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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 497337" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Well husband didn't tell me much about the appointment except that because he's also having occasional breakthrough seizures, the psychiatrist wants him to add Lamictal to the Trileptal he takes and wean off Paxil. His next neuro appointment is for 2/13 and by then he should be completely transitioned off and on the two medications.</p><p></p><p>I didn't comment, just acknowledged what he shared with me. But all the while I'm thinking this is a bad idea BECAUSE Lamictal is the FIRST AE medication he was put on, and while it did help both his mood and his seizures, he developed a RASH after several months on it (a big red flag because of the high risk of Stevens-Johnson syndrome with this particular drug), so his neuro (the one that his current one took over for) immediately took him off it.</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to interfere at this point because I feel he has to take complete ownership of his care. I cannot be his memory for this stuff (even his current neuro has chastised him for not keep better notes on his own health when he couldn't remember the specifics of the seizures he's had). I've gotten him dialed in with the right professionals, and I even helped him keep track of stuff for several years, but he needs to step up now.</p><p></p><p>We'll see what happens next. He's really short tempered today, so I'm just gonna stay out of his way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 497337, member: 3444"] Well husband didn't tell me much about the appointment except that because he's also having occasional breakthrough seizures, the psychiatrist wants him to add Lamictal to the Trileptal he takes and wean off Paxil. His next neuro appointment is for 2/13 and by then he should be completely transitioned off and on the two medications. I didn't comment, just acknowledged what he shared with me. But all the while I'm thinking this is a bad idea BECAUSE Lamictal is the FIRST AE medication he was put on, and while it did help both his mood and his seizures, he developed a RASH after several months on it (a big red flag because of the high risk of Stevens-Johnson syndrome with this particular drug), so his neuro (the one that his current one took over for) immediately took him off it. I'm not going to interfere at this point because I feel he has to take complete ownership of his care. I cannot be his memory for this stuff (even his current neuro has chastised him for not keep better notes on his own health when he couldn't remember the specifics of the seizures he's had). I've gotten him dialed in with the right professionals, and I even helped him keep track of stuff for several years, but he needs to step up now. We'll see what happens next. He's really short tempered today, so I'm just gonna stay out of his way. [/QUOTE]
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