I had been on Lamictal (200mg. daily--one pill in a.m., one in p.m.) for about 5 years with no ill effects that I could tell (taking a bunch of other stuff). Recently I had a long period of hypo mania & then crashed into a depression. Doc slowly (25 mg. per week) increased the dosage to 300 mg. daily. Feeling better, but Trazadone was also added to aid sleep, which also has an anti-depressive effect.

I've been very happy with Lamictal. The rash sounds really scary. I'm glad it is uncommon, but I know if it happens to you that it being rare doesn't much matter!--Suzy