LAMICTAL Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)Average Rating: 3.4 (1917 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LAMICTAL with similar:
Type: Rx Drug
|
Results are sorted by Gender with females listed first (reviews with no gender reported listed before females). Key to Ratings: 1=LOW (I would not recommend taking this medicine.) Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 |
More on LAMICTAL: Reviews Summary | Drug Safety Information
| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Bipolar | Currently taking Effexor, Topamax and Lamictal. Increasing short term memory loss, slurred speech. Retrieval of words- impossible! Try going off lamictal, it's even worse. Not being able to urinate for a few minutes after sitting to. Agitation to the hilt. | I think Lamictal has leveled off my moodswings but the agitation it brings- at least once a month is horrendous. Who is to say what's worse? | F | 30 | 2 years | 12/20/2006 | 3 | seizures | I experienced muscle weakness and muscle pain. | F | 13 | 6 months | 11/4/2006 | 3 | Simple and Complex Partial Seizures | Mild conjunctivitis, problems with memory and finding the right words to describe things, and my tongue just started getting really swollen today which is bloody annoying! | This drug has controlled my complex partial seizures so far, and my simple partial seizures have been minimilised, however I still do have them from time to time. I was on Tegretol before this but that was making my seizures a lot worse. | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 11/1/2006 | 3 | bipolar II | I am never quite sure if certain things that I feel are the result of Lamictal or just me, however after reading everyone else's comments and identifying with many of their complaints, I guess I will conclude that it is all Lamictal's fault...Up until a week ago, I was taking 200 mg of Lamictal, and the only side effects I experienced for a year were MEMORY LOSS and TROUBLE FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS. I also developed CYSTIC ACNE, which I had never experienced before, and for which I am now taking an antibiotic. However, recently my bipolar symptoms have worsened, and my doctor has increased my dose to 300 mg, and I am feeling EXHAUSTED and DEPRESSED and I am getting HEADACHES. I am hoping that these side effects will disappear after my body gets used to the increased dose... | If anyone has more questions about lamictal or would like to talk to someone else with bipolar II please email me. I don't know anyone who has bipolar and would really like someone to talk to who understands what it is like. | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 3/25/2007 | 3 | Bipolar I | Extreme fatigue, sinus issues, occaisional night sweats, slight disorientation at times, trouble finding the right words, increased appetite | The number one downside for me is extreme fatigue. I am tired all the time. Prior to Lamictal, I used to never be tired during the day, and was at times a borderline insomniac. Now I sleep like a rock at night, but also want to sleep during the day. I find this pretty inconvenient and annoying. The fatigue combined with an increased appetite is something I have to be careful about. Thankfully, I live, and have always lived, a very active lifestyle and have managed to keep the routine going to avoid gaining weight. I also have trouble finding the right words at times - I feel like my vocabulary has dwindled. Slight disorientation, especially climbing or descending stairs - one of these days I'm realling going to crash hard. I am at 200 mg. I'm trying to figure out the best time of day in which to take my daily so that the worst part of the fatigue occurs when I am sleeping. I am curious to know if anyone else has experienced fatigue like I am. | F | 26 | 5 months | 8/22/2006 | 3 | Partial Seizures | So far i'm not exactly sure...I don't know if it's the pill yet or just me...For awhile i woke up with "cotton mouth" (really dry mouth)...That went away...I'm never hungry...I eat more because i'm bored and everyone else is eating...I wake up sweaty...but then again i'm not sure if i was just hot, because it's hot outside, or if it's from the pill. | i take 100mg twice a day...it's helped me somewhat...i up my dosage in two weeks...I haven't been having the same seizures like i did before, but instead i'll get these random, i guess you can call them, head changes. I get auras, but then it's not a seizure...I don't know exactly how to describe it...It's like a sneeze...You have to feel it to know what i'm talking about...I'm sure someone knows | F | 21 | 3 weeks | 9/12/2006 | 3 | Bipolar II, ADHD | Increased sweating(marginal),vivid dreams | Increased to 200mg dose for almost 2mo.Noticing increased anger issues,negative thoughts,constant complaing and irritation. I am used to having these feelings but I can't seem to be able to shake them. I also haven't worked in months, no ambition.Relationship with sig. other on the rocks(understandably),uncomfortable with self as well due to moods, afraid to be around people.Hoping an increased dose will benefit before I lose everything I love.Remind myself of my father,that realization is most frightening.(Verdict still out on BII diognostic;naive to prejudice that accompanies the term "bipolar") | F | 35 | 3 months | 2/19/2007 | 3 | bipolar | Short term memory loss, inability to access words, cognative impairment (briefly), sensitivity to light(staring at a computer screen for awhile makes me sick), tremor in hands, clumsiness. | I am currently taking 250 mg but think if I can go back to 100mg I can get rid of most side effects. | F | 52 | 5.5 months | 9/13/2006 | 3 | New onset Temporal Lobe Seizures | I can honestly say I have had none of the text book side effects of nausea, vomiting, dizziness. The one thing that is starting to be worrisome and annoying is my inability to word find and my loss of short term memory. I do have some night sweats but I am not at my full dosage yet. I am also weaning off of Trileptal at the same time. I had another seizure last week so hopefully when I get to my max dose I will be seizure free. | F | 26 | 30 days | 9/7/2006 | 3 | Epilepsy | Exhaustion, headaches, nausea, stupidity >__< | My exhaustion is getting out of control. No matter how much sleep I get, I'm constantly exhausted. It's driving me batty. I'm having trouble reading and often forget little things like how to subtract or words I want to use. Drives me nuts. I've had seizures on the medication, but only when I get less then 4 hours of sleep, drink, and I'm on my period (oh the consequences of being a college student >__<) If anyone has any suggestions on how to combat this constant fatigue, please for the love of god, shoot me an email <3 | F | 20 | 3 days | 9/14/2006 | 3 | bipolar 1 disorder | increase in urination, inability to get drunk lol seriously id get knocked out in like 2 drinks.., maybe some problems with balancing and stuff like that. | it made my mood stable which is i guess what its supposed to do | F | 19 | 12 weeks | 2/5/2007 | 3 | seizure disorder and bipolar disord | constipation. good seizure control but faster and more severe mood swings, especially "bottoming out" depression. | oddly, an increased dose actually improved word-finding problems that some attribute to the med, others attribute to seizures. I now take it in combination with depakote. | F | 46 | 3 years | 12/26/2006 | 3 | mood stabilizer for depression | None - until about a week after 150 mg. I'm starting to get itchy. I get herpes on my chest - but very rarely these days unless I'm in the tanning booth and forget to put on sun block. I have it in 4 spots on my chest and am constantly putting powder on it. Yesterday and today I am not depressed but certainly lethargic, tired, unmotivated to do my sales calls - this is very unusual for me. On the other hand - it could be left over from the holidays! I now have some itching in my vaginal area with a bump - herpes? which I don't get there, lamictal reaction?, inflamed hair follical? I dropped to 100 this morning as my dr is on vacation til next week. Until I began to experience these side effects I was really happy with it. I hope the itchiness and the blisters on my chest subside having dropped the dosage. Otherwise, adios lamictal | I take it with 100 mg effexor, which has been great. I was also on wellbutrin, but she took me off that because it was causing me to get agitated and reactive. Effexor has always been fine alone, but I hit a real hard spot in my life that necessitated increasing the dosage and it still wasn't enough. I'm not going up higher on it though because it kills your sex drive and makes me really YAWN. | F | 46 | 2 months | 12/29/2005 | 3 | Bipolar ll | I have been on lamictal for 3 weeks now, started out at 25mg and am now at 75mg. I can't really tell any difference either way, but it sounds like from reading some of the comments that some of you wrote, I won't see any results until I reach around 100mg. I will say though that I was on seroquel before I started the lamictal, the sleep was sweet with no racing thoughts, but I went from 125lbs to 150 lbs in 4 months, and couldn't loose a pound even If I starved myself. Not only did it caused horrible weight gain, but it put an end to my metabolism. I was continued to gain. I didn't know that seroquel caused weight gain until my doctor told me two weeks ago. He said that it was in the top 3 for weight gain, I wanted to go bipolar on HIM at that point for not warning me about seroquel! He knew that I was watching my figure because of my line of work. The good news it that lamictal seems to has cause my metabolism to return to normal, mybe even better than normal. I can eat whatever | F | 36 | 3 days | 9/28/2005 | 3 | seizures | Severe acne, moderate weight gain around the midsection, anxiety, insomnia, short term memory loss, trouble concentrating, no energy. | Had first and only seizure 1 1/2 years ago. Have not had one since. Taking 200mg 2x a day. I don't like the side effects. Since I have had only one grand mal seizure, I wonder if I even need to be on Lamictal. Talked to the neurologist about the anxiety and he wanted to start an antidepressant, I refused. Have never had any health issues before the seizure. I am beginning to think that neurologists feel the need to write perscriptions because it's easy. My GP, who truely listens, perscribed differin cream that totally cleared the acne and also perscribed Zanax to take ONLY if I felt that I was having an anxiety attack and needed it to work through it. I haven't have to take the Zanax, though it's comforting to know it's in my purse. Walking about 20 minutes a few times a day to help with the energy and the weight gain. I haven't seen any results with that which really bothers me because I have never had a problem with either before. I have found myself writing things down alot so I don | F | 43 | 1 years | 10/26/2006 | 3 | Bi Polar II/Depression | Memory loss, clumsiness, kind of in a fog | I feel a little too even. I am going to stop taking the pill. I cannot deal with the memory loss and lack of sharpness. It has effected my preformance at work. | F | 54 | 60 days | 10/1/2007 | 3 | depression, possible bipolar | Severe muscle pains at 300mg, vivid dreams, headaches, irritability, insomnia | When I first started taking Lamictal I was severely depressed & suicidal. Antidepressants weren't helping enough alone. Lamictal helped a lot for awhile. Then I began having severe muscle pains, mostly in my legs. I just hurt all the time. My Dr reduced my dose from 300 mg/day to 200 mg/day and the pains went away. Now I'm having really bad headaches. I'm not sure it's from Lamictal because I have them anyway. But I've had a migraine for the past 21 days in a row. That's unusual for me. Also for the past few weeks I've been extremely irritable and irrational and have been depressed and having suicidal thoughts again. I feel like I'm losing my mind. | F | 36 | 2 years | 10/15/2005 | 3 | Bipolar II Disorder | Lamictal made me hypomanic. The higher the dose, the more agressively irritable. | I really had high hopes for Lamictal, and I didn't really have any side physical side effects. My one side effect was a deal breaker--it made me hypomanic. I was nervous, anxious, and irritable. | F | 37 | 9 months | 3/14/2006 | 3 | Borderline Personality/Bipolar | Ear pressure/pain, slight abdominal pain, and on day 6, my legs began to ache. | I cant' say if it's working as of yet, after such a short tiral thus far. But I was previously taking Celexa with Topamax as a mood stabilizer and it didn't do the trick for me. I'm hoping the side effects of Lamictal will diminish... | F | 27 | 7 days | 1/19/2006 | 3 | Major Treatment Resistant Depressio | Dry mouth, Night Sweats (though I am being tested for sleep apnea so that could be why) | I have tried several doses. The only difference I have noticed is in the levle of dry mouth I experience, I feel like my mouth is the Sahara desert. I have had depression since I was 8 and I am now 27. My problem is that I have tried over 26 medications in various combinations and dosages as well as CBT, DBT and Talk therapy. The medications peak at about 45 days and then I feel "better" for another 30 or so days and then begins the backward slide into depression that spirals out of control. My current medications include 300 mg of Lamictal, 120 mg of cymbalta and 225 mg of trazadone all taken at bed time. | F | 27 | 7 months | 9/24/2006 |