I mentioned that I had gone for a doctors appt, in a previous post, she wants to put me on some new drugs, both was significant drawbacks. One is Lithium, which involves frequent blood tests, the other is lamotrigine which one of the risks is making your skin blister.
She is going to let me think about it for a while
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I’ve never taken either one. is lamotrigine lamictal? if so then I did take it for a short while. its a pretty decent drug but yes there is that drawback of your skin blistering in the sun. xxx
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It could well be, I find they are called many different things depending on where you are
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Yes, Lamictal is one brand name for lamotrigine. There’s a risk of a serious rash called Stevens-Johnson syndrome when starting it, but the risk is lowered if the dose is increased gradually. With lithium the blood tests are most frequent at the beginning while you’re getting stabilized on a therapeutic dose. I usually only get my bloodwork done every 6 months or so unless my dose changes.
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Thank you, that sounds like what the doctor was telling me. Apart from the brand name thing, she mainly concentrated on the side effects
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I’ve taken both, and I’m still on Lamictal which has worked very well for me. The rash and skin blistering is considered to be a rare side effect as long as you follow the slow titration schedule.
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I think she was worried because I have been known to come off them quickly, which is fine for some drugs but not for either one of these
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You have to be VERY SLOWLY weaned off either of these two drugs, or massive complications occur. if you tend to just stop taking drugs for whatever reason, do NOT start them. If, on the other hand, you stop taking them in order to be tried on another, the doc will wean you off. good luck sweetie.
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I tend to come off them, when the doctors ignore me and keep me on them even though I have clearly stated that I don’t want to be on them because of the shit side effects.
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yep. stay off of these then. the benefits do NOT outweigh the complications.
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If they work and let me wake up with my son I will stay on them, which is what was wrong with the last lot, I just didn’t wake up
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