Re: Withdrawal Seizures (any drug) and Lamictal question-Rhonda

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Rhonda,

That's what 's on now. Did your daughter have any withdrawal

seizures, or just improvement?

Barbara

Rhonda Ackerman wrote:

> Barbara,

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> I goofed on the dose of lamictal. We started her on 5mg and increased to

> 10mg once a day. This is very subtherapeutic but still caused our

> daughter

> to have a daily drop seizure, sometimes 2, in the late afternoon until we

> quit it after 9 days.

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> Rhonda

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> Barbara,

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> 6-7 months after starting the diet and having been weaned off of all

> meds

> (klonipin, tegretol, topamax), we tried a minute dose of lamictal to try

> to

> stop the sleep seizures (she was no longer having awake seizures). Our

> daughter is 8 and weighed about 44lb at the time. We started her on

> 25mg

> for one week and increased it to 50mg for 2 days. That small amount

> caused

> her to have a drop seizure every afternoon. It quit when we quit the

> lamictal. All kids are different, but I thought I would share that a

> small

> dose can cause a person to have a seizure.

>

> Rhonda (mom to Shan, age 8, keto kid for 18 months as of today)

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> To everyone who's been dealing with withrawal seizures, when you feel

> that's what triggering increased seizures, do you still continue the

> weaning of the drug? At the same rate? At a slower rate?

>

> Does anyone have any good info on weaning from Depakote and Zonegran?

> has only been on both for about 3-1/2 months, should that

> make it

> less difficult for her?

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> For everyone who's noticed in increase in myoclonics on Lamictal- was

> this only at higher dose? I stopped at 10mg/day (started 6/13)

> when we started the diet. I don't want to continue titrating up

> and not

> give the diet a chance. I don't want to wean everything at once,

> but I'm

> wondering if the Lamictal at the low a dose could be triggering more

> myoclonics.

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> Thanks for any input,

> Barbara

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