I wish we could trade our fate for a moment. You'd be sitting here with "bee-stung lips" scratching the skin off your legs and torso; also looking at the huge bright pink patches covering your shins, calves, knees and thighs. YES, I have the infamous Lamictal rash. This is so not fun and you know it. It is incapacitating, debilitating and frustrating. There is no Benadryl, Claritin or Cetrizine that will make me feel better. There is no cream that will help. I wake up in the middle of the night because I itch. I can't concentrate on this writing because I itch. I have been like that for over six days AFTER I stopped taking the medication. I wonder when this is finally going to stop.
Believe me, I am not a crybaby or emotionally weak patient. I tolerate pain well. I have been very sick with like, dengue, and survived it with a positive attitude understanding illness is a part of life, even though my eyes hurt so much they felt like they were about to pop out their orbits (one of the common symptoms of dengue is a severe headache especially around the eyes). I had my two children the natural way, which is the painful one, no epidural and no Demerol, and recovered quickly. I am not a whiny patient and I am open to try medications that will help me with my conditions. I follow medical instructions and I am never absent to one of my appointments. Enough said about my tolerance and quality as a patient.
This is how all started: My Psychiatrist prescribed 50 mg Lamictal to help with impulse control a little bit. It worked for a long time. However, due to stressful life circumstances, doctor decided I would benefit from a higher dose. At this new dose I started having the well-known Lamictal rash, an allergic reaction that is fairly common, especially when doses are increased. La mictal is good for your psyche, but it is awful for your body. The "good" part is that the Lamictal rash is basically annoying and that's it. The bad part is that it can lead to a life threatening condition, and that, by the time the rash appears, there might be something wrong internally.
Darn, this itching is annoying. Why don't you take Lamictal off the market for a while, pretty please???? Thanks.
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