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 |
| 3 | panic attacks | really no side effects in the 1 st week, im un the middle of my 2nd week, some itching although its winter and i get dry anyway. A little gassy, and bloated to the point i feel like i gained 10 pounds | Buspar for me was the best without any side affects, but Lamictal is better than Prozac, but i am loosing my hope with anxiety medications. I am still nervous, very nervous, and hope i get better soon. | F | 43 | 12 days 2X day | 12/30/2020 | 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 | 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 | 3 | Prophylactic following gamma knife | Bad sleep, brain fog, memory loss, focus/cognition problems | Cant sleep cause you have constant dreams about meaningless stuff, or cant get your brain to shut off? If you have problems with sleep, these are changes Id like to pass along that have gotten me to a manageable place. -I was taking 50mg morning and night. I found that about 2-4hrs after my morning dose I was basically a zombie. My Dr suggested doing a 100mg once a day pill extended release in the morning. Tried it in the morning, still dopey, so I started taking it at night as I was getting into bed. So if I’m dopey like 4hrs after taking it - who cares im sleeping -I started taking vitamin b complex, fishoil, magnesium for several months now, helped with cognition too -i started listening to a 10min meditation on my phone after i turn off my light that focuses on “body scan” you wouldnt believe how much tension you hold in your body that you arent even aware of - jaw, shoulders, etc. i go to bed as soon as im remotely sleepy even if i dont want to. This is my routine now. I fall asleep more quickly and i wake up feeling reasonably rested to excercise. Melatonin was useless. | F | 38 | 18 months 100mg 1X day | 6/11/2023 | 3 | Epilepsy - Clonic Tonic seizures | I have restless sleep. I have intrusive thoughts and replay things in my head over and over. If I get a song stuck it my head it will stay stuck for two days. My anxiety is through the roof. I have a hard time falling asleep. I had to figure out the medication myself.. the doctors did not warn me of this.. If you take the two doses too close together, you will not be able to fall asleep and if you do, you will feel like your still awake but your mind is drifted off. My memory is horrible. I constantly try to remember names of simple things and I just can't. Eventually I'll think of it. I'm not hopeful to find an anti seizure med that doesn't have horrible side effects. It seems like they all do. I tried keppra at first and "keppra rage" is very accurate. I've been seizure free since I started taking consistently Oct. 2021 but in June 2022 I had an aura and was able to stop it from happening by putting my head between my legs while sitting down and it stopped it from happening | F | 28 | 1 years 200 2X day | 9/13/2022 | 3 | Sleep seizures | Restlessness during sleep (toss and turn and wake up often) -Constant spots/ papules on neck and face (these went when medicine was stopped 23.4.2022) -Severe heartbeat roughly every 4-5 weeks. Any time of day from no cause, up to 190 bpm lasting 10min to 6 hours. The waiting time to see a cardiologist is about 8 months. -Cherry angiomas (red spots, freckles/ moles) appearing on my legs, torso and scalp. -thinning hair. Im 44 and my hair has reduced so I can see my scalp through the hair. -anxiety/ panic attacks (not in my nature to be anxious). They are more like moments of brain fog, confusion then panic. -Issues are exaggerated before menses. Sleep is especially affected. -I am always tired and feel unrested. -also moments of severe depression (also not in my nature) especially around or during menses. | Action I would like: -Smaller dosage tablets, down to 2.5mg. -more to be done to stop the initial cause of the medical problem / seizures. -more mindful resources prescribed instead of brain altering drugs. -more research, even medical trials using actual doctors so they can fully understand how this drug affects the brain and body. | F | 44 | 2 years 12.5 1X day | 9/18/2022 | 3 | Bipolar episode | Increased need for sleep- sleeping 11-12 hours. Benign fasiculations all over my body. Both of these subsided when I stopped taking it. I have some restless leg symptoms since taking this medication, not sure if it's related. | Seemed to improve mood, however mood also improved as life circumstance improved. I discontinued and haven't been depressed since. | F | 47 | 90 days 50 2X day | 8/31/2022 | 3 | Bipolar, Depression, Anxiety, OCD | Started having psoriasis on scalp which I never had before and tooth recession. | I do not have dry mouth. I am in the dental field and never had a serious problem with teeth. | F | 40 | 6 months 150 2X day | 10/24/2013 | 3 | Bipolar II | Constipation, excessive urination, extreme belly bloating (I looked pregnant), fatigue | F | 16 | 3 months 5 mg | 2/12/2014 | 3 | bipolar 2 | Dry eyes - from first dosage 150 mg. Cannot wear contacts b/c of this. When increased to 300mg b/c started cycling btwn hypomania & depression, have extreme fatigue so I take it before bed. | F | 39 | 1 years 300 | 2/22/2014 | 3 | Bipolar | Taking 150mg now at night. Getting up to 200mg in the outcome they want. I'm extremely tired and can't get anything done. Extremely fatigued and want to not even go out of house. I sleep 12 hours through night and still tired mid morning? | F | 37 | 2 months 150mg | 12/8/2014 | 3 | Epilepsy | I think it's making me bipolar and Lack of concentration | I am worried that I am taking it for epilepsy but due to the fact it treats people for bipolar disorder it is making me slightly like that because I could cry at anything for nearly 2 hours thinking the worlds going to end and then feel completely fine or even very happy and excited. Also had 2 complex partial seizures since which is a lot less but been having a large increase in mini partial seizures which is quite annoying | F | 15 | 5 weeks 50 2X day | 7/18/2014 | 3 | Newly diagnosed bi-polar | I haven't started this drug yet and am very apprehensive. I am afraid of hair loss and weight gain...however, I don't want to live depressed either. What to do??? | F | 54 | 0 days | 11/18/2009 | 3 | Bipolar | hair loss, foggy brain at times, weight gain | I loved Lamictal actually. But as soon as I found out it made my hair fall out, I stopped taking it because THAT was making me depressed too...now I'm on Abilify - I miss Lamictal...not feeling too well off of it...pretty worried I might get worst | F | 24 | 2 years | 11/13/2009 | 3 | Bi-Polar and Depression | Runny Nose (Rhinitis), slight sore throat, itchy skin, cough, knife stabbing headache, trouble concentrating and finding the right word, increased irritability, sleeping 10 - 12 hours, groggy in the morning | I did find, as one of the readers said, that the longer I took it, the more used to it I got. I was willing to give it a bit longer but my pdoc said if I had this many side effects after 2 weeks, we should try something else. It made it hard for me to concentrate when reading, I couldn't think of the right word, I was spacier. I didn't like that at all. It also made me sleep too much (I already do) so I took it at night. | F | 54 | 11 days | 12/11/2009 | 3 | Bipolar | Pulsative tinitus. Knocking in right ear when moved up to 100 mg Other than that amazing results - so sad if I have to come off it | Not sure if can stay on it now | F | 41 | 4 months 100 | 11/14/2014 | 3 | mood stabilizer | Severe blurred vision, blisters, feet, genital, hives, immune suppression, viral infections, weight loss, dry mouth, gum disease and cavities, also hair loss. it did help my mood but the side effects were greater than the benefit I had to stop the lamictal. | F | 45 | 2 years 200 | 10/27/2014 | 3 | Anxiety | Weight gain...and I have never had a problem with weight before. | This worked really well at controlling my anxiety... However it made me depressed because I became FAT!! | F | 40 | 8 months | 5/13/2015 | 3 | Mood stable/ migraines | BUGS!!! I feel like I have bugs crawling all over my skin, I HATE IT! It itches and keeps me up at night. I get awful migraines( wich is why the dr put me on it in the first place ) and the nausea sucks. Also have gained 5lbs in one month. | It has made me more stable yes, no major mood swings no longer quick to anger. I suffer from migraines and my dr thought stableing my mood would help in making them go away. This crap gives me worse migraines than I had before!! I also take topamax wich caused me to loose 25lbs. Not happy I'm starting to gain the weight back after it finally come to except the size I am now. Im at 300 mg. just wheat down to 200mg. Going to ween myself down to 100mg. The feeling of bugs just started if I can go down to 100mg and still be some what stable and not gain any more weight I may be some what happy. | F | 24 | 1 months 200 | 8/18/2015 | 3 | Depression, Anxiety, PTSD | Steven Johnson's Syndrome - started as a small very painful rash on my abdomen and with in a few hours was a giant swollen welt covering half of my belly. | Sadly the medication was working for me and I felt stable on it. The rash started after my 6th dose and I saw my psychiatrist immediately and was told to discontinue immediately as the rash is potentially life threatening. He trialed me on it again 10 days later and the rash came back with dose 1. I know this is rare, only .01% of people get it from this medication but it is life threatening, your organs are systematically shutting down. Shame as its the only thing so far thats made much impact. | F | 44 | 6 days 1X day | 7/10/2015 |