Adding Lamictal to my meds..............

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Adding Lamictal to my meds..............
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Tue, 03-22-2005 - 5:34pm

Does anyone have any experience w/ this? I'm seeing that a lot of you take it at night but my p/tdoc told me to take it in the am, What do you all think about this?


To boot I'm going up to 700mg seroquel pm and remaining 100mg in the am. She has also given me xanax if I can ever get it from the pharmacy for my flight to FL next month. I'm really annoyed w/ the pharmacy right now. I understand that there is policy to be followed especially on a controlled substance but UGH I know i'm going to have to make a trip up there tomorrow to get the xanax because the dr forgot to put in "how many hours" I'm supposed to take it. They are just annoying the heck out of me, UGH!


Well thats it for now, guess I"ll go up there and get my lamictal so I can start it in the morning. Pray that by the time I get up there my provider will have called in about the dose so that I won't have to make a second trip. With the prices of gas going the way they are I can't afford to do any unnecessary driving.


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Tue, 03-22-2005 - 8:55pm
Lamictal is my only med (other than Ambien once or twice a month). I take 200 mgs at night. It's been great for me. Sorry, I'm not much help on this one. Amanda
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Tue, 03-22-2005 - 9:34pm

I was just diagnosed with bipolar today, and took my first Lamictal tonight. Maybe we can be each other's "help" station with the meds. Just a thought.

Cheri

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Tue, 03-22-2005 - 9:56pm
What i'm not getting is that it seems that everyone elses dr tells them to take that at night and mine wants me to do it in the am, Is something not right w/ that? I deal very well w/ meds but this seems odd to me.


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Wed, 03-23-2005 - 4:37am

Hi Danielle,


I take Lamictal. I am on 375 mgs a day. I take 175 mgs in the morning and 200 mgs at night. I have always taken my Lamictal twice a day. I haven't had any problems taking it that way. Of course, everyone is different. I know all about the pharmacy headaches. The one we have here is bad. It is too small,and there are a lot of people that use it.


Hopefully the whole mess is straightened out now.
Have a good day.
Take care.


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Wed, 03-23-2005 - 7:39am
I took the first pill last night, and it made me sleepy. Is there any reason why you couldn't take it at night? Could you call the pharmacist and ask him/her what he thinks would be the better time for you to take the meds?
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Wed, 03-23-2005 - 9:44am

Well I took my first one about an hour ago and I'm still fine so I don't think it's going to make me drowsy. As my t/pdoc says, I'm pretty hearty when it comes to meds so hopefully this is a good sign. I took it w/ my morning seroquel and like I said so far so good.


My xanax rx is fixed so I'll go pick that up in a bit although I probably won't try it out today because my kids have a dental appt @ 3:30 today and this is the 4th time I have rescheduled it (blushing) so they really need to go. Dh is home but just the same. Like I told my dr I want to test run it before I fly next month so I know what it does to me.


Hope you have a good day today.


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Danielle


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