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My daughter, who is 22 yrs old now, has been on lamictal since Ja...

Posted at 11:38 AM on Nov 04, 2008 by ktk, #36283
My daughter, who is 22 yrs old now, has been on lamictal since January (seizures which came out of the blue after being ill for 2 years) this year. She ended up in the hospital for most of February with vomiting and diarrhea. She was first diagnosed with celiacs, then gastroparesis, all the time the neurologist is telling us it ABSOLUTELY CANNOT BE THE LAMITCAl...now, she has had some twitching and the doctor increased the lamictal from 100mg 2xs daily to 150mg 2xs daily. Well, the diarrhea, which she's already on all kinds of stomach/bowel medicine, never really resolved but now with the increase is worse. I just called and will take her back on Friday, but think we need to find a new doctor, Good luck to everyone. and God help us all.
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Reply 11 months ago on Dec 19, 2008 by frankenstien, #15378

My prayers go out to you...get off this medication under the supervision of a well informed health provider - this stuff is dynamite and increasing the dosage will increase the side effects - some of mine other than the normal leg and feet pain include, rage, suicidal thoughts, extreme sadness, sinusitis and a rash. There are other medications for siezures.

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