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 |
| 1 | Unspecified bipolar | Memory loss short and long term total panic attacks and almost completely changed personality and mood swings. Pain in my joints like knees and elbows and neck. Terrible nightmares playing me. I feel like I can't control my emotions or my own thoughts they come and interrupt me everywhere invasive and obsessive. I am always confused and in a haze, my relationships are deteriorating and I hate myself. | I am getting off it very slowly titrating down over like 3 months so far everything has just gotten worse. I just took my last dose yesterday so hopefully things will look up! I need my creativity and personality back. I can't live this way. | F | 23 | 8 months 100 mg 1X day | 3/20/2022 | 5 | Bipolar II | Double vision | 60 | 3 years 200 1X day | 3/11/2022 | 2 | Depression | Horrible memory loss, DP/DR | Didn't help my depression. Made DP/DR bad. Had horrible memory loss. I'd be in the middle of a thought and the thought would just fall out of my head. Poof, gone. So strange. But I'm not bipolar so I'm not sure why I was prescribed this. Heard it's worked wonders for manic people. Not for me tho | M | 26 | 6 months 50 1X day | 2/27/2022 | 5 | Bipolar and bpd | Brand name causes in me tachycardia, generico no | M | 42 | 1 days 100mg 1X day | 2/21/2022 | 5 | Bipolar and bpd | tachycardia | M | 42 | 1 days 100mg | 2/21/2022 | 1 | Nocturnal Seizures | Side effects: dizziness/vertigo (worse in the morning), blurry vision, extreme difficulty concentrating/remembering/reading, weak/tingly limbs, difficulty standing for a long time, increased libido, dry mouth, severe fatigue, stiff neck, hair loss, and sporadic tremors. | All of the problems I'm having began when I started this medication and it hasn't even stopped my nocturnal seizures (I had NO other neurological problems aside from seizures 1-2 times a year prior to medication). My ability to be creative and think critically is gone, I can't retain memory or learn new things, and the scariest side effects are the periodic tremors and weakness in my limbs. I've had every test under the sun, and am told I'm in great health. I sometimes wobble when I walk and I'm a zoned out zombie now. It's affecting my performance at work and my confidence as a competent adult. Every day feels like a battle against the debilitating fatigue and vertigo, heavy weak legs, and inability to adequately comprehend thoughts and words. I spend every day living in fear now, because I don't know my own body on this medication. | F | 30 | 7 months 100 MG 2X day | 2/18/2022 | 1 | Seizure disorder | Difficulty walking properly, feeling foggy and like I might fall, dizziness ( vertigo) memory issues. | Physician pressures me to take thinks I may have seizure | M | 80 | 1 years 175 mg day 2X day | 11/24/2021 | 1 | I have been feeling so terrible these last few months, initially I had indicated to the prescriber that I was feeling terrible and she disregarded my opinion. These last two months I've been drained of energy, especially in the morning. I wake up at random times during the night (even with a sleeping medication of 150mg), nonetheless, the red color on my knees comes and goes, followed by joint pain. My arms, knees, hips, ankles are always in pain, and cracking. I have limited cognitive functionality. I do not retain as much information as I used to, my head always feels like its on fire. I get rashes from time to time on my legs, and arms, my neck is stiff. I dislike this medication. It's been ruining my life, I do not recommend. | F | 22 | 4 months 100 1X day | 10/30/2021 | 5 | Bipolar 2, irritability, anxiety | None. | Eliminated my extreme irritability almost completely. It has brought me such relief. Life altering. | F | 51 | 2 years 200 1X day | 10/8/2021 | 2 | anxiety/ mood disorder NOS | Extreme brain fog, fatigue, depersonalization/derealization. Irritability, worsened anxiety, intrusive obsessive thoughts, behavioral concerns, low mood. Cognitive impairment, including problems with attention, memory, processing speed, etc that significantly affect ability to function and carry out ordinary life tasks. I feel after coming off the cognitive impairment may be longterm. Seemed the main effect was to feel separated from one's emotions while still simultaneously experiencing them. | Note: In comparison to other anticonvulsant and "mood stabilizer" options, lamictal is usually tolerated better and viewed as less extreme. For example, fatigue from lamictal was less extreme that fatigue from gabapentin. | F | 20 | 6 years 150 mg 1X day | 10/6/2021 | 1 | depression | The pills were so tiny that I wondered if they would do anything at all. But after taking 1 pill, then another the next day ( in the morning ), I experienced horrible restless insomnia when I tried to sleep that night. I didn't take any more, but I could hardly get through the next day because I felt so bad. | I think that there are too many drugs on the market that have an insomnia side effect. How can a prescription drug help depression if it causes insomnia ?? I can't think of too many more counter-productive side effects than insomnia, especially for depression. | F | 74 | 2 days 50 mg. 1X day | 7/6/2021 | 5 | Bipolar | None | Lamictal eradicated my bipolar depression. Changed my life. | M | 53 | 11 years 100 MG 3X day | 6/15/2021 | 5 | Bipolar 2, anxiety, panic attacks | A little dizzy at times | I just started taking lamictal along with my prozac 20mg. I have been on and off SSRI's for years for depression and anxiety and recently Dx bipolar 2. I am already feeling my depression lifting and my old self returning. I am hopeful that I continue to feel good on lamictal. So far I am extremely satisfied! I am very fearful of trying new medication but I am so glad I did!!! | F | 54 | 0 days 25 mg 1X day | 5/30/2021 | 1 | Depression, Bipolar | It was ok at beginning low dosage then everything was increasing then it just kept getting worse, severe hot flashes, night sweats, dry mouth, insomnia I could take it, know I'm SLOWLY going odd it and realizing what this did to me and my body, very hard getting off with withdrawals but DEFINITELY doing it!!!! | F | 56 | 3 years 250 mg 1X day | 5/25/2021 | 3 | Seizures, depression, PTSD, anxiety | I have been experiencing a considerable amount of loss in coordination, I cant even walk in a straight line without teetering to one side and almost falling. My brain feels tingly and I get severely light headed when I move it up and down (and sometimes side to side).I have had terrible insomnia to the point of staying up for three days in a row. I sometimes get these moments of intense nausea where I feel like I'm going to throw up. I find myself increasingly zoning out of conversations and have a hard time retaining memories. I have noticed that my speech and conversational skills are lacking and I have begun to competely forget about how to pronounce certain words as well as remembering them. I have been having severe muscles pain in my shoulders and neck to the of point no being able to move them past a certain point. I have had minor weightloss and little to no appetite, sometimes I only eat one or no meals in a day. Currently I am at 250mg per day, but in two days I will increase to 300mg(150 in themorning and night). This making me worried because I fear my side effects will worsen to the point of injuring myself by simply walking/knocking into things and gaining an alarming severe vertigo when I move my head. Also I have developed a small bug bite like mark on my stomach and it kinda freaks me out because it might turn into a rash. | I have not had seizures, depressive episodes, or forceful intruding thoughts; but this might be short lived since I am only at 13 weeks. | F | 20 | 3 months I50mg 2X day | 5/4/2021 | 4 | Seizure | I had my first and only seizure a few months after brain surgery. I was put on Keppra and felt irritable and easily agitated. They switched me to Lamotrigine 200mg twice a day. It's worked in preventing any more seizures but I also feel it's dulled my emotions- but more my happiness. I still cry and feel sad emotions but when I get happy, it's like there is this ceiling to my feelings that suppresses how excited I feel. I don't know if it's timing- 9 months after surgery, Covid became a thing, so I wonder if it's a mix of post-surgery emotional recovery, pandemic life, or medication. | F | 32 | 1 years 200 2X day | 5/2/2021 | 3 | Epilepsy | Very restless sleep, struggle getting to sleep, lack of motivation, depression, anxiety. Dosage has just been increased so all of the above has just gotten worse!! Particularly my dreams. Wake up feeling like I have studied all night. Like others- after waking at times not sure if it was just a dream or it actually happened | F | 45 | 5 years 40mg 2X day | 3/24/2021 | 5 | Depression, anxiety, rapid cycling | This drug has been life changing for me. You need to sloooowly titrate up. I've gone from 25mg to my now ideal dosage of 200mg split 100/AM and 100PM. I am not so super sensitive and can now step back and see the whole picture and stop feeling like the world is going to fall out from under me. After 15 years of medication, I've found the one. No weight gain, or side effects at all besides oilier skin and a little more sweating than normal. Also increased my sex drive and actually helped my focus at work. | F | 38 | 3 months 100mg 2X day | 2/24/2021 | 4 | Unipolar depression | A bit of insomnia. A bit of fatigue at the beginning of my treatment. | It worked better than any SSRIs for me. I felt the effect right in the moment of my first dose. | M | 54 | 1.5 years 50 mg 1X day | 2/17/2021 | 5 | Depression/Anxiety | Helped reduce mood swings, helps with anxiety. | I’m very pleased with how Lamictal works for me. No negative side effects. | F | 58 | 2 years 125 MG 1X day | 2/13/2021 |