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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD and CRPS) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type I) and Causalgia (Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Type II)(RSD and CRPS) |
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08-11-2007, 10:27 PM | #1 | ||
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I took the first lamictal last night and woke in the middle of the night with bad heartburn and stomach upset today- I am wondering if I can break the 25mgs in half (they are scored)
what do ya think Thanks Deb |
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08-12-2007, 05:00 AM | #2 | |||
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Hi Deb,
I would suggest taking it with food and sitting upright for an hour. Taking only 1/2 may not provide a therapeutic amount. I did not titrate to the maximum schedule, preferring to take just enough to control the pain, but that's me; I don't like taking pills. I take a lot of them, especially opiates, but I hate doing it...Vic
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08-13-2007, 07:41 PM | #3 | ||
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Thanks for your reply Vicc, Maybe I should try taking it with Nexium (Protonex actually) What do u think?
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08-15-2007, 08:49 AM | #4 | |||
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Waaaa! You mean you all get pain relief from Lamictal?!? I take 200 mg's a day for my epilepsy now, and it doesn't do a thing for my pain levels My partner says that the "waaa" part sounds funny. I meant waaa for me, wish it worked as well as it does for you.
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08-16-2007, 07:06 PM | #5 | ||
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Just popping in to give you some ((PAIN FREE HUGS))... sorry to hear your bad experience. I hope things perk up.
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08-16-2007, 08:44 PM | #6 | |||
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Hi Deb,
Sorry this is so late. I really don't have an opinion as to what you should take; just my personal feelings, which are that I hate to take everything...even grape seed extract. My stomach doesn't like the capsules, so I take them with a lot of coffee and/or food, and that works pretty well for me. I think I would try sitting upright for an hour before putting yet another pill in me. Rogue, I honestly don't know what to say. If you read my post on allodynia, you know that the GABAs work in exactly the same way against RSD as epilepsy: delaying or minimizing, if not preventing, system overload. I'd probably mention to my doc that it helps with RSD pain too (the one you think may know most about GABAs), and see if titrating it could help. I'm really conservative, and worry about overstimulating anything; lest the normal process get lazy and just let the synthetic GABAs do the work. And, of course. since it affects many of the brain's synapses, is there a maximum safe limit? I hope something might be worked out, as GABAs are pretty effective for a lot of people. Certainly not "pain-killers", but they can reduce it just enough to make life a little more tolerable...Vic
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