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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | epilepsy | none really..maybe headaches and dry skin..but that may not be because of the lamictal though | i love it! it made me feel like i could actually have a social life. before i couldn't know when i would have a seizure and i was ashamed. i didn't want anyone to know about my epilepsy so i just stopped going ont on the weekends. i still hung out with my friends at school but not outside of school. i even made my mom pick me up from school because i kept having little seizures on the bus going home and i didn't want anyone to see this. i used to bury myself in my homework. i would also sleep a lot because i was always so tired. now i go out with my friends whenever i can and i am so happy! lamictal has made it possible for me to feel comfortable around my friends and other people without being worried about if i am going to have a seizure. i'm even driving now! i've been seizure free for probably close to 2 years now! | F | 16 | 2.5 years | 4/24/2005 | 5 | Atypical Depression | At 100mg was told to expect some irritability. Whoa...way past irritability. Took a week off to let it pass. Psyc says 10 years of antidepressants when misdiagnosed are making the reaction more intense, but says it's a finite thing that I can ride out. No hair loss, headaches, rash or any of that other stuff. | Are you guys seeing psychiatrists or just general MDs? I came off general MD prescribed Zoloft (wow, that was HORRIBLE withdrawl, worse than anything I've experienced!) and went on Lamictal. This was the first time I'd ever felt I needed a psyc, but am SO GLAD I DID! It made me realize that there was a reason I couldn't pull myself up by my bootstraps ... I had none. I love this drug, it treats my neurons, not my chemical imbalance and it makes so much sense. I can't help but wonder if some of the side effects others experience are from mixing SSRIs with Lamictal. I finally have hope of living a normal life after 30 years of depression. Oh, and those of you who say you get "really drunk" ... Oh my gosh, don't you know that alcohol in conjunction with this drug is extremely dangerous?! Please stop drinking! | F | 45 | 2 months | 3/22/2007 | 5 | Bi-Polar | Barely any side effects experienced so far except for a mild difficulty in finding the right words to explain things. | Its only been a week, and WOW! I guess I really am bi-polar, 3 years on anti-depressants never made me feel *normal* again. Thanks to Paxil's severe withdrawals I am still slowly weaning off of 10 mg every 3 days but other than that this Lamictal is already starting to help, I can tell. | F | 27 | 7 days | 9/30/2006 | 5 | epilepsy | rash and dizziness for a brief time | it is great! i had been on a huge dose of zarontin and lamictal gave me the freedom of taking a small dose (only 1 tab per day) with far fewer side effects. | F | 24 | 3 years | 11/9/2003 | 5 | Bipolar/rapid cycling anxiety/panic | some nausea and headache in morning after up about 1 hr goes away. Also clumsy in the beginning 2 weeks now stable. | I love this med! I haven't been up, down, or sideways finally! and I have lost 5 lbs. since i stopped all the others like neurontin, norpramine and elavil. Would like to know from others how well wellbutrin interacts w/ lamictal (need to stop smoking) :)' | F | 43 | 18 days | 1/28/2005 | 5 | Epilepsy | Always thirsty, can't concentrate, dizziness, clumsy, short-term memory loss, short temper, eye irritation,loss of words. | If I stop taking it for a couple of days I begin to have seizures and twitches or jerks. It has worked great and has also have helped my migranes i would get all the time. | F | 14 | 4 years | 12/10/2006 | 5 | bi-polar/post-partum depression | a bit spacey, increased body odor, acne, rash and swollen glands | I really liked Lamictal - it gave me great energy and really helped with my mood swings - I didn't realize how bad they were until they were gone. My husband wasn't sure about me taking meds but after I took this he really was impressed with the changes in me. Had to d/c b/c of the rash and swollen glands. I have yet to find another med that helped as much as lamictal. I actually thinked it increased my sexual drive - a nice bonus after 3 kids. and NO wieght gain! Also helped with my compulsive side. | F | 31 | 6 weeks | 1/10/2005 | 5 | seizures | EXCESSIVE NIGHT SWEATS, maybe acne (not sure if that's the cause) | I feel like lamictal is a wonder drug. After trying other anti-convulsant medications (carbatrol, etc) that put me in a constant fog and adversely affected my memory and concentration, starting this drug made me feel like I got my life back AND it controls my seizures. But the excessive night sweats are AWFUL. I actually found this site because I was trying to figure out what was causing them. | F | 30 | 2 years | 1/12/2005 | 5 | Bipolar II and Depression | Excessive sweating at night. Wet all over when I would wake up. Minor headaches in the morning. | This medicine has really helped me out a whole lot. I feel better than ever - it's like I'm in a great mood all the time and never go back down into depression afterwards, like I used to do. More patient and not as easily prone to lose my temper. When I wake up, I get excited about the day ahead. I used to wake up and think, | F | 29 | 3 months | 1/2/2005 | 5 | complex seizures | I was on Tegretol and Depakote - I was very tired most of the time. Much tripping. I also began having neuropathy. I assume due to the depakote. | very hot as I'm in bed at night...almost sweating. uncoordinated due to dizziness sometimes. I've also noticed a weakness in my grip. I'm taking 400mg/day. | F | 49 | 9 months | 2/1/2005 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Started on a low dose of 25 mg and increased over time. With each increase I'd experience about 3 days of headaches. When I reached the 200 mg level the anxiety/revved up feeling became overwhelming,so went back to 150 mg. Am back up to 200 mg again and doing well.Other than an initial period of short-term memory loss, I haven't really been bothered with unusual side effects. | Does a very good job stabilizing my mood. | F | 39 | 2 years | 2/2/2005 | 5 | bipolar | blurred vision that went away after a week or so | This drug definitely changed my life. I can even work and deal with people and situations that were unheard of for me before. I can keep rational and calm in most if not all stressful conditions. They recently incresed it and my mood has never been better. I had the mania in check for awhile due to Lithium but the Lamictal seems to do better on the depression part of the bipolar. | F | 33 | 3 years | 4/4/2008 | 5 | partial seizures | Short term memory loss and now after being on it for 9 years I have some long term memory loss. Chunks of time gone. Severe night sweats began in my late 30s. Easily bruise. Slower to process things. Keeps me on an even keel most of the time emotionally. | It has given me my life back. Depakoate was horrible, but I love Lamictal and inspite of the side effects, I will continue to take it. | F | 42 | 9 years | 5/13/2005 | 5 | seizures and mild tbi | manic, aggitated but I can think clearly now. some problems with lymph glands swelling and my tongue feeling fat with increased dosage at a fast rate so we had to increase the dosage at a very slow pace. | Since my head injury three and a half years ago, I was left with partial, tonic-clonic, absence, myoclonic and atonic seizures. I can not transfer short term memory into long term memory. And I could only handle one thing at a time without causeing a seizure. The lamictal has improved my thinking 90% but the side effect is my thoughts race and I can become very aggitated quickly. I sleeep four hours a day unless I take another medication to calm me down and help me to sleep. I have very few breakthrough seizures on the lamictal. They come from over doing it which is easy on the lamictal since the drugs makes me so hyper. I can process more information but I will still loose it if there is too much stimulation around me. Once we found out the lamictal was causeing me to have a personality change and I become aggitated so quickly (which can turn into a huge family fight). I can become very violent, irrational and refuse to take medication once I am too manic on the drug. We have set up a every 2-4 hour check in where I can talk to a family member or friend and calm down or vent. Trileptal has been helpful with the mania and so has the clonapin. I can also ride the bus without seizures and go into a store to shop now. Just be careful if the check out lines are too long. hehe. | F | 48 | 9 days | 5/20/2005 | 5 | Depression | Night Sweats | After 20 years of depression and going through many SSRIs this medicine has really helped (in conjunction with parnate 30mg a day). The only side effect so far has been the night time sweating which began after uping the dose to 200mg a day. I found this site while searching for info. regarding this. I will be asking my doctor about it as if it continues the lack of sleep caused by the sweating may make it difficult to continue. Hopefully its temporary or I can lower the dose. | F | 40 | 2 months | 6/2/2005 | 5 | depression side of bi-polar | acne. I can't _guarantee_ the acne is related to the lamictal, as I'd been under a bit of stress with the depression, and it's remotely possible the acne was related to that - but I've never had acne in the past with stress and/or depression, and the acne has continued where the depression hasn't and the stress has lessened (if not gone away). | I was miserable on depakote (fatigued, miserable, lifeless). I've been on Trileptal for a while and was doing great 'til I got depressed and that started getting bad, so my dr. added lamictal, low dose. I didn't expect much but had an effect within days. It was odd, because I almost _wanted_ to be depressed. I thought I should be miserable, but I just wasn't. The difference was dramatic and so very appreciated. I felt _normal_, and it was wonderful. Oh, and it still is. It's only been 3 weeks, but it's been all good despite situational life problems that would normally get me depressed. | F | 35 | 3 weeks | 6/8/2005 | 5 | Bipolar II Depressive Episode | when titrating the initial the dose up, i noticed strange facial tics around my mouth and experienced excessive drowsiness. this stopped within a couple of weeks. after about 3 months my mood lifted and i am fine since my first break in 2000, that fortunately was my only break and i swear i am going to take Lamictal till the day i die! no jokes i don't want to go thru the hell of hospitalization and all the baaaaaaaaaad things that happened ever again if it can be hepled by me | current dose: 75mg AM 100mg noon 50mg pm. no problems with any rash. but i do find that it disturbs my sleep so i take the smallest dose at bedtime | F | 45 | 5 years | 6/8/2005 | 5 | bipolar I | Surprisingly, none! | I've taken lithium for 12 years along with an antidepressant. I have added lamictal and nixed the antidepressant and feel so much better. FYI I lake 200 mg lamictal and 1200 mg lithium, although I may up the lamictal and decrease the lithium soon. Lamictal has worked really well for me since I do level out on the depressed side. | F | 30 | 3 months | 6/3/2007 | 5 | seizures | F | 16 | 1 years | 3/8/2007 | 5 | Bipolar 1 | Hair loss, vision impairment, short term memory loss, hands shake, spelling problems | After being on Depakote-Effexor mix for three years and quitting cold turkey I took 5 months free of meds to give my body a little time to detox from them before trying anything else. Started taking Lamictal in Feb. along with Wellbutrin. I have regained my life and lost 70 pounds that i gained from the Depakote-Effexor mix. I can not stress enough to others that when you go off one or two meds to start a new one give your body time to detox from the other drugs and to let the new ones take full effect. And whatever you do be active in your treatment and educate yourselves to how your meds work together and all the side effects not just the ones doctors tell you about. I also studied about bipolar and the treatments out there for it. I can get a wig for the hair loss, I have glasses now, I carry a notebook for the memory problem and I just don't carry glass that much anymore, the spelling well there is spellcheck and a dictionary....things I can not fix death, lost years to the illne | F | 38 | 9 months | 9/28/2007 |