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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote
It can be tough to work through this.
I am on my second trial of Lamictal, still just increasing doses.
My first trial, several years ago, did not go well. I'd had a severe rash/crusting of my scalp, which the dermatologist had thought was caused by Lamictal.
I have decided to try it again, cautiously. I have been treatment-resistant. Lamictal helps so many people, I am hoping I can tolerate it this time and am also hoping I will find it helpful.
For me, the potential bad from Lamictal does not outweigh the potential good.
While I do understand your mom's concerns for you, I think she probably does not have access to more balanced information. If all I had was the medical info with the SJS warning, I might think the med was not worth a trial, or two.
You are hearing this from someone whose aunt had a severe SJS reaction to a very different med.
I hope your anxiety calms down right away.
WC |
Thank you, WC. I hope you tolerate Lamictal much better this time around too, and it sounds like your pdoc is steering you in the right direction as far as still being cautious, while keeping in mind all the potential benefits.
So sorry to hear you had a bad reaction, and that your aunt did to a different medicine as well. Why do so many meds that are helpful carry so many risks? It's no fair!!
I guess since I have not had a problem with it after so many years of being on it, things should be fine.... although there's always that chance on my mind. When the imagination gets going, fears feel so real, like I'm picturing my death! My mom has bad medical anxiety and tends to jump to worse-case-scenario (I guess that's who I inherited anxiety from), so I think I should stick to trusting my doctors.