Update on my Daughter’s Neuro appt | ADHD Information

Thanks for letting us know ShawnB - you and your daughter are in our thoughts.  Good luck to you both and keep us informed please.  We care.You sound just like me!  I agree completely.Thanks for the kind words :) I've decided to wait until this weekend to start the Lamictal so I can be here for her if she does have any bad side effects. The thought of sending her off to school on a med that can cause weird reactions worries me. Heck, I didn't even start her ADHD meds at school.. started at home so I can watch her.  I did research and did not find any drug interaction warnings with Lamictal and Ritalin. I'm also a member of the Epilepsy Foundation's Message boards and a few people on there have replied both with good and not so good reactions. The biggest thing I have to watch out for is if she gets any sort of rash to stop the meds immediately because it could possibly lead to Stephen Johnson's Syndrome
Other then the rash possibility the side effects are relatively small compared to some anti-seizure meds

Hi ShawnB:

My thoughts are with you, I am sure that the doctor's know what they are doing but you just never know.  Did you do a search online for possible interactions or others that had good/bad experiences with the meds?  I have been searching like crazy trying to gather as much info as possible about my recent diagnosis and my daughters meds.  I, too, want to be sure that I am giving her the right combination and am thinking about doing another evaluation since she has matured. 

Well... It's official. She's been diagnosed with Epilepsy.
Poor kid now has ADHD, SPD, and Epilepsy.

They're starting her on Lamictal. They gave me 5 sample bottles 25mg (15 pills each).

We're to start with 1/2 pill 12.5mg for 2 weeks

Then 1 pill for 2 weeks

then 1 1/2 pills for 2 weeks etc..
Basically ramping up every two weeks until we get to 100mgs a day.

The Neuro said the EEG showed that she did show some spikes and that there's definitely something abnormal in the left side of her brain. That her having her first seizure at 4, and each time was triggered by illness made her worry. They plan on treating her for 2 years and see how she does and if she 'outgrows' it or not and go from there on if we need to continue treatment.

At least she can take this med along with her Ritalin according to the Dr. I just hope she doesn't have a bad reaction like my youngest daughter did to the Topamax. I'm very scared about that. I'll start her meds in the morning.