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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | PTSD, anxiety, Mood Disorder- NOS | I feel woozy, like I'm just getting over being sick. I have a weird headache on the entire right side of my head and it kind of moves onto my left side, some back aching (minor), some weird feelings like dizziness, nausea, dissociation, and what feels like post-nasal drip. I am always in and out of being sick, so it could be that. Got some weird aching and exhaustion in my legs on the second half of the second day, but otherwise I have noticed only slight issues with concentration and memory. I take Adderall, so that might be helping with that some. I feel moderately lethargic. Do the side-effects go away? | Any words of support would help. My mood has definitely stabilized. I feel like crying, but it does not seem mood related, but rather trauma-related. I am much more present, so I do not think it is the drug, but actually me being able to deal with my underlying PTSD-related feelings without it actually disrupting my moods. I am only on 25 mgs and my mood definitely feels more stable but my head hurts, I feel weird, and I don't want to eat. That part is weird for me as I usually eat a ton and am always hungry. My anxiety is definitely down, which is the plus side of the disassociation, but I feel really removed and maybe more depressed. | F | 25 | 3 days 25 mg 1X day | 10/3/2011 | 3 | Partial Complex Seizures | WEIGHT GAIN, headaches, stiff neck, memory loss, insomnia, FORGETFULLNESS, | I was on Topamax for 2 years and wanted off because it was affecting my personality and making me a zombie. The initial weight loss was awesome. However, it got to be extreme. I wanted something different. Neurologist put me on Lamictal. I gained some of my weight back which was ok. The problem now is that I have gained .5 lbs EVERY week. I watch everything I put in my mouth and I work out 5 x a week. I have gone to a personal trainer, thinking I was doing something wrong. Nothing will make the weight come off. A little weight gain would have been fine. The continuing weight gain is really bothersome. Most of that is my vanity speaking though. Aside from that, I have some massive headaches, I wake up in the morning stiff and humped over like a 90 y/o. I don't sleep well at night. I get regular massages because of a stiff neck. I cannot remember crap. Some of that relates to the Topamax and seizures in general. I am afraid that my short-term and some of my long-term memory is just gone. I have repeated myself to everyone so frequently that I feel like an idiot. I should have just sucked it up with the Topamax. | F | 37 | 1 years 200 mg 1X day | 1/15/2012 | 3 | Bipolar II/Cyclothymia | Severe anger, irratibility. Very vivid dreams.. felt like I was hallucinating. Foggy, Itchy. | My racing thoughts have completly stopped! Also, my moods are not so up and down as they used to be. (Depressed then very happy several times in 24 hours) Anxiety calmed a little. My anger and vivid dreams are so extreme though that I have thought about getting of medication. | F | 19 | 10 days 25 MG 1X day | 1/16/2012 | 3 | resistant depression (major). | Well, so far I have trouble staying asleep & sometimes it appears that inside of my mouth is kind of sore. I am super afraid to get any type of rash that it stays on my mind everyday. | I was scared to start taking this drug because of the side affects, but the other meds that I tried seem to work in the beginning & then they stop working for some reason & different things in my life seemed to trigger my depression more, but so far, this drug seem 2 be taking away my melancholy feelings that I had. I hope & pray that the side effects are minimal! | F | 49 | 2 weeks 25mg daily 1X day | 1/9/2012 | 3 | Bipolar II | It caused very dry, itchy skin. NOT a rash, just extremely dry skin. Loss in memory and concentration. | As a college student, I have had difficulty with this medication, and will admit that I have, on occasion, gone off of it for several days at a time in order to concentrate/study. There is an noticeable difference between when I take it and when I don't. | F | 19 | 2 years 200mg 1X day | 1/19/2012 | 3 | Bipolar II | Weight Gain on the Generic | I have posted here on this website before about Dr Reddy's Lab. It took me a while to realize that after switching from brand name Lamictal to the manufacturer Dr Reddy's lab that I gained weight. I thought the gain was unrelated until I lost a few pounds after cutting back my dosage and going back to the brand name. After doing a google search, there are a couple other people who also gained about 10 lbs with that company. It's odd that everyone gained the same amount. | F | 35 | 8 years 200 MG 1X day | 1/10/2012 | 3 | BP 2 | Steven Johnson Syndrome. | I felt so much better on lamictal but i obviously had an allergic reaction to it. Steven Johnsons syndrome is very serious and your doctor should really inform you of the side effects. | F | 23 | 3 weeks 50 2X day | 1/16/2012 | 2 | antiepileptic | Hair thinning,I get extremly worked within a minute I can go from 0percent to 100 percent.I have to then try to calm myself down I become anvious to quick.short term memory loss,I could forget where I left something even if it was just 5minutes ago. | F | 35 | 10 years 200mg | 1/27/2012 | 2 | Bipolar 2 | Sadness, crying, moodswings. Itchy spots and hives. Slight headaches and a feeling of pressure or "blockiness" in my head. | Started on 50mg and became almost immediately sad and tearful. At 100mg I got too activated and angry, this settled into mildly low with occasional desperate crying spells. 150mg the moodswings got more frequent, would have crying spells at work. Self-harmed, thought about suicide. I have halved my dose with a view to stopping, and the crying has stopped. Still feel sad though. I am so disappointed, I had really hoped this would work, but the sadness is so extreme I can't stand it. | F | 34 | 2.5 months 150mg 1X day | 9/10/2013 | 2 | Bipolar | Massive Weight Loss (40 Pounds) shaky hands, memory loss, ache, HAIR LOSS, feeling full all the time, blurred vision | I didn't realize that it was my Lamictal that was causing me to lose the weight that I was. I was 176 pounds and now I weigh 133 that's a 43 drop and my body is not suppose to be 133; I look sick. I also suffer from bad Ache which I am now on an ache medicine to help. I have blurred vision which I thought was from me having Lasik surgery and come to find out it is another side effect of Lamictal. The drug seems to have helped with my mood swings I just can't take the side effects any longer. I look sick and when people see me they seem uncomfortable around me, I can only imagine what they are thinking. I have had to use the excuse that I am on Weight Watchers that's why I have lost so much weight(I don't think that it is anyone's biz that I am bipolar). I wish I didn't suffer from almost all of the side effects that Lamictal has...I guess I should be happy that I didn't get the terrible rash that it can cause. Hopefully once I am off of Lamictal and it has left my system some of my weight will come back, my hair will stop falling out, my vision will become clear and my ache will go away. Its sad because taking it I felt so much more clear and calm:(. If you don't get the side effects that I suffered from its a great drug for bipolar! | F | 37 | 8 months 100MG 1X day | 8/30/2013 | 2 | Epilepsy | auras, fuzzy feeling, fogginess, lack if clarity, odd tingling in head when close to time to take next dose, edginess, forgetfulness, weight gain, depression, anxiety, hunger | I was on Tegretol and wish I could have stayed on it, but after over ten years it started messing with my sodium levels, so I went on Topomax, which I also wish I stayed on. But my fiance and I decided to try and get pregnant, and after consulting with my neurologist, we went with Lamictal to reduce any risk to the baby. I HATED IT. I felt "off" all the time, and never, ever felt normal. Within three hours of the time I had to take my next pill, I was already edgy and having auras. We tried for a while, but it didn't work out, which is too bad, but I'm back on the Topomax, which is good. | F | 41 | 2 years 50 2X day | 10/22/2011 | 2 | Depression | Awful hot flashes and increased sweating; increased clitoral sensitivity | F | 29 | 81 days 150 1X day | 11/4/2011 | 2 | partial seizures | horrible, itchy rash on my arms | doc told me to call if i experienced any type of rash, which could be serious. i don't think i took it for long enough to know if it controlled my partial seizures. | F | 47 | 5 days 50 mg 2X day | 8/26/2012 | 2 | Bipolar 1 | This medication did not prevent my manias or depressions. In fact I had a manic episode almost severe enough to land me in the hospital. It made no effect whatsoever on my bipolar. | F | 29 | 5 months 100 mg 1X day | 11/9/2011 | 2 | Migraine Prevention | Day 12: Fever, stiff neck, muscle aches, and nausea, flushed. Day 13: Fever 102, nausea, red rash on chest, upper arms, upper back, face. (medication discountinued) Day 14: Fever 101, rash on torso, upper arms, neck, face, thighs. Day 14: fever 99, rash on entire body, mostly bright red everywhere. | I have intractable migraines from sun exposure on my skin. I'm practically trapped inside my house because even covering up with darkroom blackout fabric that leaves my face exposed results in migraines from sun reflection on my face off of cars, the sidewalk, etc. We tried Lamictal after neurontin and topomax didn't work for me (I'm also on 125 mg amitryptilene and 120 mg propanolol ER but we can't go up on those doses, and I get botox every 3 months). I was started on 25 mg lamictal in the morning and 25 mg in the evening. I didn't know at the time that this was twice the recommended starting dose. I got a rash on day 12 with a fever. The rash kept growing even though the fever kept going down. On the third day of the rash (a holiday), my neuro sent me to the ER with an all-over body rash. It was just slightly itchy and painful. All the staff kept coming in to look at me because they had never seen a lamictal rash before. The ER sent me home with a prescription for prednisone and the suggestion to put lidocaine on the rash to reduce pain and itchiness. They said there was no reason to believe the prednisone would work, but it's not risky so we might as well try it. Lidocaine made me insanely itchy! I couldn't sleep. I washed it off, but that didn't help. That was yesterday. I took a shower today and am still crazy itchy, but the rash is finally pulling back a little--it's still all over my body, but more splotchy instead of solid red. | F | 43 | 13 days 25 2X day | 9/6/2011 | 2 | mood stabilizer | hair loss, bitchiness, loss of appetite, increased depression | Perhaps I'm not at the "therapeutic dose" yet, but at this dose I'm a complete bitch and more depressed than every. Even 450 of Wellbutrin can't compensate. And clumps of hair are coming out every day in the shower and I've got thin hair as it is. I shudder to consider going on Depakote - would I rather be bald or big as a house? Lithium is not an option as I am already hypothyroid. | F | 48 | 3 months 100 1X day | 8/10/2011 | 2 | bpd- to regulate my moods | nausea, headache, insomnia, muscle spasms, unable to concentrate, trouble with speech, trouble finding the correct words when speaking, memory loss,drowsy/sleepy, suicidal thoughts, severe mood change (couldn't get along with anyone), anxiety, things didn't taste the same,some dizziness | Well, if you want to quit smoking, then maybe you should try this med, as I've been smoking for 22 years and when I started taking this med, cigarettes suddenly tasted nasty. I've drastically decreased the amount of cigs I smoke and am nearly about to quit for good which is a good thing. In fact it's the only good thing that's come from me taking lamictal. When my doctor increased my dosage from 25mg to 50mg for a couple of weeks, I became very suicidal, had terrible insomnia, severe mood change (and i don't mean better moods, but worse moods). My doctor then decreased me back to 25 mg and those certain things that I mentioned are not so bad anymore. I honestly do not think that lamictal has helped my moods what so ever. | F | 37 | 2 months 25 1X day | 7/30/2011 | 2 | Bipolar/BPD/bulimia | headache, dry eyes, insomnia | I was put on this drug because my antidepressants were not working anymore and I was having episodes of mania. I'm not sure if I can say this drug is going to work for me or not because I've only been taking it for 3 weeks and at a low dose but if things don't change quick, I don't know what to do. I don't feel depressed, but I find myself crying at times when I'm not even sad. I have way more manic episodes but i'm not sure if that's just because I'm noticing what those feeling are now? I want to up the dose and wait awhile before I can say this drug works for me or not. | F | 25 | 3 weeks 50 MG 1X day | 7/15/2011 | 2 | Bipolar II | Increased moods, stayed irritated, higher dose gives me irregular heartbeats. | After being on this drug for 3 years I decided to stop taken them, I was not getting any better, seems over the years I was getting much worst. Now that I've been off for a month now, I feel great, mood and irrtibility is fine, the chronic pain I live with just makes my mood bad, a mood stablizer can't change what pain does to our body, I also became a Diabetic unaware of it and went into a Coma for a week and hospitalized for a month, loss majority of my vision, kidney problems and now living with nerve damage. I do not recomend anyone to stop taking there meds without your doctors recomendation, I did because I was tired of my Psy taking me around in circles. Had to be in charge of my own body and how I felt. | F | 46 | 3 years 150 2X day | 5/16/2011 | 2 | Major depression, unipolar | Using wrong words a lot when began at low dose, then compulsive nighttime behavior, like staying up until 4 am googling things. Could not stop even though I was exhausted (no previous history of complusive behavior) then acne (no history of acne, even during adolescence) did not help depression at all. Chills. | Was prescribed due to the fact that my depression seemed to be recurrent and cyclical, even though I have no history of anything like hypomania or mania. I didn't even get up to a "therapeutic dose" because I was staying up all night, feeling worse by the day, and many troublesome side effects at even a very low dose. No history of senitivites to meds. Sort of awful experience. | F | 42 | 1 months 50 1X day | 4/13/2011 |