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 | Dizzie nausea and sugar I think maybe joint pain not sure but it seems to be that my bones just hurt. Am going to talk to Dr. On 50 now starting 100 in 2 days wish me luck.. So far no weight gain hope not just lost 80 this year..... | Does the side effects get worse the higher the dosage. | F | 42 | 5 weeks | 8/12/2008 | 4 | Bipolar/anxiety | very slow waking up in the morning, but then I'm fully charged after first cup of coffee, very vivid dreams, odd feeling in one ear (kind of like swimmers ear as someone else described) | I've been on several meds for depression/GAD, once wellbutrin XL went to a generic form, it no longer worked for me. New Dr. diagnosed me with Bipolar and recommended I try this. Not sure yet if it's working. I have more energy in some areas, and not so much in others. I'll post another rating after being on it for some time. | F | 40 | 5 days | 5/8/2009 | 4 | Bipolar 2 | ear pain, headaches, loss of appetite, drowsiness, brain fog, dropping words, | I have only been taking this med for 4 days, but after reading the posts here I was so prepared to have all the terrible side effects. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the side effects I am having or mild and very tolerable. I am also taking 300mgs of Wellbutrin so I don't know if that makes a difference. My pysch is starting me off slow with 25mgs for the 1st 2 weeks, 50mgs 2nd 2 weeks, and ending up at 100mgs after that. I know the medicine probably hasn't started working yet but I feel better. I feel very good which is kinda weird since right now my husband is laid off and we are late on most of our bills. I think things are going well now, hope it stays this way as I increase my dosage. | F | 29 | 4 days | 5/4/2009 | 4 | BiPplar 2 | Weird dreams no other major issues dry mouth and have to use the bathroom alot more. | This med same to help me alot I was om topmaxx but cost way to much and abifely deathly sick | F | 37 | 30 days | 4/20/2009 | 4 | Bipolar | Mostly the foretfullness. I hate the fact that I can't remember names. If told a person's name I forget it instantly. I also can't remember names of people in past that I had known for years. It seems to aggravate my psoriasis | I didn't realize I had so many mood swings until I went on it. I tried anti depression drugs before and they just didn't do it and didn't like the side effects but this one seem better. | F | 44 | 3 years | 9/25/2008 | 4 | Bipolar II | Brain fog | I have taken Lamictal for mood stabilization for 3 years and am currently at 200 mg twice daily. I have not experienced anything more exciting than hypomania for a couple of years now. The only side effects that really bother me are the brain fog and short term memory problems which I have only begun to notice after 3 years of being on it. For a little perspective, Lamictal is nowhere near as bad as Topamax which made me simply incompetent to do my job. I describe the feeling as an "access failure." Even when I know that I know something...that I have done or understood perfectly in the past...I am not capable of understanding it. The knowledge just can't be accessed. Same feeling with short-term recall and word-finding. Having just reached "crisis state" with the fog thing, I started taking Deplin (Rx methyl-folate supplement) which is supposed to help the cognitive slurring. I never knew that Lamictal did this until I asked my Dr if the drug could possibly be making me stupid. Her response was, "Oh, yeah, that's pretty common." WTF? If you're taking lamotrigine/Lamictal and you're not as sharp as you used to be, it might not be just you! Ask your Dr. | F | 36 | 3 years | 4/22/2009 | 4 | Newly diagnosed Bipolar II Disorder | Nausea, short term memory loss, disorientation, difficulty finding the right words, altered perception of time, visual changes, dizziness. | Although I am not too happy about the short term memory loss and disorientation, I am feeling more stabilized than I have ever felt on other medications. I know that I am an intelligent person, so it helps to tell myself that it's just the medication causing the side effect and that it doesn't have to be forever. I have energy, motivation, and determination to get things done. My anxiety is non existent and the depression has lifted quite a bit. I experienced short term memory loss and brain fog with all other mood stabilizers, so unfortunately, I feel this is something I am just going to have to deal with with this class of drugs. I feel hopeful but a little frustrated at times for not being as sharp. Good luck to everyone and find that one thing that keeps pushing you forward. It can be a dark and winding road sometimes, but if we find something to hold onto and pull us through, it makes the journey worthwhile. | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 5/25/2009 | 4 | Bipolar | Extremely painful headaches in the front of my head. I am always feeling tired.My moods have gotten better. I don't freak out and go berserk on everyone now. | F | 40 | 1 months 100 | 3/8/2016 | 4 | Bipolar 1 | Memory loss, cognitive deficiency, hair loss | Saved my life during a manic episode and stabilized my mood for 18 months. Eventually, effectiveness wore off. **Only use name brand | F | 2 years | 1/12/2016 | 4 | Epilepsy | Lamictal has helped with the seizures but it sucks I have to be on it the rest of my life. It interferes with my sex drive, I'm always tired and now I've started having constant headaches. I'm not sure if the constant headache is due to the medicine but I'm not feeling it. Nothing really helps with the headache, I've had it a week now. I must find me a new neurologist bc this one don't care. | I've been seizure free though, only had a few while I was pregnant. | F | 29 | 2 years 100x2 | 8/29/2015 | 4 | Bipolar disorder | The most noticeable were lots of dreams-every night! Waking after 5 hours of sleep, then not being able to again fall asleep. Clumsiness, slurred speech. | The insomnia was as though my brain was saying "this is an adequate amount of sleep" but by 1pm I was feeling exhausted! | F | 54 | 1 months 200 mg | 8/18/2015 | 4 | Epilepsy | Dizziness, short term memory loss, cognitive issues as in I have trouble connecting the dots when presented with a task, fatigue | Lately my side effect symptoms have gotten much worse. I can make logical connections to conditions presented with the software I test but only if I focus really hard. I can handle the dizziness by dragging my finger across the wall as I'm walking but the rest is hard to take without being nervous about keeping my job. I was on a website about overcoming the side effects of medication and one tiny line said there was evidence that cells in bad shape from poor diet and whatever else we've been doing to ourselves increased side effects. I'm starting a nine month cellular level detox to see if it helps. | F | 10 years 200 2X day | 8/25/2015 | 4 | Depression, racing thoughts continu | appetite increase, alertness a + able to rest easier, focus alot better in school | F | 6 months 100 1X day | 4/11/2015 | 4 | Bipolar 2 | I don't have any side effects I still get weepy from time to time and agitated I'm also on 50 mg of Topamax | I still can not sleep I take everything at night even 10 mg of ambien plus 2 Tylenol pm and I still wake up 5 to 6 hrs later I wish I could sleep. I don't notice any changes they did try to combo me with Lithium took that for about 4 days screw that on top of everything else I think I'll just stick to this I'd like to wean off completely see if I can manage but I don't want to be depressed or suicidal again. | F | 49 | 5 months 200mg | 4/28/2015 | 4 | Mood disorder NOS | Horrible night sweats EVERY NIGHT. Wake up drenched head to toe, even the sheets. I have no such problems in the daytime (in fact I'm always cold, but that's been for my entire life). Also sometimes difficulty concentrating, jumbling words (ex. saying "darn bore" instead of "barn door") fairly often when speaking, mistakes spelling/writing/typing. Very rarely I experience one night of insomnia which I never experienced off Lamictal; was always able to fall asleep pretty quickly. Also occasionally have dry mouth, which doesn't concern me much, but I did have a salivary gland infection after wisdom teeth surgery, which my doctor said was caused by dry mouth from the Lamictal. | I used to take 150 mg of Lamictal for mood stabilization during a major depressive episode in addition to Lexapro (SSRI's alone make me hypomanic). I took Lamictal for approx. 4 years with success. When I decided on my own to discontinue after feeling my life was stable, I immediately felt irritable. I thought this would subside, but at times it flared again to the point I was experiencing rage and agitation, so eventually, 3 years later, I asked my PCP to try Lamictal again. He RX 100 mg (50 mg bid). I had originally attributed the night sweats to Lexapro, but nope, turns out it's Lamictal (no nightmares, however, that was Lexapro). My moods have been better; less explosive irritability, less argumentative, no rage, less intense emotions, calmer. However I still have periods of hypomania (maybe twice a year for 6-12 weeks), and some lower moods, but nothing approaching depression. 100 mg isn't a very large dose, but it works well enough. And I've had no loss of sex drive or pleasure, unlike when I was on Lexapro and Lamictal together. | F | 30 | 18 months 50 mg 2X day | 4/28/2015 | 4 | Bipolar II and OCD | F | 33 | 150mg 1X day | 5/2/2015 Patient History | 4 | Bipolar II | Still titrating up to 200 mg. At first I itched more than usual, dry mouth, some fine tremors in my hands. Absolutely dead tired in the afternoons for the first month. Better now. First few weeks woke every night at either 2 am sharp or 5 am sharp and it took about an hour to fall back to sleep. Sweets and chocolate started tasting *more*. My blood pressure was slightly elevated for a few weeks, has settled down now. Experienced chills for about two days when going from 25 -> 50 mg. | None of the side-effects above have been a great nuisance, with the exception of maybe the itching. It took about two or three weeks before I started noticing that things around the house got done in a way they hadn't been for probably a year. My depressive symptoms that have squashed me for the past two years always leaned more towards the incredibly tired, lethargic and unmotivated side of the spectrum anyway, and that is what has slowly changed. I no longer feel like I need to sleep 10-11 hours to feel remotely ready to get out of bed. I manage to get things done, like the laundry and the dishes after cooking. I am also way more productive at work. I was prescribed 150 mg Bupropion three months before being dx'ed with BP2 and have continued with that after consulting with my bp doctor. My base level energy lifted with the Bupropion and has continued even closer to normal levels with the addition of the Lamo. I'm feeling really hopeful about this. Was misdiagnosed for 8 years with unipolar depression and treated with only SSRIs, which only increased my depressions and the frequency of the mood swings. | F | 40 | 6 weeks 75 mg 1X day | 3/24/2015 | 4 | epilepsy | had side effects when I took the generic form, but the doctor put me on the other and now I am almost seizure-free. I still have those facial seizures and sometimes a memory lapse, but it beats being afraid to go out because you might pass out. I seem to have more of those seizures when I take ANY other medication (even aspirin) into my blood stream. I simply take herbs - have doctor check them out first | it works best when taken around the same time daily. | F | 60 | 2 years 200 1X day | 12/7/2014 | 4 | Bipolar Anxiety Disorder | Blurred Vision. Memory Loss Recall. Tiredness. Slow moving Dry Mouth. Weight Gain. Bigger Booty! Fatter Gut. neck pain. Joint popping | Although these side effects ARE REAL FOR ME...some may agree with some of them. I can respond no and mean no and not think about it any longer. Thats the other person's problem. I only say yes when i am in the mood to do it. What people think of me or may think I should do or say WII ALWAYS BE NULL AND VOID! THANK YOU LACMICTAL AND ZOLOFT! This mature retired disabled woman is happy turning male testosterone heads, but I Do NOT get involved in quick relationships, and or fast chaotic not thinking first self-mischief any longer! THANK YOU LAMICTAL AND ZOLOFT! Yeah...im laaaaaaathagic in the morning...It is good for me. I am not in no hurry to fix meals or get children or myself dressed any more. My life is soooooo MORNING COFFEE TIME now with me GOOD MEDS and God! Happy Holidays p.s. Please do not respond with disgust...We all are trying to Heal in our own ways. Also I Do not like typing so try to be short. Thank you....the above just got my thoughts out. Thank you so much! Hand hurts now...typed too much 😔 | F | 49 | 3 years 100mg | 12/16/2014 | 4 | Bipolar (type II) | Memory problems, fatigue, possible decreased sexual interest. | When at the right dosage, lamictal has helped me to be able to function at a normal level. Has anyone else had a decrease in sexual interested while on lamictal?? | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 1/16/2010 |