Zeeke,

My son is on Topomax and Lamictal was added in June.  My son's Neuro uses an
extended ramp up period to being his med levels up even slower with
Lamictal.  She told me that she does that as she firmly believes that a slow
ramp up can mitigate the likelihood of the rash occurring.  I suspect that,
with monotherapy, your Neuro may be reluctant to slow the ramp up period
down in order to start getting effective levels in her blood a little
quicker.

My son also was diagnosed as being primary generalized however, he exhibited
3 different seizure forms:  Absence, Tonic Clonic and Atonic.  I am told
that Primary generalized can take on just about about form...just depends on
the individual.  I will tell you though, that my son's cognitive ability has
climbed INCREDIBLY with the Lamictal and we're very happy with the results
so far.  If this continues we'll probably look at reducing his Topomax
levels.

God Bless and best wishes

Jedi and Son

Howdy Zeeke!

I'm getting an oh so subtle buzz for 30 seconds every 5 minutes.

I've had better sorts of buzzes on but, what the heck, at least I get this
one 24/7.