peeej Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 i don't get why they always say this. as if my dosage shouldn't do anything, because someone twice my weight is on more than that. does that make any flippin' sense? lamictal 175mg is not a subclinical doseage as far as i know. am i wrong?? (not really) and doseages WILL vary by weight AND effectiveness for a particular body chemistry, right? im 5'6 and weight 100lbs. get off my bony back, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha443556 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Not that familiar with Lamictal however RxList has the target dose at 200mg/day for bipolar. For epilepsy, dosage varies by weight and age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeej Posted July 3, 2009 Author Share Posted July 3, 2009 Not that familiar with Lamictal however [link=http://www.rxlist.com/lamictal-drug.htm" target="_blank]RxList[/link] has the target dose at 200mg/day for bipolar. For epilepsy, dosage varies by weight and age. thanks! i do think 25mg lower than target is probably doing something. if i was taking 50 or 75mg, maybe that is questionable. and im not entirely sure why bipolar dosages would be all the same regardless of how fast one would metabolize it. meh. i was given 1mg or risperdal once, and it made me black out on the way back from the bathroom. ah, that's a different drug class, but yeah, it's as much a rant about body weight as anything. i just don't see how it wouldnt make a difference, and lots of people have all kinds of different reactions to meds, too. like paradoxical reactions. so yeah. i dont know that drs, when they react that way to me, are really saying they think it's just placebo effect rather than the med doing something, but that's the feeling i get. it seems like a reasonable explanation to me, that weight affects how the body handles a drug. as a general rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazynotstupid Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Lamictal is (as are pretty much all these meds) a YMMV drug--mileage varies. I was doing fine on 200 mg for quite some time, but then some switch got flipped along the way and we had to up to 300 mg, which seems to have been working since. 200 is the most commonly scripted dose cuz it has been found to be what commonly works for bp depression so pdocs shoot for that. It can be adjusted for what fits the individual. There is no magic perfect number that fits everyone. What works for a person...works. Grab that dose and stick to it, change it later if you have to. It's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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