Acceptance

[shadesong]

Further on from something my brain was tossing around yesterday.

I know that, re: my body, I am supposed to Accept, to Let Go. So what was fuddling me was whether I was acting counter to that by getting the medication changed. Is that Fighting It in a negative sense? Is it better to just sit and Accept the side effects with the Lamictal? Is this Not Letting Go? Or is it a valid exploration?

I don't know.

Comments

[elfwench.livejournal.com]

Clearly getting down to 92 lbs. is not acceptable nor healthy. Is it possible, though, that it's something else causing the weight loss? Perhaps that's something you should explore with your primary physician.

However, the fact that the neuro. is blatantly prescribing off label on something so specifically stated by the FDA concerns me. I still think you should get a second opinion.

It is also possible that you are having both seizures and pseudoseizures brought on by stress. So the more you can relax, the better things will go.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

However, the fact that the neuro. is blatantly prescribing off label on something so specifically stated by the FDA concerns me.

Find me a doctor who doesn't! It's perfectly valid... especially when the patient's body isn't reacting to something in a normal way. If the patient is having mega side effects on something "mild", try something "milder" that's still been proven to control seizures.

[fiddledragon]

The problem is that the FDA can't keep up with research indicating new uses for drugs. If research supports the use of off-label usage, then it's not a bad thing - and the more research there is, the easier it will be to get the FDA to eventually approve those uses as well.