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 |
| 4 | Bipolar/OCD/Anxiety | Only side effects have been dry mouth and random gag reflex in the morning until I eat. No nausea accompanies it. I only experience that when I regularly take my full 200mg dose. If I take half it (when I get off track) then it doesn't happen. | I have been on Lamictal in addition to Prozac for over 15 years. I definitely notice a huge difference when I regularly take my full dose. I have been bad about keeping up with taking them in the past and after a couple of weeks without it I feel completely different. Lamictal helps my mood stay balanced, I don't get so emotional and my anxiety fades. I am overall happier and less stressed out | F | 32 | 17 years 200mg 1X day | 7/31/2020 | 3 | Depression | Severe memory loss, spelling difficulties, reading difficulties, confusion, acne, blurry vision. | I experienced no side effects in the first year or so of taking Lamictal, but then in the last couple of years the cognitive problems have slowly gotten worse. I routinely forget conversations I've had, go into rooms many times a day and forget why, have trouble spelling and understanding simple concepts. I often feel confused and out of it. It is a nightmare and I am currently coming off the medication because of these issues. I know not everyone experiences these issues, but for me they are severe. Would love to hear from anyone also experiencing these types of difficulties. Will leave my email. | F | 4.5 years 350mg 1X day | 7/29/2020 | 1 | PTSD | Made me sleepy and embarrassing I woke up every 2 hrs. When I reached the 100mg I thought I had to urinate every 2 hours but I was shocked when I never did urinate when I thought I would. Honestly, it felt like I was having an orgasm from hell. Never stopped day or night. Women will know the feeling I am speaking of. Heck I haven't had sex in 20's so it took awhile for me to figure out what the sensation was I was getting woken up with. I guess I had an odd side effect but my Dr. said that it does have that effect on a small number. | It works for PTSD if you can get up to 200mgs. without strange side effect. | F | 67 | 2 months 100mg. 1X day | 7/17/2020 | 5 | Encephalitis | Weight loss | No other side effects however dr did say (I am very tired) that when encephalitis is better the medication will make you very tired. | F | 60 | 10 months 300 2X day | 7/7/2020 | 5 | Mood swings/depression | Night sweats!! I will wake up in the middle of the night soaked, and I don't sweat. This doesn't happen often but when it does it's bad. Other than that, I have not experienced any other side effects. | This has helped me immensely! I have been on cymbalta for 2 years now for depression and anxiety which helped with my anxiety tremendously however, I was still agitated and very moody and also had a nervous breakdown which led me to a hospital stay which was a blessing because I was then put on Lamictal and it has been a life changer for me. | F | 32 | 5 months 50 | 6/26/2020 | 1 | Bipolar | Lockjaw , headaches, Itching , Horrible drug | 47 | 14 days 25 | 6/15/2020 | 1 | bipolar depression | dosage may be inaccurate but. it was very small insomnia - took my body a month to start sleeping properly. could be up for 3 days straight. bad acne started around two months. extremely bad headaches started to scare me so I stopped taking it | I havent taken lamictal in 2-3 months now. and NOW I have the side effect of feeling like bugs are crawling on me. To the point I have bad anxiety, sit up turn the light on theres nothing there.. lay back down.. same thing again a minute or so later. Just hoping it goes away because its making my anxiety awful. but im glad someone else said it was a side effect because my paranoia is driving me insane | F | 25 | 6 months 25mg 1X day | 6/10/2020 | 5 | Bipolar | None. | A miracle product . It stabilized my severe bi polar mania and normalized my moods to a great extent Had I stayed with other drugs prescribed me I would not have survived | M | 67 | 0 days 450 | 6/7/2020 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Surprisingly, I experienced no negative side effects. It felt like I wasn’t even taking medicine, and then one day I woke up and I felt happy and stable. I could think clearly and articulate my thoughts better. | This drug helped me balance my emotions with Bipolar 2 Disorder a great deal. Paired with therapy, it’s worth it. | F | 25 | 3 months 100 MG | 6/5/2020 | 5 | Extreme Mood swings and anxiety | Sensitive skin - unable to sunbathe burn very easy. Brain zaps | Life changing... along with Anafranil best combo for me. After trying many different SSRIs over 10 years finally I feel good! | F | 39 | 2 years 100 | 5/28/2020 | 3 | Anxiety Disorder | No significant side effects | This is the only medication I've taken that hasn't presented any noticeable side effects. It felt genuinely effective for about the first ten months of taking it, but I noticed the dosage gradually increase without any improvement in my mood swings. It was moderately helpful short-term and gentle on the body. | F | 16 | 3 years 150 MG 1X day | 5/26/2020 | 4 | Depression, bi-polar II | In general I have had very few obvious physical side effects from the medication. I am hyper-sensitive to most pharmaceuticals and this is pretty much the only psych med I have ever tolerated. However it has a mood blunting affect at a higher dose (I was on 200mg for 3 years) and this was apparent to friends and family. 100mg is ok for the most part. | One significant down side of this medication is that it has absolutely killed my creative drive and creative expansive mind. I no longer have the ability to fantasize and let my mind wander. It’s a weird effect but a real one. On the flip side, bi-polar is no joke so I pretty much have had to accept that the benefits of staying on a reasonably low dose of this medication outweighs the truly significant creative loss I’ve experienced from it. | F | 48 | 8 years 100 | 4/26/2020 | 4 | Anxiety, OCD, and BPD | Vivid, disturbing dreams and nightmares, increase in acne, weight loss | I really liked Lamictal. It helped with my severe anxiety and panic attacks and obsessive thoughts, and agitation. I'm not sure if it was the placebo effect because it was only a week in and it was such a small dose, but I definitely noticed an improvement. I had to stop it only 10 days in because I noticed it was making my acne worse. It wasn't anywhere as bad as Lithium, but it was still enough to make me feel more insecure. Another side effect was the vivid dreams. I was having extremely vivid, detailed, disturbing nightmares every night. I also experienced weight loss and lack of appetite but this wasn't a dealbreaker for me. The acne and nightmares were however. I really wish I could've kept taking it. | F | 20 | 10 days 25 mg 1X day | 3/30/2020 | 2 | Personality disorder. Bi polar, co | It's hard to say that I can describe anything as being the fault of Lamictal. I also take Seroquel , propranolol, and 8 other meds for myriad of problems. Sex drive is there but no desire to pursue it. Fatigued, spaced out, thoughts scattered and unfocused. Hard to stay awake and have "blackouts". My memory was good but not now. It is non existent. | F | 60 | 4 years 100 mg×3 | 3/22/2020 | 3 | depression | Headaches, initial euphoria, lethargy | F | 31 | 5 years 200 mg 1X day | 1/30/2020 | 5 | Bipolar 2 | None | Before I started taking Lamictal I was being treated with Effexor alone. It helped some, but never made me feel “well”. When I started taking Lamictal, everything changed. I wanted to live again, I am no longer thinking the worst about my life situations. For the first time in as long as I can remember, I am truly content. This drug saved my life. | F | 52 | 1 months 75mg | 1/28/2020 | 1 | Central pain Syndrome | Save yourself! Terrible drug! It caused severe damage to my intestines. I have severe intestional spasms!!! There are not words to describe the amount of pain! Excruciating doesn't come close!! My suffering is caused by Lamotrigene!!!! I ubered to the is hospital because of this drug! I had no intestinal issues ever until this drug Now i have inflamation in my intestines and silent reflux, from Lamotrigine i can not eat anything acidic or spicy. I am praying this damage is NOT permanent. Or IT HAS DESTROYED MY LIFE! From this day forward I will read the fine print side effects!! I have been off this drug for 6 months intestines are still spasming! | Other side effects I experienced were a very dry parched mouth no matter how much you drank your mouth is dry that's awful then I started losing my balance. | F | 58 | 3 months 25 mg | 1/12/2020 | 2 | Bipolar 2 | Confusion, loss of motivation and creativity direction, major memory problems (both long and short term), general apathy, slow thinking | I feel so sad because lamictal is the only mood stabilizer that I’ve tried that did not make me numb or make me gain weight. My mood is moderately more stable but the neurological side effects are hindering my life. I feel dull, slow, unfocused. It’s a catch 22, I’m not myself with or without this medicine and I dont know what to do | F | 21 | 7 months 75 my | 11/11/2019 | 3 | Seizures | Doctor had me on 200 mg a day because that's what the PDR said to do. It was way too much. I started having problems with language. All of a sudden I couldn't spell and I would sometimes use the wrong word for objects. | I asked my doctor if I could try a lower dose and he said no. This despite the fact that I stopped having seizures once I took the lowest dose that they start you out with when first taking the drug. I live in a State that gives doctor's the ability to yank your driver's license if they think you are a seizure risk. So I started titrating down on my own and didn't tell him. I was extremely cautious, going from 200 to 150 for at least 3 months, then 150 to 100, 100 to 50, then 50 to 25. (I did this by separating the 100 mg pill in 1/2, then 1/2 again). At 25 mg I had a slight "aura" so I went back up to 50 mg. 50 mg seemed to be the correct dose for me. My side effects were greatly reduced and I haven't had a seizures in years. I hate it when doctor's won't listen to their patients. | F | 45 | 8 years 50 1X day | 11/7/2019 | 2 | Bipolar | Trouble concentrating, blurry vision | Did zero at all about my mood issues. | F | 20 | 5 months 200 1X day | 10/26/2019 |