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Lamictal Pros And Cons

Premium Questions

Dr. Ronald Schubert MD

I'm taking lamictal, Zoloft, and a little klonopin for anxiety/ depression . My psychiatrist is having me wean off the lamictal and start vyvanse. Do I need to be totally off the lamictal to begin ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ronald Schubert ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Erion Spaho MD

I asked you about my Epilepsy issues, and Lamictal creating memory problems. Is there any connections between potential Lamictal/ Epilepsy and memory/alzheimer issues? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Erion Spaho ( Neurologist)
Dr.    Prof. Kunal Saha MD

Hello, Just today my psychiatrist and I decided to up my Lamictal to 150 mg and just take one 500mg of depakote for two weeks then drop the depakote then just take 200mg of Lamictal. I'm all for this ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ivo Ditah MD

I was prescribed Celexa lamictal and rixulti. I stopped rixulti because of the cost. I now have extreme tar dive dyskinesia . Can the Celexa or lamictal be making it worse. One Dr said stop Celexa one ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Simit Jadia MD

I'M STARTING LAMICTAL TODAY WITH A NEW PSYCH. I AM NOT BIPOLAR OR SZCHICHOPHRENIC. HE TOLD ME YESTERDAY LAMICTAL IS A "STIMULANT". I AM ALSO ON WELLBUTRIN SR 200 MG BID AND VYVANSE 70 MG QD AND ALSO ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Simit Jadia ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi MD

Started on 100 mg.of lamictal and went off Cipralex 6 weeks ago. Trying to wean off Lamictal slowly...down to 50 mg. a day of lamictal. Reinstated 10 mg. of cipralex three days ago as I was feeling so ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Seikhoo Bishnoi ( Psychiatrist)
Dr.  Hiren Hirpara MD

3 weeks ago I started taking Paxil and Lamictal. I started at 50 mg of Lamictal and possibly got a ... to confirm. Is it safe for me to start retaking Lamictal now that the rash is gone ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hiren Hirpara ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman MD

to take lamictal 25mg. and stop taking the Wellbutrin. So I took the Wellbutrin yesterday and not taken it today. Can I start the lamictal today? or does the Wellbutrin need a few days to get out of my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.    Mohammed Taher Ali MD

is hard on my liver...so she put me on lamictal once i started lamictal i lost quite a bit of weight i had a seizure when i was on the lamictal so she proscribed valproic acid along with my... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mohammed Taher Ali ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Elliott Sewell MD

I was looking up drug interactions and I m taking Suboxone and Lamictal for opioid dependence and the Lamictal for Bipolar. It says that it causes central nervous system depression, such as ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Elliott Sewell ( Psychologist)