Love me some Lamictal! I'm allergic to everything or have terrible side affects to most drugs. Not this one. Yes, you have to gradually up the dose so you don't have the possibility of getting the Stevens-Johnson rash. BTW, that's not unique to Lamictal either. That can happen to anybody on any kind of medication. It's just Lamictal might have a greater propensity towards it. Don't worry about it at all. I'm on 200mg in the morning and 200mg at night!