Quote:
Originally Posted by glowsinthedark
1. Do you take in the morning or at night? with food or without?
2. Did you ever get dizzy or nauseous from it? How long did these side effects take to lessen?
3. If you have to stop lamictal because of the rash, what do they do about the effects of withdrawal? I've had terrible experiences getting off SSRIs and benzos even though I tapered extremely slowly...I can't imagine how one would survive stopping cold turkey.
4. alcohol?
I know that my concerns come from a deeply anxious and somewhat irrational place, but please be patient with me...I've dealt with health anxiety since I was 4 and I'm trying REALLY hard to get this first little lamictal pill down the hatch!
|
1- I take half in the morning on an empty stomach and half an hour before I want to go to bed.
2- I do not get dizzy or nauseous.
3- Rash is very unlikely, (8 out of 1,000 or 0.08%).
Nearly all cases of life-threatening rashes caused by LAMICTAL have occurred within 2 to 8 weeks of treatment initiation. Follow your providers schedule and you will be fine.
4- I try not to drink, but I really like to. I limit myself to once a week 1-4 drinks. But really you are not supposed to drink on it I think.