I got the SJS rash on Lamictal. It started over the Christmas break while I was visiting my parents, it was a raised, reddish purple rash that hurt like a burn. It started with small round patches that spread. I showed it to my mom and wondered if I should stop the Lamictal, but ended up staying on it for 2 days until I was home, and my pdoc was not available until after the New Year so I went to the ER. They said it was likely SJS but it hadn't spread too much so they told me to discontinue the Lamictal and if it spread any further, especially to the mucous membranes, come back right away. Luckily, when I discontinued the Lamictal, the patches healed and disappeared. I took photos of it and showed them to my psychiatrist and she agreed that it was SJS.

The interesting thing was, I had been on Lamictal for more than a year, and hadn't made a dose adjustment. I did start a brand new medication at that time, and the ER doc and my psychiatrist thought adding the new med caused a surge in the level of Lamictal.