Posted by SLS on January 2, 2001, at 22:36:42
In reply to Re: Weight gain and lamictal » Coachnanci, posted by SLS on January 2, 2001, at 22:32:09
Oops. I guess you stopped taking Lamictal already.
Never mind.
I wish for you continued success with Depakote. I never gained much weight on it, even at 3000mg.
- Scott> Hi Nancy.
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> > Regarding the Lamictal, I was on 25 mg twice a day and seemed to be fine on it. Every week got better and better. Only problem was the horrible sleepy periods that almost made me feel like I had narcolepsy. However, I talked with the Pdoc who also felt it could be part of the ADHD, etc. This whole thing is so frustrating at times.
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> Does this sleepiness occur at the middle or towards the end of a dosing period? If it does, you might want to try increasing the Lamictal to 100mg temporarily to see if you are not experiencing some sort of depressive relapse somnolence associated with an ebb of drug levels. I would suspect that this is the case if you get a "kick" immediately after taking a dose.
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