Posted by ronaldo on November 8, 2006, at 9:46:29
In reply to Lamictal dose - 200mg, posted by tensor on November 8, 2006, at 7:14:11
> Talked to the pdoc this morning, since i'm not responding to 100mg at all, we decided to raise to 200mg/day starting tonight.
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> BTW, the thread deniseuk190466 started with the topic "Depression should be given another name". I wrote an 1 1/2 A4 pages article about that and it will be published in the local newspaper today. :-)
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> /MattiasHi Mattias,
Aren't you a bit worried that such a sudden doubling of your dose will provoke a rash? I thought the idea with Lamictal was to increase it slowly and gradually. Perhaps your doctor has had a different type of experience with Lamictal. Dr Ivan Goldberg has the following to say on this subject:
"9. How is treatment with lamotrigine initiated?
In people not taking carbamazepine or valproate, lamotrigine is usually initially prescribed at an initial dose of 12.5 or 25 mg a day and the dose increased by 12.5 or 25 mg every week or two."
http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.lamotrigine.html
Congratulations on your imminent excursion into print. I hope they paid you well, as well as you rightly deserve...
ciao
....Alan
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