Posted by greywolf on July 18, 2006, at 23:44:35
In reply to Re: lamictal not working? » greywolf, posted by Phillipa on July 18, 2006, at 21:56:20
Phillippa, my layman's understanding is that there is no reliable way of establishing therapeutic blood levels of Lamictal, and that the experience of a benefit varies widely regardless of titration method.
I don't know how reliable Crazymeds is overall, but it does have a pretty good analysis of Lamictal. It and other med sites have suggested that while the rule of thumb is to shoot for the 100-200mg range, some people have a positive response much earlier in treatment and at lower dosages.
I'm very concerned with this drug to take it as slow as I can and identify any positive response at the earliest possible stage. I've been on so many other meds where I was either started off at too high a dose or was increased too soon or didn't get far enough that I want to squeeze everything I can out of this one. Especially since they can't add in additional meds I need for the OCD until they get the BP under control.
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