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 | Anti-depressant | At first, racing heart, hands trembling, then as time went by, I feel so drugged, so tired I have to go lay down. Dry mouth but could be from combining Lamictal and other medications I'm taking. | Had a panic attack today (day 14). My memory problems are getting worse. My RLS (restless leg syndrome) is harder to control with my other prescriptions. I’m afraid to drive feeling like this. Today, day 14 I'm supposed to take 2 pills a day but this is bad enough!! | F | 61 | 2 weeks 25 mg 1X day | 1/10/2024 | 1 | bipolar/depression | Weight gain | Didn't help at all with depression issues. Only gained 10 lbs. Quickly and could not take it off until I quit. Waste of time and weight gain caused more blues. | F | 29 | 10 months 1X day | 2/26/2014 | 1 | treatment-resistant depression | I thought this was my miracle drug for depression but unfortunately like all other treatments eventually it failed me. After about 6 weeks I noticed it wasn't helping much with my depression anymore. I also noticed that I was excessively sleepy and would need naps every single day. It was like an overwhelming exhaustion came over me every day and there was no way I could avoid needing to nap. I also had extreme joint pain in my lower back and hips, and more pain in my knees and ankles. I attributed the excessive sleeping and hip/back pain to the fact that I have MS, and thought I was having pain in my knees and ankles because I'm overweight. Turns out that all of those symptoms were caused by the Lamictal and went away when I stopped taking it. Major bummer that it didn't work for me, but at least I figured out what was causing the pain and exhaustion. | F | 39 | 75 days 50 MG 1X day | 10/8/2013 Patient History | 1 | Bipolar, anxiety, mood stabilizer | Extreme agitation, severe joint and muscle pain, extreme cravings for nicotine (quit for over 5 years), self harm ideation, moodiness a | F | 33 | 2 months Titration | 11/11/2013 | 1 | Bipolar, fibromyalgia | I could no longer hack the Lamictal because I could no longer hold conversations -- I simply could not remember events or experiences in my life enough to talk about them. I had intense itching all over my head, neck and ears. It was severe and affected my work. After going off of Lamictal, I felt normal again. However, I have fibromyalgia and the pain started coming back so it was suggested by my pdoc that I go back on the Lamictal. Not trusting in my own experiences and thinking perhaps it had been something else that caused my past suffering, I started it again. And guess what? All of the symptoms returned. Sure doctors are educated but there's a lot they don't know. The long term affects of these drugs aren't known. Many drugs have helped me -- I couldn't hold a normal life without them. But be aware. You are the best expert for what goes into your body and what you feel as a result. | F | 52 | 3 years 100 mg 1X day | 5/30/2014 | 1 | bipolar 1 | At first it made me very tired and deppressed. I stayed in hed for almost two weeks. Then I started having anxiety. After that came the mania. I was fearful, having anxiety, couldnt even feel safe in my own house. I had crying fits. It was misrrable. I was even having delusions. It was very scary. Im back on abilify now and happy. | F | 26 | 2 months 100mg | 12/4/2013 | 1 | Bi-polar II | I took 25mg two hours before bedtime, as directed. On the second morning I woke up to painful little blisters on my gums & horrible heartburn. I never took another dose, on the advice of a nurse, the blisters disappeared, but the heartburn lasted for more than a week. Very disappointed as I was hoping for some relief from depression. | F | 65 | 2 days 25mg | 8/27/2014 | 1 | Bipolar II | continued effects from last post | now my hair is falling out, I have wrinkles that are getting worse under my eyes (I'm 20), acne and dry skin, and nails that are literally so weak they break when I fluff pillows. I'm having to get fake nails because they are starting to break off below the nail bed even though I have them trimmed very short. I also gained weight, despite monitoring my food intake. This drug was like a poison to my body!! No one could pay me enough money to take this drug again. Very scary experience. On top of all the side effects it did NOTHING for my depression or anxiety or anything else for that matter. Currently working down on the dose as quickly as is possible while still being safe. HR continues to stay high. EKG and all other tests were normal. I can just hope it didn't do any lasting damage. | F | 20 | 3 months | 11/21/2009 | 1 | Biploar II | HIGH anxiety, increased heart rate, constant chest pains though the day, back pain, ice pick headaches (some lasting hours), lower abdominal pain, muscle aches, constipation, constant indigestion/heart burn, feeling like I can't get full or feeling like I'm starving after I eat a meal, worsened nerve pain (I have FM), hot flashes and chills, dry mouth, dehydration, deteriorating nails hair and skin condition, weight gain | Apparently this drug is a miracle drug for some. For me it was poison. Couldn't pay me to take it again. I had the worst anxiety I've had in years- I rarely take my xanax but ever since being on this med. I've had to take it almost every day, sometimes several times a day. The most disturbing side effect:It increased my heart rate greatly- never below 80pbm, mostly hangs around 100bmp, resting average 96bpm, 115-120+ if I get a little exited, and 150+ when doing light activities or walking leisurely. Pulse wakes me up, can feel it pounding through my entire body or at least my torso and neck. I also experienced more chest pains than usual for much longer, that would also wake me up in my sleep. Ended up in the ER because of such a high HR. I had back pain that pain killers couldn't touch, ice pick headaches that were severe and sometimes lasted for hours, intense lower abdominal pain, random muscle aches, constipation, constant indigestion and heart burn- didn't matter what I ate, I never felt full and would even feel like I was starving after meals so I had to watch my food intake, worsened my nerve pain from my FM, I get hot flashes as well as chills with violent chills and am still cold after I get warm enough to stop shaking, dry mouth no matter how much water I drank, very stubborn dehydration that didn't go way no matter how much I drank and even after I got IV fluids. My hair skin and nails are now extremely weak (started when I started meds)- now my hair is falli | F | 20 | 3 months | 11/21/2009 | 1 | epilepsy | mouth sores, sore throat, rash, muscle aches, agitation, irratibility, hyperness- mind racing, heart paliptiations/racing | These are rare side effects that dont effect everyone, but i wouldnt recomment this medicine to anyond | F | 25 | 2 weeks | 11/12/2009 | 1 | Mood Stabilizer - OH MY GOSH....After 3 days on RX, huge HAIR loss, SORE throat, puke puke puke, SEVERE, CHRONIC migraine type HA. WEIGHT GAIN, TREMORS, VISION DECREASE, Dry Skin, HELL on the teeth, Sore areas inside mouth, RASH, OH MY GOSH, HUGE, RED, HOT, Appears as area is BURNED, MEMORY decreasem dysphagia, WEIGHT GAIN, 2+ EDEMA :Lower Extremeties, 10 fold Increase, SEVERE back pain, Hell, this RX alone would cause SA in the most healthy of individuals. Drugs, can't live with em, can't live without them! Entire OVERALL body discomfort, feel like I have what LockJaw is perceived to feel.. TRASH this RX, feels like entire body is toxic and poisoned. Good job research, think this one was rigged! this is after 3 days starter pack initiation. GOOD GRIEF. | Only for those with an immediate death wish. GOSH. YEAH it rocked if one loves total misery!! | F | 50 | 3 days | 12/14/2009 | 1 | Mood stabilizer | Night sweats at first , hives on my fore arm . Forgetfulness . Horrible urge to stretch | GET OFF OF THIS NOW!!! The stretching was horrible . It took over my life for about three days straight all I could do was stretch I ditched the pills and it's starting to ease off . I also used to get little bumps on the back of my throat !!! Horrible horrible and I was knot on it for two months ! THE COMSTANT NEED TO STRETCH WAS HORRIBLE !!! One of the worst experiences in my life ! If you are or have experienced the horrible burning urge to stretch please contact me !!!! | F | 24 | 60 days 25mg 1X day | 4/17/2015 | 1 | Bi-polar 1 | It made me aggressive and hostile. | F | 58 | 6 months 200 1X day | 7/10/2014 | 1 | depression, mooodiness | HORRIBLE experience. Lost executive function-developed mild cognitive disorder. 5 years later have not fully recovered EF from this drug. Hair loss, weight loss, stupor. | Would not recommend this. | F | 60 | 1 years 150 1X day | 6/14/2015 | 1 | Bipolar depression | Face really broke out never sleep gained weight this drug sucks don't try it. | F | 37 | 10 days 30 | 5/5/2015 | 1 | moid stabilizer | I'm on a lot of meds. So, if it's doing anything.I guess iI'd say it causes fatigue. I'm using a c pap as a result. | I was going into a hospital for ECT. Someone in here says lamictal causes seizures. But, I was told it's an anticonvulsive. As a result, I was told that being on lamictal would prevent ECT from working. :-( | F | 50 | 1 days | 5/8/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | Seizures | Seizure meds should never be prescribed for bipolar yet doctors keep insisting in trying them for mood swings before resorting to antipsychotics. This med made no difference in my moods at all, no improvement for bipolar, it was like I was taking a placebo. However, I have never had seizures in my entire life but when I started taking this I started having small seizures that continued long after I stopped taking it. I was tested for epilepsy and brain abnormalities and 3 years of constant testing revealed that I DID NOT have a seizure disorder, so I started getting unexplained seizures after using this med and have them still to this day. Docs still cannot explain why I have them, but they did not stop and I started having grand mal seizures until I started taking Neurontin for anxiety which is also good for seizures I have been told. | F | 29 | 2 months 60mg 2X day | 5/6/2015 | 1 | Absence Seizures/Complex Partial | At age 17 I was put on 100mg Lamictal monothepary for a seizure disorder . I had a hallucination in the supermarket one day, went back to the neurologist thinking it was the Lamictal. He disagreed and said it was normal for seizure patients. Before university I returned to NYU to discuss what i felt were side effects of the Lamictal and again he dismissed it and increased dose to 400mg daily, sighting I needed control during university life. The 400 mg made me unable to get out of bed, extreme fatigue, cognitive issues when reading ( the words would flip from what I saw in the book to what my mind was processing) I knew this was incorrect but could not explain. Lecturers did not care to understand. I gain weight (50 lbs in 2 years) no matter how much diet or exercise. I broke out in cystic acne and my moods became very aggressive and suicidal. I had to drop of university as i was in a scholarship program and could no longer maintain my grades. We weaned off the Lamictal 25mg per week | F | 24 | 5 years 200 mg 2X day | 6/30/2015 | 1 | Mood stabilizer | I had taken Lamictal for about 3 years. As a mood stablizer. I was started off at 50MG. If I had forgotten to take a dose, the next day I would feel numb, very nauseous and very irritable. I thought the medication was doing an okay job. Until I had moved out. I got very depressed, gained 20+ pounds (which it is very hard for me to gain weight) was extremely suicidal. This is was after my medication was bumped up to 100MG. I have been currently off my medication and feeling a lot better than when I was on it. I would not recommend taking this drug. It did more harm than anything. | I liked to know if anyone else gained weight on this? And or if they got really suicidal? | F | 18 | 3 years 100MG | 4/26/2015 | 1 | Mood Stabilzer | Severe hallucinations, nightmares, felt like I was getting attack during sleep, had maybe 3 hours of sleep (maybe in 3 day's) because of the fear of falling alsepp. Also had a seizure and dizziness. I lost about 4 pounds in a week and I'm 5 foot tall and already weighed 115. | This drug if by far the worst I have every been prescribed. I had never had a seizure until I started this medication. I may have to skip Thanksgiving this year because I was already thin and then my family may think I am starting myself or under too much stress. My bones show and I'm very week. When I started this I was in a size 5/6 nit in wearing a size 1. I've wanted to be thin like this but it has taken its toll on my mind and body. If you don't have to take this please look at other options. Good luck | F | 40 | 5 weeks 100 | 10/30/2014 |