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Lamictal And Body Jerks
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I know its a side affect of Lamictal. the whole body suddenly jerks no warning Does anyone else get them?

posted June 21, 2020
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

My Epileptologist said mine are too deep in the brain to show up on EEG. Temporal or Frontal Lobe.

posted June 22, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

As long as you remain at 200mg one can get used to it. Its when you go to max 250mg like i did is when it gets hard to deal with.

posted June 22, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I used to Gabapentin along with Lamictal and it lasted 3 weeks. And had to be removed. Think of your current dosage of Lamictal times 2. It has the same side effects making one feel twice as bad. I don't know much about Onfi sorry.

posted June 22, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

If that is all you are having with lamictal, you are not doing bad. When i used to take the drug i had 9 out of a possible 19 side effects with the drug. The ones i had were; blurred and double vision, difficulty speaking, headache, dizziness, dry mouth, uncontrollable eye movement and drowsiness just to name a few. It is a hard drug to adjust to because of the many side effects and they are not pleasant.

posted June 22, 2020
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

My nuerologist told me. if you look up the drug which I have lately because I have too much in my blood it causes lots of crazy things. Hiccups is also one and others which are really dangerous. The jerks don't bother me at all

posted June 21, 2020

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