LAMICTAL Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)Average Rating: 3.4 (1917 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LAMICTAL with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Date added. Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 |
More on LAMICTAL: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Bipolar II/Cyclothymia | Severe anger, irratibility. Very vivid dreams.. felt like I was hallucinating. Foggy, Itchy. | My racing thoughts have completly stopped! Also, my moods are not so up and down as they used to be. (Depressed then very happy several times in 24 hours) Anxiety calmed a little. My anger and vivid dreams are so extreme though that I have thought about getting of medication. | F | 19 | 10 days 25 MG 1X day | 1/16/2012 | 3 | Partial Complex Seizures | WEIGHT GAIN, headaches, stiff neck, memory loss, insomnia, FORGETFULLNESS, | I was on Topamax for 2 years and wanted off because it was affecting my personality and making me a zombie. The initial weight loss was awesome. However, it got to be extreme. I wanted something different. Neurologist put me on Lamictal. I gained some of my weight back which was ok. The problem now is that I have gained .5 lbs EVERY week. I watch everything I put in my mouth and I work out 5 x a week. I have gone to a personal trainer, thinking I was doing something wrong. Nothing will make the weight come off. A little weight gain would have been fine. The continuing weight gain is really bothersome. Most of that is my vanity speaking though. Aside from that, I have some massive headaches, I wake up in the morning stiff and humped over like a 90 y/o. I don't sleep well at night. I get regular massages because of a stiff neck. I cannot remember crap. Some of that relates to the Topamax and seizures in general. I am afraid that my short-term and some of my long-term memory is just gone. I have repeated myself to everyone so frequently that I feel like an idiot. I should have just sucked it up with the Topamax. | F | 37 | 1 years 200 mg 1X day | 1/15/2012 | 5 | bipolar | nausea and dizziness if I miss only 1 dose. If I miss 2 doses I can barely stand | no side effects if i don't miss any doses | F | 61 | 7 years 150mg 2X day | 1/12/2012 | 5 | Bipolar Depression | No side effects other than a slight headache once in a while for brief periods that either goes away on its own or with Advil. | Lamictal literally saved my life. I was diagnosed with chronic bipolar depression and went through a yearlong major depressive episode where I was completely debilitated for over a year. I was prescribed Lithium and Wellbutrin by one psychiatrist for 9 months to no avail. Finally went to a pyschopharacologist who put me on Lamictal and within two weeks I was able to get off the couch and start functioning again. | M | 50 | 5 months 100 MG 2X day | 1/10/2012 | 3 | Bipolar II | Weight Gain on the Generic | I have posted here on this website before about Dr Reddy's Lab. It took me a while to realize that after switching from brand name Lamictal to the manufacturer Dr Reddy's lab that I gained weight. I thought the gain was unrelated until I lost a few pounds after cutting back my dosage and going back to the brand name. After doing a google search, there are a couple other people who also gained about 10 lbs with that company. It's odd that everyone gained the same amount. | F | 35 | 8 years 200 MG 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 3 | resistant depression (major). | Well, so far I have trouble staying asleep & sometimes it appears that inside of my mouth is kind of sore. I am super afraid to get any type of rash that it stays on my mind everyday. | I was scared to start taking this drug because of the side affects, but the other meds that I tried seem to work in the beginning & then they stop working for some reason & different things in my life seemed to trigger my depression more, but so far, this drug seem 2 be taking away my melancholy feelings that I had. I hope & pray that the side effects are minimal! | F | 49 | 2 weeks 25mg daily 1X day | 1/9/2012 | 1 | Bipolar II | Blunted emotions | F | 27 | 150 1X day | 1/9/2012 Patient History | 4 | Bipolar II | Slight short-term memory loss on brand name. When switched to generic (as insurance made me), started having body aches and depression came back to point of suicidal thoughts. | I had GREAT success with the brand name Lamictal but when switched to generic "Dr. Reddy's Lab," my depression came back along with body aches like I had the flu. I began tapering off the 200 mg I was on and at 100 mg, the aches were gone but the depression not only came back but so did slight hypomania in rapid cycling form. My recommendation is for anyone considering going on this med it to be sure your dr. says "no substitutes" on your RX form and gets you the brand name form. I had came across crazymeds.org and there it is said that the "Dr. Reddy's" is so useless, it's like a placebo. This med worked great under the BRAND NAME. If you wanna try this med, get the the real thing. Also, it was after being switched to the generic that I quickly gained 10 lbs. I read this has happened with others. | F | 35 | 8 years 200 mg 1X day | 1/6/2012 | 5 | Bipolar 1, Rapid cycling | Hair Loss | I love lamictal. It keeps my bipolar disorder stablized. | F | 21 | 3 years 100 MG 1X day | 1/3/2012 | 5 | Epilepsy | I haven't had a seizure since I was 10. It works miracles with epilepsy!!! | F | 16 | 6 years 200 MG | 12/26/2011 | 5 | Bipolar II | I had bad anxiety for the first day. After the first day I have not had any side effects at all. I don't feel "drugged", either. This is good stuff. If I don't get the rash that is associated with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, then I will take this until the day I die. | This medicine (Lamotrigine - generic for Lamictal) has helped with the irrational anxiety, depression and anger. I am on 25MG per day. I take it in the morning with food. I think that I will only need 50MG of this each day. I don't plan on increasing the dosage above 50MG per day unless I need to. | M | 29 | 9 days 25 MG 1X day | 12/20/2011 Patient History | 5 | mood stabalizer | I had no side effects up to 150mg and it worked very well for me at 200mg I started having insomnia and am considering going back to 150mg. It is a great drug and has helped a huge amount. Not sure if I am alone in this 150 vs 200mg side effects as some take higher doses and seem fine | M | 35 | 2 months 200 | 12/20/2011 | 1 | Bi-polar | I started taking Topomax and Lamictal 1 ½ years ago. I immediately noticed memory problems, short-term memory loss and problems processing thoughts quickly and efficiently, but didn’t connect the problems with the medicines. I finally realized they might be connected and stopped taking Topomax 9 months later and Lamictal 15 months later. My memory did not return as a result of stopping either. At some point it no longer mattered whether the medicines were assisting me as they were designed to, because they interfered do drastically with my memory that I could no longer hold down a job. If you notice memory impairment, please investigate immediately alternative treatments for your ailment and try to stop taking these medicines. I am trusting that Jesus is in control of my medicines, my health, my future and my life and is working to provide and care for me. I know that He loves me and is my all-powerful Savior. I trust that He will either restore my memory or take ca | F | 40 | 15 months 100mg 1X day | 12/14/2011 | 5 | Bipolar I | None very noticable. MAYBE a slight decrease in mid-term and long-term memory. | Lamictal worked wonders for obsessive tendencies. I used to get stuck on things that made me sad or angry and not let them go; now I can let things roll right off me. | M | 22 | 2 years 150mg 1X day | 12/12/2011 | 1 | misdiagnosed bipolar | Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (life-threatening allergic reaction) | F | 18 | 15 days ? MG 2X day | 12/5/2011 | 1 | misdiagnosed bipolar disorder | disoriented; dizzy; severe tremors; vision disturbance | I do not recall the dosage as it has been awhile since I took the med. I went to a new psych w/ complaints of depression. I had, nor do have now, any symptoms related to any of the bipolar spectrum. Within this one session, the doc diagnosed me w/ bipolar and tried to give me Lithium which I refused. She prescribed Lamictal which I agreed to try despite continued concerns. Within one week I experienced disruptive side effects. It does make sense, especially if there was no need for me to take it in the first place. | F | 50 | 7 days 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 5 | Epilepsey | Lamictal has greatly changed my life. I remember dreams and am very alert. I sleep about 6 hours a night and have a clear mind in the morning. My personality is now very level no ups and doens. I have taken many other medicaitons for epilepsey and this is the best. | I have been taking medication for epilepsy for 48 years and this is the best drug for controlling my petit mal and grand mal seizures - it has the least side effects of any drug I have taken in the past. | F | 61 | 5 years 450 mg/day 2X day | 12/3/2011 | 4 | Bipolar II | Hair thinning and brittle, insomnia, hypermania at higher doses, random suicidal thoughts | This is a wonder drug for me. It stopped my severe depressions and stabilized manics somewhat. This medication did appear to have caused my hair to become increasingly thinner and brittle, and I have had a lot of hair loss. Didn't notice it until about 1 yr. Have to take it in AM because PM dose causes insomnia. Tends to lift mood, which means I do still struggle with some manic phases, but the depression is completely gone. | F | 41 | 2.5 years 100 1X day | 12/2/2011 | 4 | Bipolar II | Itchiness, hair loss, jumbled words, memory loss. Most settled down soon after starting on this though hair loss continues. | Changed my life for the better. SIDE NOTE - any other bipolar folk also hypermobile like me? It has helped my neuropathic pain associated with that enormously too. Am not a researcher, but I have Ehlers Danlos Hypermobility type and there may be some association with mood disorders/bipolar, so I'm interested to know! :-) Contact me and let me know, I've enabled email comments (I hope, at least I tried to!) | F | 49 | 1 years 50mg 1X day | 11/30/2011 | 4 | bi polar 2 | Migrains, dry mouth. | I have been on 15 anti depressant and other meds like them and this worked by far the best for me. it gave me terrible migraines which is the only reason i stopped it. i would recommend it still. | M | 19 | 2 months ? 1X day | 11/29/2011 |