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@heatherae

Hello! I take lamictal. I tried different meds before finding this one. It's the only one that has worked for me. All I can suggest is watch her after the other one has gone. It might be having an effect because it is leaving her system. Every med for seizures seems to have side effects and getting used to them or changing them can be very upsetting. I speak from experience. Just let your doctor know and ask questions. It helps having an idea about potential side effects and potential for the med to work. Best of luck! I hope this med works for her as well as it has for me.

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Thank you! It's hard as my daughter is nonverbal autistic so when side effects happen her behavior changes.. she's supposed to get to 100 mg daily, been doing 25,then 50,then 75 mg every two weeks so still at 75 while other drug has two more weeks till stopped.. Dr wanted Lamictal at 200 but she hasn't had seizure for two years so hope if we get level okay at 100 we won't need higher dose.. She is very unmanageable at lab so even that is hard.
Might i ask what your dose is? What dose did you start at? Do you do labs often and how is your level?
Thank you so much!