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Old Aug 26, 2016, 07:55 PM
Als1495 Als1495 is offline
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Originally Posted by Skeezyks View Post
Hello Als1495: The Skeezyks has no idea about this. But a while back I was put on Lamictal. After a few weeks I developed a rash. I called my pdoc's office & spoke with my pdoc's assistant. She said it was probably nothing & don't worry about it.

The rash kept getting worse so I went to see my GP. He diagnosed it as being Lamictal rash & sent me immediately to be seen by a dermatologist. (As you may be aware, Lamcital rash can morph into a life-threatening condition.) They took me off of the medication immediately!

So, the moral of this story is... don't presume that just because the doctor & nurse you're currently seeing don't know what's going on here that it's not serious. If necessary... see another doctor.
Thanks for your response! I was nearly prescribed Lamictal but opted out after I heard about that life-threatening rash. I am seeing a different psychiatrist now so I have put in a call to my case manager to see what she could find our anything from doc.