Hello stella_m: Welcome (back) to PsychCentral! I'm sorry you are having this difficulty. Unfortunately I don't have any information or suggestions I can offer. But I saw that no one had yet replied to you post. So I thought I would.

Good luck getting the clarification you need. I know that prying information from one's psychiatrist can be a monumental task! I was put on Lamictal at one point. No one mentioned the possibility of Lamictal rash to me. Well... I got it. I called my pdoc's office when the rash developed, just thinking it might be med related. They told me it was probably nothing... don't worry about it.

When my rash kept getting worse, I went in to see my general practice doctor. He recognized it as possible Lamictal rash & got me in to see a dermatologist right away. She took me off the med. Fortunately I'd only been on it for a few weeks so going off cold-turkey wasn't a problem. Anyway, that's my Lamictal story...