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 |
| 1 | Bi-polor | I have been short of breath for 5 days body cramps nauseated panicking consistently panic attacks up to 10 times a day | Lamictal says nothing about these side effects on any of their sites this medication is the devil | F | 36 | 12 months 125mg | 8/21/2017 | 1 | Vestibular migraines | Fever after single dose. I am very hypersensitive to medications, this was no exception. | F | 35 | 1 days 10 mg 1X day | 7/31/2017 | 1 | Bipolar 2 | Jaw grinding, fatigue, nausea, loss of appetite, increased anxiety, dry mouth, headaches, hot flashes, panic attacks | My doctor told me that this was a toxic drug for me, that I was allergic to it. I withdrew from it after 6 weeks of Hell | F | 57 | 6 weeks 50 mg 1X day | 8/2/2017 | 1 | Mood stabilization | 11 days into taking Lamictal I had noticed a rash on the top of both of my thighs. It didn't itch or anything so I didn't think much of it. Cut to later that evening after noticing the rash on my thighs I came home experiencing severe chills despite gorgeous spring weather, not a half an hour later I had a fever of a 101.8. My body started hurting in ways that I didn't know were possible. Very flu-like without any of the other flu-like symptoms. Rheumatoid like pain. I had no runny nose, no sore throat, no congestion. The next day the rash had spread up into my arms, chest, and face. The pain that I was feeling in my body left me completely unable to sleep and my fever had spiked to 102.6 at which poiny I started to have a nose bleed. I haven't had a nose bleed since childhood. I went to my primary care physician and she told me to stop taking the Lamictal immediately. The subscribing psychiatrist of the medication didn't return my call for three days and told me to stop taking the medication and to start taking Benadryl. I went to my dermatologist the day after my primary care and she said this rash is very common and luckily it was not the Steven Johnson syndrome and prescribed prednisone taper. Still felt the intense pain and yet another full night of No Sleep. It got to the point where I had to go to the emergency room, where they had to give me a morphine and Benadryl drip. That was the only thing that relieved the pain. I am now going on four days not being able to work | F | 34 | 2 days 25 mg | 4/13/2017 | 1 | Bipolar type 2 | Migraine, hot flashes, shakes, blurry vision and nausea | Would not wish that combination on anybody | F | 17 | 2 weeks 50 mg | 3/7/2017 | 1 | Epilepsy | Terrible stomach problems that have continued even after I've been off of it for as long as I was on it! Gastrointestinal doctor found damage to my esophagus, stomach, and upper intestines. My stomach still bothers me. Pretty much any food and working out causes acid reflux. The bloating all the time is awful. I really hope it heals and I'm not permanently affected by it! | Crap medicine! All epilepsy medication is crap! | F | 40 | 6 months 200-400 1X day | 9/18/2020 | 1 | PTSD | Made me sleepy and embarrassing I woke up every 2 hrs. When I reached the 100mg I thought I had to urinate every 2 hours but I was shocked when I never did urinate when I thought I would. Honestly, it felt like I was having an orgasm from hell. Never stopped day or night. Women will know the feeling I am speaking of. Heck I haven't had sex in 20's so it took awhile for me to figure out what the sensation was I was getting woken up with. I guess I had an odd side effect but my Dr. said that it does have that effect on a small number. | It works for PTSD if you can get up to 200mgs. without strange side effect. | F | 67 | 2 months 100mg. 1X day | 7/17/2020 | 1 | Seizure | Hair loss, weight gain, insomnia, acid reflux, chest pain and headaches, most of all anxiety | Has horrible side effects | F | 45 | 6 months 200 2X day | 9/26/2020 | 1 | bipolar depression | dosage may be inaccurate but. it was very small insomnia - took my body a month to start sleeping properly. could be up for 3 days straight. bad acne started around two months. extremely bad headaches started to scare me so I stopped taking it | I havent taken lamictal in 2-3 months now. and NOW I have the side effect of feeling like bugs are crawling on me. To the point I have bad anxiety, sit up turn the light on theres nothing there.. lay back down.. same thing again a minute or so later. Just hoping it goes away because its making my anxiety awful. but im glad someone else said it was a side effect because my paranoia is driving me insane | F | 25 | 6 months 25mg 1X day | 6/10/2020 | 1 | seizures | memory loss, intrusive thoughts. I keep going over and over bad experiences including the car accident (50 years ago) that gave me severe head injuries causing these seizures. My 1st doctor had no empathy. Wouldn't take me off!! I have a new physician and hope she will prescribe a new drug. Lamictal takes care of my seizures but not worth the side effects | I also have depression and loss of co-ordination. | F | 67 | 8 years 400mg 2X day | 10/19/2020 | 1 | Depression, Bipolar | It was ok at beginning low dosage then everything was increasing then it just kept getting worse, severe hot flashes, night sweats, dry mouth, insomnia I could take it, know I'm SLOWLY going odd it and realizing what this did to me and my body, very hard getting off with withdrawals but DEFINITELY doing it!!!! | F | 56 | 3 years 250 mg 1X day | 5/25/2021 | 1 | depression | The pills were so tiny that I wondered if they would do anything at all. But after taking 1 pill, then another the next day ( in the morning ), I experienced horrible restless insomnia when I tried to sleep that night. I didn't take any more, but I could hardly get through the next day because I felt so bad. | I think that there are too many drugs on the market that have an insomnia side effect. How can a prescription drug help depression if it causes insomnia ?? I can't think of too many more counter-productive side effects than insomnia, especially for depression. | F | 74 | 2 days 50 mg. 1X day | 7/6/2021 | 1 | I have been feeling so terrible these last few months, initially I had indicated to the prescriber that I was feeling terrible and she disregarded my opinion. These last two months I've been drained of energy, especially in the morning. I wake up at random times during the night (even with a sleeping medication of 150mg), nonetheless, the red color on my knees comes and goes, followed by joint pain. My arms, knees, hips, ankles are always in pain, and cracking. I have limited cognitive functionality. I do not retain as much information as I used to, my head always feels like its on fire. I get rashes from time to time on my legs, and arms, my neck is stiff. I dislike this medication. It's been ruining my life, I do not recommend. | F | 22 | 4 months 100 1X day | 10/30/2021 | 1 | Nocturnal Seizures | Side effects: dizziness/vertigo (worse in the morning), blurry vision, extreme difficulty concentrating/remembering/reading, weak/tingly limbs, difficulty standing for a long time, increased libido, dry mouth, severe fatigue, stiff neck, hair loss, and sporadic tremors. | All of the problems I'm having began when I started this medication and it hasn't even stopped my nocturnal seizures (I had NO other neurological problems aside from seizures 1-2 times a year prior to medication). My ability to be creative and think critically is gone, I can't retain memory or learn new things, and the scariest side effects are the periodic tremors and weakness in my limbs. I've had every test under the sun, and am told I'm in great health. I sometimes wobble when I walk and I'm a zoned out zombie now. It's affecting my performance at work and my confidence as a competent adult. Every day feels like a battle against the debilitating fatigue and vertigo, heavy weak legs, and inability to adequately comprehend thoughts and words. I spend every day living in fear now, because I don't know my own body on this medication. | F | 30 | 7 months 100 MG 2X day | 2/18/2022 | 1 | BPD | Horrible brain fog, unable to think, fired from job in CA and had to move back to CO. Anxiety, nausea, stomach cramps, migraines, extreme hip pain, sciatia, horrible acne, dry mouth, insomnia, RLS and severe mode swings. Stopped taking 1 week ago. | F | 49 | 8 months 50mg 1X day | 9/12/2022 | 1 | Anxiety panic attacks | Have started on this and I'm terrified. I have tried 7 antidepressants they didn't help. I'm currently on Paxil and mitazipine. I have had a awful surgical menopause and no amount of HRT has helped either. Was put on Xanax 2mg but was causing visual hallucinations. Was kept on it for 4 years! Stopped 3 months ago but absolutely debilitated with panic and anxiety and a fear of meds. I am terrified this will make me worse. Can anyone plse advise if they felt same but improved. | F | 54 | 3 days 12.5 1X day | 10/9/2022 | 1 | Unspecified bipolar | Memory loss short and long term total panic attacks and almost completely changed personality and mood swings. Pain in my joints like knees and elbows and neck. Terrible nightmares playing me. I feel like I can't control my emotions or my own thoughts they come and interrupt me everywhere invasive and obsessive. I am always confused and in a haze, my relationships are deteriorating and I hate myself. | I am getting off it very slowly titrating down over like 3 months so far everything has just gotten worse. I just took my last dose yesterday so hopefully things will look up! I need my creativity and personality back. I can't live this way. | F | 23 | 8 months 100 mg 1X day | 3/20/2022 | 1 | Depression/Anxiety | I currently experience increased anxiety. Insomnia, disturbing dreams and intrusive thoughts. I suffered from cystic acne for several months. Weight loss, memory loss and a hard time concentrating. I have felt very agitated and am in a state of panic in the mornings. | I was recommended to stay on the medication despite expressing my concerns to my doctor. It is not until I expressed how I as having memory problems that he finally agreed to stop the medication. This medication may be helpful to some patients but has had no benefit to my well-being and in-fact completely changed my ability to be productive or enjoy each day. I am greatful to have found this site and to read other peoples comments and side effects and to know that I am not alone. | F | 49 | 8 months 300mg 1X day | 10/27/2022 | 1 | For depression and mood | I have bad memory and it's been getting worse to the point that I am done with my life. My memories declined after taking only for 4 weeks. I told my doctor, she dismissed my concerns. My memories got so bad and it's getting worse. I can't even remember names of people that I even grew up with them. I cannot remember where I put my keys, my eye glasses, I cannot remember days of the week or what I did 2 days ago. I cannot have a normal conversation because It's hard for me to find the right words. I love to read, but I had to give up because it frustrates me that I cannot remember what I just read. I am not myself anymore. I get angry and upset because of my memory loss. My concentration is so bad and it's getting worse. I cannot concentrate when someone is speaking with me. I get so confused as well. I mentioned all this side effects to my doctors, they dismissed it. Sometimes I stop taking it because of memory problems I up and down my doses. I know that this medication can cause steven Johnson syndrome, but I don't care anymore, since my health care providers does not care about my side effects. They even told me to take 200mg a day. My intrusive thoughts are so bad that I cannot think about anything else. I get brusis really easy. I been having dry mouth that causes a bad breath. I brush and floss my teeth and drink plenty of water it doesn't work. | F | 34 | 4 years 100 1X day | 12/24/2022 | 1 | For depression and mood | I have bad memory and it's been getting worse to the point that I am done with my life. My memories declined after taking only for 4 weeks. I told my doctor, she dismissed my concerns. My memories got so bad and it's getting worse. I can't even remember names of people that I even grew up with them. I cannot remember where I put my keys, my eye glasses, I cannot remember days of the week or what I did 2 days ago. I cannot have a normal conversation because It's hard for me to find the right words. I love to read, but I had to give up because it frustrates me that I cannot remember what I just read. I am not myself anymore. I get angry and upset because of my memory loss. My concentration is so bad and it's getting worse. I cannot concentrate when someone is speaking with me. I get so confused as well. I mentioned all this side effects to my doctors, they dismissed it. Sometimes I stop taking it because of memory problems I up and down my doses. I know that this medication can cause steven Johnson syndrome, but I don't care anymore, since my health care providers does not care about my side effects. They even told me to take 200mg a day. My intrusive thoughts are so bad that I cannot think about anything else. I get brusis really easy. I been having dry mouth that causes a bad breath. I brush and floss my teeth and drink plenty of water it doesn't work. | F | 34 | 4 years 100 1X day | 12/24/2022 |