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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 324270" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Heather, my daughter A is on Lamictal (250 mg) and Lexapro (7.5 mg). When we recently increased her by 25 mg, her psychiatrist added the extra in the morning so it wouldn't cause insomnia (at this point she was taking 150 mg am and 100 mg pm). But she experienced headaches, dizziness and nausea even by day 10 so we moved the 25 mg to the evening (125 mg am and pm) and the side effects disappeared. It was dramatic.</p><p> </p><p>I have to be honest with you, however. A has had a lot of trouble sleeping for a while, not necessarily from the Lamictal, but from the Lexapro. She would fall asleep fine, but wake up at 3 am and not be able to fall back to sleep. Benadryl worked for a while and then that petered out. Her psychiatrist finally resorted to a low dose of Seroquel (25 mg), which has worked like a charm for about a year.</p><p> </p><p>Like you, A is very medication-sensitive. You may need to play around with dosing and timing until you get it right. We've done that, and I'm always pleased when it all works out.</p><p> </p><p>Hang in there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 324270, member: 2423"] Heather, my daughter A is on Lamictal (250 mg) and Lexapro (7.5 mg). When we recently increased her by 25 mg, her psychiatrist added the extra in the morning so it wouldn't cause insomnia (at this point she was taking 150 mg am and 100 mg pm). But she experienced headaches, dizziness and nausea even by day 10 so we moved the 25 mg to the evening (125 mg am and pm) and the side effects disappeared. It was dramatic. I have to be honest with you, however. A has had a lot of trouble sleeping for a while, not necessarily from the Lamictal, but from the Lexapro. She would fall asleep fine, but wake up at 3 am and not be able to fall back to sleep. Benadryl worked for a while and then that petered out. Her psychiatrist finally resorted to a low dose of Seroquel (25 mg), which has worked like a charm for about a year. Like you, A is very medication-sensitive. You may need to play around with dosing and timing until you get it right. We've done that, and I'm always pleased when it all works out. Hang in there. [/QUOTE]
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