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Folic Acid and Lamictal. Help needed!
Sun, 02/05/2017 - 07:03Topic: Women With Epilepsy
Hello everyone!
I'm currently 24 weeks pregnant. I was relieved to know that everything is normal with my baby boy so far:) (no cleft palate or any physiological abnormalities). I am on Lamictal 100mg twice daily (200mg in total)for petit-mal and was on folic acid 5mg 6 months prior to conceiving and during the first 4 months of pregnancy. But I am confused right now.. after 4 months of pregnancy, my Gyneco started giving me the prenatal vitamins and advised me to stop taking a high dosage of folic acid and just stick to the normal dosage of 0.8mg, present in the vitamins. So I've stopped taking 5mg 8 weeks ago and I'm afraid this can have any effect on the baby. I did my research and some websites mention that Lamotrigine interferes with the folate levels, while others say it doesn't. Can anyone help on that?? Also can you give me your opinion regarding breastfeeding? Appreciate any input! Thanks