 75mg of Lamictal. I just got a partial seizure. My case is minor, so i'm going to ask my doctor to up it to 100mg. Is anyone else on a 100mg dosage?
Hi
I didn't think Lamictal was effective until it reached 200 mg, that was what my neuro told me but I guess it is different for everyone. It didn't start working for me until I took 400mg. the good thing is I have not had any side effets with it. Good luck with finding the right doseage for you :)
now am taking 800 mg.of Lamictal a day, but seem to like it for now. Been on it for quite a few years so I won't have to take phenobarbitol or dilantin. But also take other meds.
Hi nzingar, I've been on Lamictal for over a year and a half now. I've had really good results with it, too. Just after diagnosis with E, I was put on Dilantin 300mg/day. It controled sz, but cooked my memory and made me intollerably irritable. Sliding over to L got rid of the cranky behaviour and seemed to boost my energy level- a happy pill, eh. My liver isn't breaking it down as well now. My new neuro has backed me off to 200mg/day from 400. That's helped my short-term memory even more. Best of all, of course, no sz. I'm wanting to drop the dose to 100 with help from her homeopathic methods. We'll see how it develops. Glad it's working for you for sure! Keep smilin' -cc
you are taking 800 per day? I was worried that that was too much.... but I just started.
Hope it works I am taking Pheno and I want him to take that one off... hope I can do so.
Hi
I used to be on 400mg of Lamictal. Unfortunatly it did not work for me as I got insomnia as a side effect that made my seizurs worse. My dose got reduced and another drug added.
I know of quite a few people who are on 400mg and some who are on an even higher dose.
hope this helps a little
take care
Honeybear xxx
I take 800mg. lamictal , 3000mg. keppra, and 600mg. dilantin daily. Also on 2mg. lorazepam(was up to 4 mg.), the doc is 'weaning' me off of it. Says it is addictive. And also have a VNS implant.
I'm taking 700mg of Lamictal a day, 400 in the morning and 300 at night. I don't know if that's average, but from what I've heard, that's about the normal dose. I have very few side effects from it, but my seizures are still not well controlled. Maybe it's the med, maybe it's me. I've taken Dilantin, Depakote, and Lamictal, I'm ready to go back to one of these drugs, I want to give Dilantin another try. I'm willing to try anything, I just want to better control my seizures even if I have to take more than one drug.
I got started on 300mg of Dilantin and 300mg Of Lamictal. I have asked my doctor to let me get off of the Dilatin and since decreasing it I have had more seizures. I would love to find homeopathic alternatives to prescription drugs. Does any one know of any? Has anyone tried medical marijuana to help?
400mgs total as any dose of meds I belive is actually a low dose, your blessed! I'm on a total dose of 400mg of meds, 200mgs Topamax 200mg Lamictal, as of right now. In the past though it was much higher. By the way a quick question for ya, how are the side effects for you? There's not the agression I had with the keppra, but some what an annoyance being a summer girl, the prickling from the sun, but this side effect is way more handleable compaired to the other.
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Hello, I take 800 mg/day of the stuff and am fine. The neurologist checked my Lamictal level and found it to be in the middle of the therapeutic range which is fine. She told me that there are patients taking even higher doses without any problems. I'm on mono therapy and the neurologist told me that if I ever start taking a second drug that she would reduce the Lamictal dose. Hopefully I can remain on monotherapy but as you know epilepsy has a mind of its own and I have very little say in the matter.
Regards
Hi Bishopr--I have been on Lamictal for about 4 years now. It has been amazing in that I can actually stay awake now all day, and it has controlled my seizures well. I have taken a generic for about 1 year--the low cost is a God-send and it has worked well. Recently, my Pharmacist gave me a different generic. Apparently, changing generics happens when the pharmacy gets a new contract for the year with a different company. I insisted that she look it up and make sure that it was the same dose. Of course, "it was fine..." I took it for 3 days and began to itch all over. I called and asked what kind of fillers were in the new generic. There were 7 fillers, 1 of which was talc (like talcum powder). I am VERY allergic to talcum powder. I am back on the old generic, but I am having break through szrs again. Back to see the neurologist. Hope this helps...
I switched from Dilantin to Lemictal 5 years ago but I increased the Lemictal before decreasing the Dilantin and it was a year long process and I ended in hospiltal once , and today I'm on 800mg, it is not easy but it is better than thaking Dilantin for 30 years and I was very scare to switch and I did not even wanted to I worked for mebut thanks my Dr. who "forced" me to do it because you are better without Dilantin if you can .
Ron