Hi Group,

Some of you may remember me from posting earlier this year. I have a
(now) 15 year old son who has had seizures since age 8.  He has complex
partials, simple partials, absence and grand mal seizures. He was
evaluated earlier this year at MCG in Augusta for temporal lobe
surgery, but was not felt to be a good surgical candidate.

He has now gotten worse with 2 grand mals in the past 2 months, along
with at least once a week complex partial activity.  He was started on
Lamictal 10 days ago, added to the Keppra he was already taking.  We
were warned about the rash...

tonight, he came to me with an eye hemorrhage (subconjunctival for any
medical types) over half his left eye. There is no pain, burning,
visual disturbance, etc.  He has typical adolescent acne, so it's
difficult to tell if there is a skin rash, but he has a hugely swollen
lymph node on his shoulder blade.

Of course I will be calling the neuro 1st thing tomorrow, but wondered
if anyone else who has experienced lamictal problems had anything like
this.  I am definitely not giving the lamictal until I have talked to
the doctor tomorrow.

Thanks for listening, and for any advice, help.

Holly

mom of Cody, who is the joy of my life.