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06-19-2010, 12:19 PM
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My son is 8 years old and has been taking lamictal for 3 days. He complained of being really tired yesterday and fell asleep around 2:30 in the afternoon and slept for 15 hours straight. He woke up fine this morning. I am concerned about him taking this drug and not sure if the risks outweigh the rewards... Does anyone have an idea about how long this fatigue will last or how beneficial this drug is for a child with bipolar disorder?
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06-19-2010, 01:14 PM
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Hi,
Mostly likely these side effects are short term. He won't feel the benefit from the drug until weeks and months -- as the psychiatrist titrates up the dose. Be on the look out for rashes. Any rash should be reported to the pdoc. M. |
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06-19-2010, 09:20 PM
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I would say that it might be the amount of the drug that he was started on at the time. Also watch how they have him go up on this drug. I don't know for sure how it works for bi-polar. But my son has taken it for seizures for over 8 years now. Donna |
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| "Thanks for this!" says: | Mari (06-19-2010) |
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06-19-2010, 09:21 PM
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Opps, He was taken off the lamictal about one year ago. And put
on dilantin. The reason was because it took a very high dosage to even get him therapeutic. Donna 
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| "Thanks for this!" says: | Mari (06-19-2010) |
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06-22-2010, 05:14 PM
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I have always taken my lamictal at night so ask if you can give it to him at night????
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. Hattie the black and white one wrestling with hazel, calico. lost hattie to cancer..... Happiness is a decision.... 150mg of lamictal 2x a day haldol 5mg 2x a day 1mg of cogentin 2x a day klonipin , 1mg at night I will not give up in this weight loss journey, nor this need to be AF. 3-19-13=156, 6-7-13=139, 8-19-13=149, 11-12-13=140, 6-28-14=157, 7-24-14=149, 9-24-14=144, 1-12-15=164, 2-28-15=149, 4-21-15=143, 6-26-15=138.5, 7-22-15=146, 8-24-15=151, 9-15-15=145, 11-1-15=137, 11-29-15=143, 1-4-16=152, 1-26-16=144, 2-24-16=150, 8-15-16=163, 1-4-17=169, 9-20-17=174, 11-17-17=185.6, 3-22-18=167.9, 8-31-18= 176.3, 3-6-19=190.8 5-30-20=176, 1-4-21=202, 10-4-21= 200.8,12-10-21=186, 3-26-22=180.3, 7-30-22=188, 10-15-22=180.9, |
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