I have been on it for almost five months. I had a terrible time on an AD and an AP before. I have not had really any side effects with lamictal. Some nausea in the beginning with increases and perhaps some lethargy and appetite loss but nothing like the AP. I love it.

Here is the thing about the rash. I have had two rashes while on it. Neither had anything at all to do with Lamictal. The first one my pdoc told me on the phone i had to stop immediately and we had to figure something else out. It seemed like such a mild rash to me that I pushed her on it because i so didn't want to lose this med. So she told me I could go to urgent care. I went to urgent care and they were totally clueless and were like well yeah if you have a rash on lamictal you should stop just to be safe. But then I very intelligent nurse told me that really they weren't knowledgable in this way and said I really should see a dermatologist as soon as possible. DUH!!! So the next day my dermatologist gave me and emergency appointment and was like this has nothing to do with lamictal. It is heat rash. So he called my pdoc to tell her that because he knew how important it is to not miss too many days of lamictal. But she didn't contact me for four days (i fired her obv). I decided to continue the med based on the derm's opinion and he saw me two days later just to make sure and it was gone by then.

So I would have lost Lamictal forever if I had followed that pdoc.

Second time I got a rash on my chest and freaked out. But wise now, I called my derm before my new pdoc. He said to out hydrocortisone on it and if it got better it was not Lamictal and if it got worse by the next day to come right in. Well it went right away and I have figured out I cannot use firming neck cream. Alas.

So my advice about the rash would be to get a good, experienced, accessible dermatologist and deal with him or her first. Of course you should tell your pdoc but they aren't dermatologists, ya know. A doc who has SEEN the rash and TREATED the rash can actually evaluate it.

That is my story.