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 |
| 2 | Epilepsy | flu symptoms, stiff neck, achy back muscles, daily headache, jaw pain, swollen lymph nodes, sore tongue, trouble finding words | F | 46 | 2 months | 3/4/2014 | 2 | Seizures of unknown cause | Acne, Headaches, Acne, Sore Muscles, Acne, Vaginal Itching, Acne, Stiff Neck, Acne, Lethargy, Excessive Urination, & Acne. | F | 32 | 2 weeks 50mg/day | 3/11/2013 | 2 | Mood stabilizer | Nervous legs really bad,intermittent sleep but this is my first experience with a mood stabilizer. I am trying to give it time but my patience is wearing thin. | F | 43 | 6 weeks 100mg 1xda 1X day | 4/28/2022 | 2 | anxiety/ mood disorder NOS | Extreme brain fog, fatigue, depersonalization/derealization. Irritability, worsened anxiety, intrusive obsessive thoughts, behavioral concerns, low mood. Cognitive impairment, including problems with attention, memory, processing speed, etc that significantly affect ability to function and carry out ordinary life tasks. I feel after coming off the cognitive impairment may be longterm. Seemed the main effect was to feel separated from one's emotions while still simultaneously experiencing them. | Note: In comparison to other anticonvulsant and "mood stabilizer" options, lamictal is usually tolerated better and viewed as less extreme. For example, fatigue from lamictal was less extreme that fatigue from gabapentin. | F | 20 | 6 years 150 mg 1X day | 10/6/2021 | 2 | Mood swings | Severe memory loss, confusion, difficult time concentrating, spelling difficulties, horrible night sweats, weird vivid dreams that I wake up screaming. | F | 32 | 4 weeks 100MG 1X day | 9/20/2020 | 2 | Currently | At first, I felt worse, then I felt better, and now I feel worse again. I am super agitated, I get anxious again, I run my mouth and I cannot stop sometimes, I feel angry a lot, and I get so hyper to the point of crying because I literally cannot calm down. It is like it helps the constant mood swings in a way, but it also makes them worse. I have developed intrusive thoughts as well, which I have had before..but not this bad. I do not cry anymore and my depression is gone, and so are my other mood swings, but I get mad so easily now and I get super hyper to the point of feeling sick. I have not been able to get ahold of my doctor. I am wondering if I should taper myself off until I can get ahold of her. I am only on 25 MG once a day, and I was told that 25 MG is not even that high of a dose. So, I am not too sure what to do now. I do not like how I have been feeling lately. | It works and then it does not. I do not get it nor understand it. | F | 27 | 2 months 25 MG 1X day | 8/10/2020 | 2 | depression | severe memory loss, confusion, hard time concentrating, night sweats, my head feels hot from the inside at times, ringing in ears.. i have had the memory problems for about 6 years but is much worse now, I would love to talk to someone with these symptoms.. it is bad | F | 57 | 8 years 150 1X day | 9/2/2020 | 2 | Possible bipolar | Anger, feeling dumb, slow not able to say much, worried. | Only a couple good days , which were nice I felt stronger, and less worries. Standing up for myself. Hair stopped shedding so much lol. | F | 33 | 3 weeks 25 MG | 8/14/2017 | 2 | Depressive disorder | My experience with Lamictol was not good. I started with 25 mg and was told to titrate up to 50mg. This medicine made me so tired. I also noticed I felt numb. No feelings at all. The feeling I would get is anger but unable to let it out. I lowered back to 25 mg for a week or so them stopped cold turkey. Well I am on 2 weeks without it. Not feeling great thats for sure. Your tired in it, but exhausted off it. I feel I have become depressed again, but know its due to withdrawal so am trying to accept it. I did have a headache for about 10 days. I notice I am feeling anger, not that I am an angry person normally, but have issues in my life that are making me angry and withdrawal is exacerbating these feelings. I have come close to going back on it for some relief from fatigue, but gonna push through it. I would rather feel life than be numb. | Not good. Should have never started this poison. | F | 51 | 3 months 50mg | 4/22/2016 | 2 | Mood Swings | Nausea, Increased depression, loss of short-term memory, mental fog, loss of appetite, clinching jaw, felt "dumbed down", crying jags, irritability, INCREASED ANXIETY! | Started taking 12.5 mg as I am sensitive to all medications. Lifted depression in 24 hrs. (no exaggeration) but caused anxiety. Tried going up to 25mg and felt extreme irritability, off the chart anxiety, mild lower neck pain, sore throat, stuffy nose. Went back down to 12.5 and I still had bad short-term memory loss, then I started feeling really down, isolating and a little paranoid. I didn't want to leave home. Made depression worse. I just felt out of it. I wish it would have worked for me, but as I said I am highly sensitive to all medications. I hope this posts can help someone. | F | 55 | 2 months 12.5 mg 1X day | 9/29/2017 | 2 | seizures | Hair loss, tired no energy, nose stopped up.Just feel crappy most days.Beats having a seizure. Doctor will change my medicine soon.Worse thing about seizures, you can have sudden death. So take your medicine on time and do not sleep on your stomach.Get plenty of sleep. Has anyone had thrush with this medicine? | F | 75 | 6 years 400 | 5/3/2018 | 2 | I take it for PTSD. At first, I felt happy but it was a sort of floaty high. I started having memory problems and the nausea, and terrific hi symptoms. I am slowly stopping. Too bad it was good for depression, but the side effects of feeling so spacey added with the gi distress was too much to bear. Also loss of concentration was too much , too. I really wanted it to work! | I wish doctors would emphasise the possibility of side effects more. I thought I was the only one. Helps to read other stories from people who have or are now taking it. Good to have support! | F | 65 | 3 months | 6/3/2018 | 2 | Depression | Memory loss, loss of appetite, insomnia at night, sleepy in day. Infections. Constant low grade headache | It did stop my suicidal thoughts but the side effects are starting to get to me. | F | 55 | 90 days 50mg | 6/7/2019 | 2 | Bipolar 2 | Confusion, loss of motivation and creativity direction, major memory problems (both long and short term), general apathy, slow thinking | I feel so sad because lamictal is the only mood stabilizer that I’ve tried that did not make me numb or make me gain weight. My mood is moderately more stable but the neurological side effects are hindering my life. I feel dull, slow, unfocused. It’s a catch 22, I’m not myself with or without this medicine and I dont know what to do | F | 21 | 7 months 75 my | 11/11/2019 | 2 | Bipolar | Trouble concentrating, blurry vision | Did zero at all about my mood issues. | F | 20 | 5 months 200 1X day | 10/26/2019 | 2 | Personality disorder. Bi polar, co | It's hard to say that I can describe anything as being the fault of Lamictal. I also take Seroquel , propranolol, and 8 other meds for myriad of problems. Sex drive is there but no desire to pursue it. Fatigued, spaced out, thoughts scattered and unfocused. Hard to stay awake and have "blackouts". My memory was good but not now. It is non existent. | F | 60 | 4 years 100 mg×3 | 3/22/2020 | 1 | Central pain Syndrome | Save yourself! Terrible drug! It caused severe damage to my intestines. I have severe intestional spasms!!! There are not words to describe the amount of pain! Excruciating doesn't come close!! My suffering is caused by Lamotrigene!!!! I ubered to the is hospital because of this drug! I had no intestinal issues ever until this drug Now i have inflamation in my intestines and silent reflux, from Lamotrigine i can not eat anything acidic or spicy. I am praying this damage is NOT permanent. Or IT HAS DESTROYED MY LIFE! From this day forward I will read the fine print side effects!! I have been off this drug for 6 months intestines are still spasming! | Other side effects I experienced were a very dry parched mouth no matter how much you drank your mouth is dry that's awful then I started losing my balance. | F | 58 | 3 months 25 mg | 1/12/2020 | 1 | Bipolar | I tried to come off this medication,I went crazy,doing things crazy as round the house.talking out s loud and packing bags dressing up to have fun for kids to learn about Jesus. going from my home to my neighbors home being silly. | F | 54 | 1 days | 5/17/2016 | 1 | Bp2 | Only took one tablet. Already taking sertraline for depression. I reacted badly. Within an hour of taking it I was filled with extreme anger and hatred towards myself! I was head butting things. Punching myself. I was wanted to seriously hurt myself. Had thought of stabbing my self in the leg and kept scratching my face! At one point I was sitting on the floor crying and rocking uncontrollably about 6 hours later after taking the tablet I suddenly became a dribbling mess. Slurring speech. Movements uncoordinated and very numb. Felt really tired. For two days walking shuffling the feet and all movements are slow. Speech is still slurring. I'm an ex junkie and I have taken lots of illegal drugs in the past and NONE of them made me feel like this one has. Never taking them again! | F | 44 | 1 days 25mg | 7/14/2016 | 1 | For bipolar | Soreness, achy, tremors, depression | This medicine made my hands and head shake, it also made me depressed. I did not feel enthusiastic or good about anything. I was sore all over, taking it with milk helped the side effects a little but still unsteady and shaky. | F | 34 | 3 weeks 50mg | 12/25/2016 |