Last fall I was switched from Lamotrigine to Vimpat to try and sort of side effect concerns (memory, cognitive function, sleep, etc). I don't think I have found much difference looking back from now to last October. I am fully controlled and was fully controlled on Lamotrigine. I am spending 3 times the amount I spent on a three month supply of Lamotrigine on one a month supply of Vimpat. I'm thinking about asking for a different medication that doesn't cost so much. I know my wife doesn't want me on the Lamotrigine due to the mood regulation. I'm also wondering if the emotion regulation has anything to do with where the lesions on my right temporal lobe are? Carbamazepine seemed to work fine but my therapeutic levels were out of whack and electrolytes where not staying fully stable on carbamazepine. I guess there are other meds that aren't as expensive as zimpat that will work and not cost so much.
Gilles
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Gilles
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