\u00a0I take a very high dose of Lamictal\u00a0 ever day. (The generic form of Lamictal is Lamotrigine.) The basic dose is 200mg and I take 500-550mg. It just shows how differently we all process medications! \u00a0A dose that high can naturally lead to more side effects. I have tried so many ways to get the meds in my system while minimizing the neck stiffness, breathing problem and itching I get with Lamictal.<\/p>\n
Take Your Meds Over a 24 Hour Period\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0I finally came up with something that works. I do a 24 hour round of the meds. Most of us take meds while we are awake or when we go to sleep. I decided to take them throughout the day and night. I got a 7 day pill box, but instead of using it for days- I use it for hours. I break my Lamictal into sections some big and some smaller and put them in each day. I carry this in my purse for the day and then put it in my kitchen at night. It has taken a while to get used to it. I can also add any supplements I take such as an Iron pill or Vitamin D.<\/p>\n If you take more than one drug (and most with bipolar do) you can spread them out the same way if needed.\u00a0 Also, it’s essential that you tell your health care professional you want to do this.\u00a0 Some medications are time released and may not work with this system!<\/em><\/p>\n A typical day looks like this- I wake up and take a dose. Wait a few hours and take the other, then a third. I take one right before I go to bed. One when I wake up to go to the bathroom- and if I get up two times in the night I take another one then- and if there is a little bit left over in the morning, I take that and then wait a few hours to start all over again.<\/p>\n My mother does this with her generic Lamotrigine (Lamictal is the brand name) \u2013 and a friend does it with her Zyprexa and Lamictal. This takes planning for sure! But it\u2019s worth it. I will send this out as a newsletter as I feel it\u2019s a great way to get the meds in our system with less side effects to worry us!<\/p>\n If you have not checked out my updated bipolarhappens.com website for my Health Cards Treatment System, here is the link.<\/p>\n This one goes directly to the medications side effects page. You can then read about my books from there!<\/p>\n BipolarHappens.com Medications Side Effect Information<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If you would like to send this blog to a friend, you can copy and paste the URL at the top of the blog and send it in an email!<\/p>\n Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I take a very high dose of Lamictal ever day. (The generic form of Lamictal is Lamotrigine.) The basic dose is 200mg and I take 500-550mg. It just shows how differently we all process medications! A dose that high can naturally lead to more side effects. I have tried so many ways to get the meds in my system while minimizing the neck stiffness, breathing problem and itching I get with Lamictal.<\/p>\n Take Your Meds Over a 24 Hour Period <\/p>\n I finally came up with something that works. I do a 24 hour round of the meds. Most of us take meds while we are awake or when we go to sleep. I decided to take them throughout the day and night. I got a 7 day pill box, but instead of using it for days- I use it for hours. I break my Lamictal into sections some big and some smaller [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11913,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions\/11913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}