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Frustrated with Lamotrigine Allergic Reaction

ash7

671d

not a question, just sharing. I've been on lamotrigine since January. i started out on a relatively low dose (100mg), but my new doctor increased me to 300mg. it's been working wonderfully for me and I finally feel "normal". issue being; I'm having an allergic reaction to it.... it took me 2 weeks to realize that the symptom was because of the med and now I'm dreading my appointment in 2 days because I know that I'm going to have to either go to a lower dose or stop taking it entirely. I'm just feeling very frustrated because it's the first time that a medication has worked for me in the past 20 years

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    • E_belli

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      Lamotrigine has been great for me too, on 400mg for about 8 ish year's. Is it that Stevens Johnson rash (I don't remember what its exactly called) or like another reaction or have you tried taking an allergy pill? It could kind of counterbalance you out so you can stay on it. Obviously, if you're having a bad reaction, you don't want to hurt yourself further. But I definitely get what you mean, when you find something that works, it's hard to give up! Hope you figure it out, good luck!

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    • E_belli

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      Lamotrigine has been great for me too, on 400mg for about 8 ish year's. Is it that Stevens Johnson rash (I don't remember what its exactly called) or like another reaction or have you tried taking an allergy pill? It could kind of counterbalance you out so you can stay on it. Obviously, if you're having a bad reaction, you don't want to hurt yourself further. But I definitely get what you mean, when you find something that works, it's hard to give up! Hope you figure it out, good luck!

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    • daydream.elf

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      have you tried depakote?

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      • ash7

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        @daydream.elf I haven't tried it yet... lamotrigine was my first mood stabilizer because my bipolar diagnosis is recent. I know there's more medications out there. I'm just worried about the transition period and the possible string of trial pills (I ran through like 6 different SSRI's trying to find one that worked) and going through that process just sucks. but thank you for the suggestion, it is still nice to hear about successes and remember that I will find one eventually :)

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      • daydream.elf

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        @daydream.elf it was the first mood stabilizer that worked for me, only side effect was weight gain

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