Hi everyone. Kinda feeling discouraged right now.
Just over a month ago I was rushed to the ER with a seizure Ive never had before, and since my lamictal was upped to 300mg a day and 900mg of neurontin 3x a day was started.
Anyway as time has gone on the last month ive been getting better and better gradually. Time between myoclonic seizures are getting longer and longer. At first after hospital I was having them everyday.. but now i might not have one for 4 days.
Anyway, basically I dont have medical insurance. Generic neurontin which ive been getting is only roughly $25 for the month, my emergency med diazepam is $10 a month... and then....I found out generic lamictal (so far been on samples about to run out) is $250 a month !!
So im kinda bummed that just as things were starting to stabilize I find this out. I cant afford to see neuro since I have a bill to pay from the ER, ive lost 2 days work due to the economy... so I called and asked if he could just give me something similar to lamictal and fax it through to the pharmacy.
Anyway, he said he has to see me... that means.. Im going to go quite some time on only the neurontin.. so who knows whats going to happen...but I amstill wondering if there is a substitute ? I was given lamictal for partial seizures.
At this point, Im wondering whether I should just dis-continue medication and treatment altogether.. because all this stuff seem to be a never ending process, and I just want it to end.
Just over a month ago I was rushed to the ER with a seizure Ive never had before, and since my lamictal was upped to 300mg a day and 900mg of neurontin 3x a day was started.
Anyway as time has gone on the last month ive been getting better and better gradually. Time between myoclonic seizures are getting longer and longer. At first after hospital I was having them everyday.. but now i might not have one for 4 days.
Anyway, basically I dont have medical insurance. Generic neurontin which ive been getting is only roughly $25 for the month, my emergency med diazepam is $10 a month... and then....I found out generic lamictal (so far been on samples about to run out) is $250 a month !!
So im kinda bummed that just as things were starting to stabilize I find this out. I cant afford to see neuro since I have a bill to pay from the ER, ive lost 2 days work due to the economy... so I called and asked if he could just give me something similar to lamictal and fax it through to the pharmacy.
Anyway, he said he has to see me... that means.. Im going to go quite some time on only the neurontin.. so who knows whats going to happen...but I amstill wondering if there is a substitute ? I was given lamictal for partial seizures.
At this point, Im wondering whether I should just dis-continue medication and treatment altogether.. because all this stuff seem to be a never ending process, and I just want it to end.