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Carbamazepine
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Anyone have any experience switching off carbatrol to lamictal? Did you have seizures? They want me off 200 mg a week. Off in 4 weeks and building up on lamictal now before cutting carbatrol.

posted March 3, 2018
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I have been on it for almost 14 years and all my bloodwork has been fine. I haven't had a grand mal seizure since I started taking it.

posted February 10, 2019 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Im surprised to hear you can only be on carbamazepine for 7 years.. I've been on it for over 18 years

posted January 25, 2019
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I went from tegretol to lamictal

posted December 19, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

It is because you can only take tegratol for 7 year before the start making you fell bad they can poison your blood

posted October 23, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Wow really I hope I get new meds then later I can't remember how ling i took that one but now I switched to oxcarbamazopine..and I'm good I hope

posted October 22, 2018

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