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Old 10-04-2007, 12:53 PM #1
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Default Lamotrigine (Lamictal) and falls

Hi
I'm a new member and this is my first post.

In September 2006, after 33 years of epsiodes, I was finally given a confirmed diagnosed of E. I have been on medication for 2 years now and still remain unstable although szs have reduced. I take a range of medications for E and other conditions. The epilepsy specific ones are lamotrigine (Lamictal - 375mg) and levetiracetam (Keppra 1125mg). Recently Danazol has been added to try to reduce the catamenial szs - other things have been tried for that and failed because of adverse drug reactions.

As a side-effect of the lamotrigine, I experience falls some of which have been quite significant requiring admission to Accident & Emergency room. If the dosage is too low then my szs increase and falls decrease - if the dosage is too high the szs decrease and the falls increase. Seems a Catch-22 situation!

Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so have you resolved it?

Best wishes
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