LAMICTAL Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)Average Rating: 3.4 (1917 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LAMICTAL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Seizures | It's been great. I'd been having seizures from a injury to the head. I had brain surgery and they changed my drug to lama till I haven't had any seizures since. I may be a little bit more tired, but don't know if that's why | F | 49 | 2 years 125 mg am | 5/26/2013 | 5 | Bipolar | Loss of coordination. This medicine has worked wonders! I take it at night and do not wake up in the morning feeling hungover. | F | 34 | 5 years 300 MG | 5/21/2013 | 2 | Epilepsy, absence seizures. | Itchy skin, double vision, dejevous. Extreme tiredness, achy muscles, falling asleep in school, emotional, big increase in seizures. | My son was ok at 30mg twice aday but no controll of seizures. Since going upto 50mg, he is experiencing alot more problems. Hes drops off to sleep in school, legs ache, headaches, belly aches, itcy skin and increased seizures. Had infantile spasms at 6 months old and has very mild development delay. Falling behind in school now. | M | 10 | 6 months 50 2X day | 5/19/2013 | 5 | Bipolar | Very itchy. I get little individual hive welts that appear and then vanish within minutes. I've never gotten the dangerous rash though. Otherwise it has been literally a life saver. It keeps my mood within healthy ranges but I also still feel emotions intensely -- in other words, it hasn't made me feel "flat" or anything. It doesn't have any negative cognitive effects for me. The itchiness is worth it considering all the good it's done me. | F | 23 | 3 years 400mg | 5/8/2013 | 3 | major depression/intractible migrai | Feeling as if my head is a vast empty cave, loss of personality, feeling flat, memory loss and noticeable word finding problems. hair loss first 3 months which has completely subsided. | Debilitating intractable migraines drastically reduced! However I'm on the fence about this medication. I am no longer overwhelmed by suicidal thoughts, though I have recently been having some dramatic mood cycling which is triggered by seasonal allergies. I also can't remember sh*t which is very disconcerting! | F | 41 | 5 months 200 1X day | 5/7/2013 | 1 | Petit mal seizures | This drug killed me on the inside. I wanted to die. Hostility/Depression/Suicidal thoughts/Irritability/Loss of appetite/Anxiety/Severe mood change/Racing thoughts. Every day I wanted to sleep forever. It just broke me. | F | 17 | 2 months | 5/2/2013 | 1 | Bipolar II | Trouble finding words, trouble reading, loss of sense of humor, feel stupid, extreme difficulty making all types of decisions, loss of interest and excitement. | I am now on an ADHD medication which has helped and made me positive, social, and motivated. I still have all these things present though, as I haven't been able to get off this drug yet. I break down and cry all the time because of how boring I have become and how I am such a shell of my former self. And, frequently, there are days where I feel so stupid I don't know what to do with myself. For example, I can be sitting on the couch, stuck in a position, with absolutely no idea what I am doing or what my intentions are, and it becomes terrifying to choose, say, whether to wash my hands or brush my teeth, even though I only need to do the latter. I am very often confused, and everything except the current day feels like it happened last week. I suppose it doesn't sound severe, but it is very debilitating and I feel so empty, like a bunch of my personality is missing. I will note that this got WORSE over the period of time I've been using it, not better, and worse as the dosage was increased as well. | M | 16 | 9 months 100 MG 1X day | 4/14/2013 | 5 | Sensory overload (autism) | Not too many. When starting treatment I felt somewhat high/spaced out. Some people get pretty bad headaches or muscle pain, but I did not get that at all. At higher doses (~500 mg +), you may get minor double vision (your eyes might cross ever so slightly). Also, I got NO RASH! | Have a knowledgeable doctor prescribe this for you. Escalate the dose properly. My doctor even tested my lamotrigine blood levels to make sure everything was alright. This drug was excellent for the dissociation/depersonalization I get when I have sensory overload. It helps sensory integration. I have asperger's syndrome. I am on 600 mg of this drug, and even at this high dose, the side effects are very mild. | M | 22 | 4 years 300 mg 2X day | 4/12/2013 | 2 | Depression not responsive to ssris | Increased depression, rages, irritability, paranoia, painful body, speech and memory issues. Lethargy. Fog like. Very rapid cycling between sad and angry. Zero happiness and worse teeth clenching | F | 39 | 7 weeks 50 | 3/23/2013 | 2 | Seizures of unknown cause | Acne, Headaches, Acne, Sore Muscles, Acne, Vaginal Itching, Acne, Stiff Neck, Acne, Lethargy, Excessive Urination, & Acne. | F | 32 | 2 weeks 50mg/day | 3/11/2013 | 4 | Partial seizures | Lamictal in combination with Keppra for 9 years solved all my problems. No side effects other than irritability and your usual anxiety. Ten times more effective than Trileptal (weight gain problems). HOWEVER, since being taken off of Keppra and bumped to Lamictal XR 200 once a day, I have decreased cognitive functioning and feel as if I am in a fog throughout the entire day. | All I want to do is sleep, all the time. I can take nap after nap and get 8, 9, 10, 12 hours of sleep a night and feel fatigued throughout the day. Seizure-free for 10+ years, but in the past 6 months having trouble with memory, word retrieval, articulation, and a general sense of disconnect with my surroundings. | F | 20 | 10 years 100 MG 2X day | 3/6/2013 | 1 | Bipolar | Very naseous and having trouble eating. Bad headaches that don't go away no matter what i do. Can't focus or concentrate, double vision. Suicidal thoughts. | This medicine literally made me want to kill myself, it seems to work for some but not with me. | F | 17 | 7 days 50 1X day | 3/4/2013 | 2 | Bipolar II Disorder & Depression | dry eyes, lack of motivation, lethargy/sluggishness, difficulty awakening in a.m., headache & shooting head pain when increasing dosage | Have been titrating up the dose slowly over the past 2 months & currently take 50mg am & 75mg pm in hopes of stabilizing mood, decreasing depression and severe agitation. Have definitely noticed a quieting in my head w/less racing thoughts & more calm, but almost too calm. Little energy & motivation currently, when before I had boundless energy & needed little sleep - now feel lazy & tired a lot. Have not seem much improvement in depressive symptoms and seem to have traded crying for raging. Hoping that 200mg will bring relief like other say... | F | 45 | 2 months 125mg 1X day | 3/3/2013 | 3 | Epilepsy | Gained 2 stone. Short-term memory loss. Lethargy. Acne. Mood swings. | F | 41 | 3 years 75 mg 1X day | 3/1/2013 | 3 | Rapid cycling bipolar | severe lower back pain and stiffness, memory loss, word selection problems, headaches, dizziness, nausea, heartburn, abdominal pain, frequent urination, rage, irritation, anxiety, acne, small red bumps on legs. bruise easier, lack of sleep. | I am hyper sensitive to drugs and started at 6.5 and worked up to 25. Lamictal made me a bit racey for the first few months and i felt hyper productive and great. Still had minor ups and downs but less depressed. Stopped crying every day. Now i am beginning to realize how my memory and brain power have declined and am slowly tapering my dose. | F | 21 | 5 months 25mg 1X day | 2/24/2013 | 4 | Major Depression/Bipolar 2 | Depression has improved. Mood is not as stable as I would like. Still have a lot of agression/anger. Also taking Abilify 20mg, Mirtazapine (Remeron) 45mg and Wellbutrin XL 450mg. | M | 52 | 6 months 200mg 1X day | 2/16/2013 | 3 | Bi-polar | Some itching in the beginning but could be psychosomatic. | I am able to think more clearly. Less of the thoughts racing. Easier verbal communication. But it's nothing amazing to tell the truth. I'm coming off SNRI's and SSRI's. So compared with the "bubble" those antidepressants cause, this is a mild drug (thus far). | M | 31 | 3 months 150 1X day | 2/14/2013 | 5 | Major Depressive Disorder/Psychosis | Black dots and itching skin and crawling sentations from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. Almosts like tactile hallucinations. They can be distracting. I have to pee more and I get dehydrated faster.But other than that i hope all goes well and no more side effects pop up! :) | I love lamictal it took 4 weeks to kick in on 25mg and just got amazing on 50mg. Psych doc said why not up it so u feel even better? I waz skeptical but its amazing on 100mg. Stables my mood swings and depression. I'm aggitated less and my suicidal thoughts gone and my irrational thought to hurt others and myself are gone. My paranoia is not and of course not my voices but its not an anti psychotic so yaa. My family is happy and I'm doin great in school. | M | 18 | 6 weeks 100mg 1X day | 1/24/2013 | 1 | Bipolar | swollen lymph nodes; new ones form every day, flu-like symptoms, fever, chills, achy, weight gain, and migraines. | F | 29 | 4 weeks 50mg | 1/20/2013 | 1 | Bipolar | WEIGHT GAIN, water retention, MEMORY loss! | My dr told me this was weight neutral...I thought I gained weight from other meds I was on, LIES! I cannot get this weight off either!! I STOPPED lamictal because I kept gaining. I wasnt even HUNGRY on it! that was the best part! NO APPETITE so I wasnt eating. Then got a trainer and nutritionist...weight STILL wont come off! Has anyone else had this problem? When will the weight get off!!!!!!! Been off med for a month now working out 7 days a week | F | 6 months 1X day | 1/11/2013 |