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<blockquote data-quote="ellenr1" data-source="post: 16101" data-attributes="member: 2547"><p>Ellen, was the rash your difficult child 2 developed while taking Lamictal definitely the life-threatening one?</p><p></p><p>==================================</p><p></p><p>Actually, she got the rash when the Effexor and Lamictal were both upped at the same time. She had tolerated the lamictal well up until that point, so was it the level of lamictal (150 mg), or the higher dose of effexor (225 mg), or both? I took her to the pediatrician first, who prescribed a cortisone cream. Besides the itchy rash on her shoulders, upper arms, thighs she was also experiencing nausea, vomiting, fatigue, dizziness, stomache pain, gas, insomnia, increased depression and anxiety. Not a fun time.</p><p></p><p>The APRN who was managing her medications at the time took her off the Lamictal, probably fearing a lawsuit, but she was sorry to have to discontinue it, thought it was a good drug. by the way, the rash, nausea, dizziness and agitation disappeared two days later.</p><p></p><p>After reading all your replies, I am really questioning whether we should even bother titrating up on the Abilify to 10 mg. if she is having insomnia again. She is so exhausted all the time I was going to call the doctor to ask for a sleep aid, like Ambien. IN the meantime, she woke up this morning looking just awful, pale, and the left tonsil is swollen up again larger than the day before. Her pediatrician said to take her to an ENT no later than tomorrow for an exam and possibly bloodwork to determine if it's mono or something else. </p><p></p><p>I really feel badly for my kid. The director of her therapeutic school thought she was malingering yesterday and wouldn't let her call me to come get her early, told her to tough it out despite her headache, didn't notice that she'd had her head down on the table all through group therapy. Don't get me started on him....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ellenr1, post: 16101, member: 2547"] Ellen, was the rash your difficult child 2 developed while taking Lamictal definitely the life-threatening one? ================================== Actually, she got the rash when the Effexor and Lamictal were both upped at the same time. She had tolerated the lamictal well up until that point, so was it the level of lamictal (150 mg), or the higher dose of effexor (225 mg), or both? I took her to the pediatrician first, who prescribed a cortisone cream. Besides the itchy rash on her shoulders, upper arms, thighs she was also experiencing nausea, vomiting, fatigue, dizziness, stomache pain, gas, insomnia, increased depression and anxiety. Not a fun time. The APRN who was managing her medications at the time took her off the Lamictal, probably fearing a lawsuit, but she was sorry to have to discontinue it, thought it was a good drug. by the way, the rash, nausea, dizziness and agitation disappeared two days later. After reading all your replies, I am really questioning whether we should even bother titrating up on the Abilify to 10 mg. if she is having insomnia again. She is so exhausted all the time I was going to call the doctor to ask for a sleep aid, like Ambien. IN the meantime, she woke up this morning looking just awful, pale, and the left tonsil is swollen up again larger than the day before. Her pediatrician said to take her to an ENT no later than tomorrow for an exam and possibly bloodwork to determine if it's mono or something else. I really feel badly for my kid. The director of her therapeutic school thought she was malingering yesterday and wouldn't let her call me to come get her early, told her to tough it out despite her headache, didn't notice that she'd had her head down on the table all through group therapy. Don't get me started on him.... [/QUOTE]
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