More Lamictal

Upping the ampage of the VNS didn't seem to do anything, so our next step is to try to increase the Lamictal again. Today, we gave John 87.5mg, up from the 75mg that he's been on for quite awhile. Hopefully we'll see some improvement with the seizures, and no new side-effects. I truly hate to give him more meds, as he is doing pretty good right now. But, we need to keep pressing to get him completely seizure free so that his brain has a chance to heal. I'll update again soon.

On a side note, I was filling in his weekly pill box from a new prescription when I noticed that there were 2 different types of pills in the container. They were both white and almost the same size, but a slightly different shape. Kind of scary that a pharmacy would make a mistake like that. As it turned out, they were both 25mg Lamictal tablets. One was chewable (correct) and one was the non-chewable. So, it probably wouldn't be a big deal if John had taken it. He probably would have spit it out, though. The pharmacy was extremely apologetic.