Hey,

Lamictal has been amazing for me. Let me tell you my story about rash because I think it wi help you.

I got a rash on my back early on. I called my pdoc. She was like stop taking it right away. I cried and asked if there was any way it could be checked out or something. She said I could go to urgent care and they could call her and try to convince her it was okay. So off I went to urgent care and they were pretty clueless. They were like oh yeah if you get a rash on lamictal you should stop. Then one nice nurse said to me you know we aren't really experienced with this kind of thing if we see a rash we have to tell you to stop and then she recommended I see a dermatologist ASAP. I thought this was obvious and genius. So they next day I have an emergency appointment with my dermatologist. This guy has seem THE rash and treated it. He looked at my back and was like "this is heat rash" and went on to explain all the ways in which it couldn't be THE rash. He paged my pdoc right away and talked to her. He told me that she was very hesitant to believe him and she wanted me to not take it and she would call me the next day. Well that was Tuesday and I couldn't get ahold of her till Friday. For real. I got a new pdoc obv. But anyway my dermatologist said I should come back on thurs or fri and he would make sure everything was ok. So I made the difficult decision to ignore my MIA pdoc and keep taking my lamictal. He checked me on Friday and the heat rash was gone.

A couple of weeks later I got a rash on my chest on a Saturday morning. I called my dermatologist's emergency cell and he told me to put cortaid on it and if it got better by the next day it was not THE rash and if it got worse to let him know and he would see me. I put the cortaid on it and it got better and went away. I never even told my pdoc. If I had called him first he would have told me to stop taking it and go to the ER and all that and I could have lost a life changing life saving amazing med. and if I had just listened to my first pdoc I would have lost it too.

I have the rest of my life to deal with this disorder and I am not going to lose such a fantastic med for NO reason.

So now I have my dermatologist's numbers in my phone and cortaid in my cabinet. If I get a rash again I will call him first.

That is my story.

I don't really understand why the pdocs don't tell you to get seen by a qualified dermatologist ASAP.

This link is very helpful in regards to THE rash. I did the second option I suppose and that worked for me.
http://www.psycheducation.org/depres...ds/LamRash.htm

I was very scared too in the beginning. I am still worried. But I thank god for this med! And really the chances of getting THE rash are actually pretty low and once you get past eight weeks they get even lower. And with an experienced and accessible dermatologist on board I feel like I am in good hands if anything did happen.

Good luck!