Lamotrigine Monotherapy in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

"It is a mood stabilizer that is clinically the first choice if patients present with depression and is effective in adults for mania in maintenance phase. So it is administered to see how effective it is in children and adolescents.~The dose of lamotrigine will be 12.5 mg per day beginning the first day. It is increased in 12.5 mg increments every week until it reaches 50 mg and 25 mg per week of increment thereafter until maximum dose of 150 mg in those below 50 kg and 200-400 mg depending on clinical response in those above 50 kg."