Hi, I’m up early here on the west coast. I go to Virginia tomorrow and spent the last three days switching over to east coast time. It really helps.
The traveling makes me think of my meds. Here are some tips on travel and meds:
- Put your meds in three places. On your body- purse, pill box in wallet, etc.
- Put meds in your carry on- I have enough for the trip in my bag- it’s about 15 pills.
- Put meds in regular suitcase.
That way I have meds no matter what happens. I can’t miss doses, so I overprepare when it comes to travel.
Julie
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I just wanted to know if you know much about the generic form of Lamictal called Lamotrigne. My boyfriend just switched after 3 years on lamictal because of the insurance company. I started looking it up on the internet and have read many forums about all the side effects people are having since switching and saying it’s sending back to depression that they haven’t had since being on lamictal. Needless to say it’s making me nervous so I was wondering if you’ve heard anything about it? I heard it’s a new this year and most insurance companys are making people switch to it and people don’t find out until they pick their script up and find out then that it’s been switched to the generic.
re travel
if you will be travelling by car, a lawyer friend tells me (has had clients stopped with rx drugs that were legitimately rx’d for them) that you can smooth your way by taking your actual rx bottles. this demonstrates that your pills in your pill box are prescribed for you and are not illegal drugs. i don’t want to get stopped by a trooper in east jesus on a drug charge. a large freezer bag does just fine! my son is also bipolar, so i also created a list of our meds, doctors names address phones to make contacting them quick and easy.