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Originally Posted by WeepingWillow23
Actually lamotrigine reportedly has a fairly good side effect profile, in that most people suffer few bad side effects. The pic I posted is off an allergic type rash that anyone can get e.g. I got it head to toe after a sleepover as a kid because I was allergic to their washing powder. Bit of antihistamine and I was sorted. The idea is to catch SJS early when it is simple to treat. Please don't worry so much. Even if you can't get yourself to take any more lamotrigine, there are other meds out there you could try. Don't discount ALL meds because of ONE med experience. 
*Willow* |
You're pretty much so preaching to the choir. My logical side understands and agrees with you 100%. But something else is in me that is making me flip. Also, I didn't have one bad med experience, I had many but all were really SSRI's. This isn't even a bad experience right now, it's me worrying about something that might not ever happen.
Basically, I've been in intensive outpatient therapy for the past month, 3 nights a week, 3 hours at a time. I had a appointment set out to the 12th (yesterday) for meds. Over the 4 weeks it took me to get to that appointment I ruminated on meds. One day I was convinced to take them, the next I said I'd never take them. I finally got over that hurdle and felt pretty good about meds for a few days and now I am seeing this it is just killing me inside. Sleeping on it will hopefully help and return me to having my logic controlling me.
Thank you and Clinte for your posts. I needed to be talked off a ledge here and you both helped, I'm still standing on that ledge, but I pulled my toes back from dangling off it. I had no one else to talk to at that moment and you were both there. That means a ton and I just wanted to voice my appreciation.