Stevens Johnson syndrome.

I hope you get some relief!

You may need to go to a walk in or ER. It can be a very serious situation if you ignore it. Just think, if your outer skin membranes are irritated, then your inner cells may be irritated too. Lungs, liver, stomach, veins, arteries etc. As the previous post says, Steven Johnson syndrome can occur and it is serious.

It may be nothing, but please be on the safe side.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/stevens-johnson-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20355936

Call your doctor's office and leave your phone number so your doctor or the weekend on call doc
can call you back.

Pls call the DR bc this could be something serious and update us if you can

of liver problem. Drug might be affecting your liver. You need a blood test for liver function ASAP.

I had know from personal experience with an antibiotic drug that my liver didn't like.

perhaps try to shower before bed and best of luck!

When I was first put on Lamictal the neurologist wanted to follow the PDR to the letter which was 200 mg a day. I didn’t have the itching but suddenly I couldn’t spell and kept using the wrong words for things.

I asked the neurologist if I could try titrate down to a lower dose and he refused. I’m lucky in that the my seizures are very infrequent and are partial simple, so I don’t lose consciousness and remain aware, but I also have this overpowering sense of deja vu and my heart pounds. The after affect is existential fear.

Well, I decided to tritrate down on my own without telling the doctor. I did it very slowly, over several months. Turns out the best dose for me is 75 mg. No side effects like before.

Do you take brand name or generic? I take brand name and order from an online Canadian pharnaacy. Brand name cost for 90 days worth of 30 x 100 mg is $169. (In US would cost $700 a month). Since I take a smaller amount (75 mg) that 90 day supply lasts closer to 6 months.

Often times generics have different inactive ingredients from brand name. Maybe you can find brand name and see if the itch stops? I can tell you the online Canadian pharmacy I use (legit).

is either gone or I don't notice it because I am not trying to go to sleep. I am also on a lower dose.

I used to get this symptom called "Depersonalization" or "Derealization" where everything looks unreal or fake. It used to terrify me. It is only in the last couple years that it has pretty much gone away but I started getting the symptom in high school and I am now 66.

My partial simple seizures give me a temporary sense of “derealization”, but in my case it’s almost like I’m in a dream. Mine didn’t start until high school either. I think puberty has something to do with it.

It’s obviously something genetic in my family as my sister and brother have the exact same thing. My brother started on low dose lamictal (50 mg) and my sister started meditation exercises. Interestingly my sisters partial simple seizures went completely went away once she started meditation exercises. Hasn’t had one in over 30 years and she doesn’t take medication.. I just don’t have the discipline for meditation, lol.

All of us (me, brother, sister) didn’t have symptoms until puberty. We all have GAD too (generalized anxiety).

God luck to you!