# Lamictal dosage

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341>\
**Category:** General TN & GPN (Old Site)\
**Created:** [September 28, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341 "2014-09-28T20:15:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liz4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@Liz4](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Liz4)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341/1 "2014-09-28T20:15:39Z")

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What is the usual way to take to lamictal? After working your way up to 200, does it go up another hundred?

I think I need an increase.

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**Author:** ![Beth4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Beth4](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Beth4)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341/2 "2014-09-28T20:21:17Z")

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Hi,

I took Lamictal and started at 50 mg and went up to 400 mg. At 400 mg, Lamictal provide amazing relief, but I had to stop the medication due to side effects.

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**Author:** ![Liz4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@Liz4](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Liz4)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341/3 "2014-09-28T20:23:52Z")

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Hi Beth,

Once you got to 200, did you go up another 100 in one dose to 300?

Liz

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**Author:** ![Beth4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Beth4](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Beth4)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341/4 "2014-09-28T20:30:20Z")

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Hi Liz,

Once I was at 200 mg, I went up 50 mg a week until I was at 400 mg.

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**Author:** ![Liz4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c77e96/32.png) [@Liz4](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Liz4)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341/5 "2014-09-28T20:59:45Z")

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Beth, I take two 100 mg tablets every morning (I took them at 9:00 am), I accidentally took another 100 at 4:00 pm. The pharmacist said I should I be fine. Have you ever heard of anybody doing that?

Liz

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**Author:** ![Beth4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Beth4](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Beth4)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341/6 "2014-09-28T21:26:52Z")

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Hi Liz,

When I was at 300 and 400 mg, I would take half of the dose (150 or 200 mg) at 9 am and the other half (150 or 200 mg) at dinner which was around 5-6 pm. That is similar to what you did today and I never had any problems.

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**Author:** ![Karen\_B](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/karen_b/32/5368_2.png) [@Karen\_B](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/u/Karen_B)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfacialpain.org/t/lamictal-dosage/7341/7 "2014-09-30T13:13:46Z")

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Liz,

I started on 100 mg of Lamictal twice a day several years ago. I increased that dosage to 200 mg twice a day but did it slowly, in increments of 50 mg. I had no adverse effects as a result.