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Dry mouth with Lamictal.
Wed, 12/21/2005 - 10:19Topic: Medication Issues
Hi everyone! I'm new here - took me a while to join;mI've been diagnosed for the last 20 years or so (I.m 35 yo M). For the last few years I've been on the Tegretol and Topamax mix; six months ago I had to increase the T-max from 50mg to 200mg - it worked for a while - but no more! And on top of things like for lots of people it made me really "stupid" and very slow..Was searching for words.etc...Anyways - long story short - it's my second day on Lamictal and I have terribly dry mouth! Any Suggestions or tips? (i'm taking only 25mg to start with)
Thanks
S
Comments
Re: Re: Dry mouth with Lamictal.
Submitted by sevag on Thu, 2005-12-22 - 22:58
Thank you! I'll try to do that; It's also makes me extremly thirsty - I can drink 1/2 gallon of water at once! Do you remember of being thirsty or having a dry mouth in the beginning or it's rather rare?
Thanks
S
Re: Re: Re: Dry mouth with Lamictal.
Submitted by coolcanadian on Mon, 2005-12-26 - 19:23
I had a bit of a problem with dry mouth when I started Lamictal 18 mos. ago. Still have it a little at 400 mg/day, but some cold water or sparkling clear beverage clears me up. Happy trails, cc
Re: Dry mouth with Lamictal.
Submitted by Bmcrimmon on Wed, 2005-12-21 - 13:42
The main concernts related to lamictal are deadly rashes. I am currently on Lamicatal 200 mg a day. For now I would just suggest carrying a water bottle with you so when you get the dry mouth sensation simply drink a little bit of water. I have been on Lamictal for over 5 years now. No complications with the it yet. Your system just needs to adjust to the switch over. I would make another suggestion of trying to get more sleep in during this cross over period. I can agree with you about some of these drugs making one feel slow, sleepy all the time, weak etc. Lamictal has been a great drug however I do not recommend getting the generic from Canada. I was able to tell a huge difference when I switched back from the generic to Lamictal. A little something missing or extra in there. Good luck.