your the costumer, your nurse works for you. You decide whether or not you want to be on lamotrigine. If you want to get off lamotrigine I Suggest you tell your nurse you want off the drug. There is a risk of having seizures when abruptly discontinuing lamotrigine. so ask nurse to taper you off. And by the way, lamotrigine is not indicated for PTSD. it's a mood stabilizer.