Posted by phillybob on March 10, 2001, at 16:19:40
In reply to Re: treatment resistant depression » phillybob, posted by sweetmarie on March 10, 2001, at 13:13:55
< I was taking the 100 mg for a week and went up to 200 mg 2 days ago. I will then increase to 250 mg in another week. Having written it down, it seems like quite a `steep` increase.... Having said all of this, my psychiatrist had only put one other patient on Lamotragine (a woman who had `discovered` it on the Net). Prior to this, she hadn`t heard of the drug. >
Anna, I am not a doctor, but the risks of your dose increase are not worth it, right now. You must speak with a professional who has familiarity with lamotragine. That seems to be from what I've read to be a HUGE increase and that is not good even if you were taking NO valproate whatsoever.
I myself would speak with a professional. Perhaps, someone with familiarily of rashes and this drug might suggest dropping back to 100 mg and probably even lower until the rash goes away ... all the while monitoring it closely? Even then, increases, I don't think, are recommended at only up to 25 mg per two weeks (and maybe as little as one week).
I am taking 12.5mg/day to start and will then go by 12.5mg/day increases (Jah is doing the same).
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