Lamictal in young children: The dose

I do find that Lamictal is very useful in treating affective dysregulation in young children. I begin at 10mg per day and increase it by 10mg every week to a maximum daily dose of 400mg per day using blood levels and clinical response as a guide.

Lamictal in children: Do blood levels to guide your dosing.

At present there are no guidelines for the use of Lamictal in children. But you can get blood levels of the drug to make sure you have not crossed the higher threshold. Blood ranges can be between 2 to 20, however I do find that a blood range of 8 to 12 is very effective.