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Have Others Had Shortness Of Breath With Lamotrigine? Was It From "respiratory Depression" Or Heart Issues? What Did It Feel Like?
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I have primary generalized seizures plus some temporal lobe activity. I started lamictal a few weeks ago, I have a gene that makes me more likely to have lamotrigine side effects and have always been highly sensitive to many kinds of drugs. I'm titrating up very slowly because of the genetic issues. Five days ago I stepped up the dose by a small amount and began having intense shortness of breath. I have a device for basic home EKGs and am not having arrythmia, and had a recent stress test so… read more

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