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 |
| 5 | Bipolar 2 depression mood swings | I have had NO side effects. | This has been a miracle drug for me. Give it the full 4 weeks to take effect and up your dose slowly. | F | 45 | 4 months 200mg | 1/21/2015 | 5 | Severe depression. Bipolar disorder | I experienced a lot of fatigue. That's basically it. | F | 15 | 2 years 100MG | 8/7/2015 | 5 | Bipolar II with psychosis | Drowsiness, stiff neck, occasional itching, constipation, weight gain. | This medication has been the only one that consistently has worked for me since I have been diagnosed. I have had to add other medications at times when I was going through seasonal mood changes, but overall this has been enough. My biggest complaint would have been the drowsiness. But after sometime my doctor decided since it was hard for me to wake up and take it in the morning and not be drowsy, I take my entire dose at night before I go to sleep. That way I sleep through it and it helps me fall asleep. I have always had a bad back, but this medication definitely increased the pain. Sometimes it feel like it is too much to bare so I am looking into getting a massage therapist still. Constipation I have struggled with too most of my life and this medication increased that also. I would have to take a laxative once a week to have a bowel movement. Now that I changed my diet, I started juicing veggies and I take stool softeners, it is almost regular again. I cut out dairy products too. The weight gain was really hard to deal with. From when I started taking the medication, I gained about 25 lbs. my weight fluxiates quite a bit. I am only 15 lbs over my starting weight right now. It just makes me feel hungry all the time. Even if my stomach feels like it is going to burst I still want to eat. It has been hard trying to overcome that. But you just have to look at it this way, is it better to be medicated, feel almost normal and have side effects, or live being ridiculously emo | F | 22 | 3 years 300mg | 2/18/2015 | 5 | Bipolar ll | Lamictal needs to be done in a titration. For those that give a negative rating, had only been on it a few weeks or months. It is started out at a very low dose (25mg) and SLOWLY worked up to 200mg. Doctors will never start someone at a high dose because the fatal rash that it my cause. | I LOVE lamictal! I have tried seroqual and depakote. Lamictal curves my manic and brings me out of my depression. It actually gives me energy. When I first started out taking it, I was hungry all the time a little tired, but now I have energy, my appetite is less. I really enjoy this medication. | F | 21 | 6 months 200mg | 3/10/2015 | 5 | seizures | Upon initial tx with lamictal, i experienced Some loss of coordination which subsided after 3-4 days. | I like this medication. I have taken 2 others before this one and other than the increased clumsiness upon inital tx and when i resume taking it after forgetting it for a day, I have no complaints. I have taken it for over 8 years and am very happy with it | F | 39 | 8 years 100mg | 5/12/2015 | 5 | Epilepsy | None in particular. | Taken in combination with Keppra. The combination work well and Lamictal counterbalanced keppra drowsiness. | F | 29 | 6 years 300mg bd | 5/13/2015 | 5 | Bipolar ll | Trouble sleeping& unusual dreams for the first 2 nights.Light ringing in the ear. Feeling of a knot in the throat and dry mouth. If you can deal with the side effects for a couple of weeks until you body gets used to it. Lamictal is the way to go. | I also take adderall @6am, Citalopram @9am, lorazapam and lamictal @1 & 7 pm. So lamictal doesn't decrease the effectiveness of the adderall. | F | 31 | 1 months 25MG | 6/28/2015 | 5 | Bi-polar 1 Disorder | It took care of the depressive side of my disorder. I felt slowed down, but over time my body got used to the drug. It did cause some weight gain, but working out has helped keep the weight in check. | Because of side effects, I get periodical testing. Because of my age, in the future, I will have the dosage re-evaluated. | F | 59 | 18 years 150 1X day | 7/14/2015 | 5 | Mood | None | It saved my life. | F | 20 | 7 months 300 mg 3X day | 8/19/2015 | 5 | Bipolar disorder. | I have less episodes of agitation and irritability. My moods are much more even. | I'm glad I have been prescribed this medication little to no side effects. I couldn't take lithium or Depakote. | F | 58 | 3 years 150-300mg | 9/10/2015 | 5 | bp2 | Eating constantly and diariah. Vivid dreams. | I have tried to commit suicide several times on paxil,lexipro and Zoloft. Almost succeeded on paxil. Clinically dead for 43 minutes which is unheard of without some extreme damage. GOD WAS THERE FOR ME ABD MY FAMILY. I too have done some truly disturbing things to myself and others that I hold very dear to me. Would go in major depression after my manic disruption. Hated myself to a large degree. Anyway, this medication has made me enjoy small things that people take for granted in their lives because it comes second nature to then rather then our troubles. I enjoy getting out of bed. Making my bed and keeping a nice clean house. Enjoy my daughter and never miss a moment now. This disorder can make you become selfish..... NO MORE!!! I'm the best me I can he again. | F | 37 | 2 months 300mg | 11/24/2015 | 5 | Depression and anxiety | Hair loss | I've been on lamictal for months now, and it is so far the only drug that has helped my depression. I was on 500 mg up until a few weeks ago, when I noticed that I had lost a huge amount of hair right above my forehead. In certain lights it looks like I'm balding, awful. So my psych decreased my dose and added Wellbutrin. Honestly, I would rather lose every single hair on my head than be on Wellbutrin, which has been a nightmare. I think I will probably ask my psych to just put me back on lamictal. Again, the only drug that has helped me. It's been a life saver. | F | 22 | 8 months 300 mg | 12/2/2015 | 5 | Major depressive disorder, anxiety | Fatigue | I was prescribed lamictal as an add on to zoloft. This combination has saved my life. I still have depression and anxiety symptoms, but nothing like before. I'm very grateful that something finally worked! | F | 40 | 3 years 200 2X day | 12/21/2015 | 5 | Bipolar NOS & Self Injury Addiction | Sleepy during the day, otherwise no adverse side effects. Wears off over the span of years. Take at night. Do not miss a dose--take every day or else you will have a huge withdrawl hangover. | This medication saved my life. I started this medication in 2006 soon after being diagnosed with Bipolar NOS, also carrying in-tow a crippling self-injury addiction. I was not stable, my mood swings were uncontrollable, razors controlled my life, and I am still so thankful I didn't kill myself before finding help. I spend around 3-4 months trying medication after medication to stabalize me, but absolultly nothing was working. I was finally put on this medication (i did not get a rash even though I went straight up to a high dose), and it was immediately like night-and-day for me. I suddenly wasn't a slave to my emotional state, and my thoughts became more clear instead of being muffled. This medication gave me clarity when I had absolutely none. Of course, medication cannot cure addictions or change the way you think, but lamotrigine (I take the generic) gave me the stability I needed to start the process of quitting and the mental sharpness to see logic and sanilty when I was considering cutting. Otherwise, the craving just consumed everything. After only being on this medication for maybe 4-6 months and was put on 30mg abilify to 'seal the deal' if you will, I had cut down from cutting 2-4 times every single day to cutting once every 2-3 weeks. That was a huge deal for a stressed out, self-conscious high schooler like me. At around the 8th year, I had a huge mental illness/SI relapse while in college. I went to my psychaitrist regarding this and was put on a medium | F | 23 | 10 years 300mg 1X day | 1/26/2016 | 5 | Bipolar 2 disorder | Tiny bit of acne, some lack of sleep | I've been taking this for a while. Began because I was cutting and my parents found out. I'm a total perfectionist and a very normal 17 year old. I started with 100mg but had a relapse and was put on 200mg. Ive had a great experience with lamictal and feel 10000 times better on this. I am a totally better person on it and am able to react much more rationally. I've never had any bad side effects except I noticed a couple more pimples but I have no where near what is considered "acne". I went off for about 2 weeks unconsciously because I left it in my bag and forgot to take it. I realized how much better I felt when on it and realized what a good impact it has had on me. I reccomend this for someone who is diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder like me and is a little emotionally unstable. | F | 17 | 10 months | 6/9/2009 | 5 | bipolar | When I started lamictal 2 years ago I must have had some side effects but quite mild | For 20 years had a depression diagnosis tried every drug with only unsustained success. Since adding lamictal to effexor I have a full life without worrying that I'm going to freak out at any little thing. Please give this drug a chance the combination has let me be a full human being again. | F | 55 | 2.5 years | 6/10/2009 | 5 | Epilepsy | I've been on this med for 4 yrs the only side effects at the beginning were I couldn't drink coffee it made me feel sick | This med is such a blessing! well atleast to me it is. I struggled so long with my Epilepsy and doses of the medication I was taking since I was 14. I dont recommend DEPAKOTE it was good aweful. I have not experienced a grand mal seizure in 4 yrs!!! when I was taking Depakote I was having atleast 5-7 in a 2 wk span. I also have JME juvielle myclonic epilepsy I still have them but not as bad. I love this medication and def recommend it. | F | 29 | 4 years | 6/11/2009 | 5 | bipolar II | weight loss, nausea, fogetfulness, tremors | Lamictal truly has done wonders for me; it brought me out of a terrible depression about two years ago, and since then has completely stabilized all of my mood swings. I liked the weight loss side effect; not so much the tremors, which have not stopped. I seriously was worried that I could have early-onset Parkinson's for a while - has anyone else had that side effect? | F | 19 | 2 years | 6/12/2009 | 5 | Bipolar II | Mental "fog" | Lamictal has been great for me. I actually feel like "myself" when I take it, but without the wild mood swings. What I like best, however, is that I actually feel emotions, and do have "normal" (i.e. not life-threatening and not rapidly changing) ups and downs. I have definitely experienced the mental fog - started bothering me about a year in - but I have found that ACCUPUNCTURE works wonders for this. I highly recommend trying it if you are having this side effect (I stumbled upon it by accident when going to the accupuncturist for allergies- didn't have much luck with the allergies, but still go whenever I start feeling "foggy"- the effect lasts a good few months, particularly if I am taking care of myself diet and exercise-wise). | F | 30 | 3 years | 5/12/2009 | 5 | bipolar | none | Lamictal has been wonderful in relieving my bipolar symptoms. I feel normal again. | F | 45 | 6 months | 4/5/2009 |