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Does anyone take all their lamictal in one dose for the day? I'm meant to take 50mg twice a day but find it difficult to remember my nighttime dose even with a dose box & alarm (mainly due to shift working hours).
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Dx: Bipolar II, GAD, past substance abuse, temporal lobe epilepsy. Rx: Lamotrigine 125mg, Sertraline 50mg, Clonazepam 0.5mg prn. |
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I take 300 mg in one dose when I wake up. I have had no problems with it.
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currently take a divided dose 50/am 100/pm ... but have took 400 at night for months ... never bothered me ...
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I take 300mg all at once in the afternoon. I can't take at night because it affects my sleep.
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Hashi/Bipolar Mom 300mg Lamictal 1800mg Gabapentin 10mg Memantine (weaning off) .6mg Clonidine (for sleep and anxiety) 40mg Propanol (for sleep) 3 mg Xanax 10mg Saphris |
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For a brief period of time when I was on extended release Lamictal, I would take one pill all at once (I think either 300 or 400 mg, if I recall correctly).
I'm back to being on immediate release Lamictal, where I am instructed to take divided doses now. |
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I take 200 mg twice a day. I used to be prescribed 100 mg day and 200 mg night, but I took 'em all at once because I didn't want to cut the 200 mg pill in half every day.
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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I take 200mg twice a day
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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My old pdoc had me taking it twice a day, along w the Wellbutrin I take. Had been taking 200 mg twice a day. The new pdoc cut the dose to 200 mg daily bc he said it was too high, and that I should take in one dose and he Rx it to me as once a day but I didn't feel right. I prefer splitting the dose up. So now I am back to taking it in the am and eve. From what I have read, there is no one right way to take it so idk what is better. I personally felt more stable 2x day.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I saw my neurologist & he said I would have to have a 1 month non driving period if I wanted to change my dose to a daily dose & that it wasn't ideal (coming from the perspective of trying to prevent the risk of further seizures, not for mood stability)
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Dx: Bipolar II, GAD, past substance abuse, temporal lobe epilepsy. Rx: Lamotrigine 125mg, Sertraline 50mg, Clonazepam 0.5mg prn. |
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I take 400mg every morning. After all y'all taking a divided dose, I write my doctor. We'll see if she says to do the same.
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Dx: Bipolar II, ultra rapid cycling but meds help with the severity of cycling. Rx: lamictal, seroquel, lithium |
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