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 | depression anxiety | unfortunately this medication made me psychotic and suicidal | F | 39 | 4 weeks 50mg | 1/25/2015 | 1 | bipolar disorder, severe depression | Started on a fairly high dosage. Experienced severe hair loss and weight loss. | F | 17 | 2 months 200 | 2/5/2015 | 1 | bi-polar disorder | My Dr just diagnosed me with BPD; Prescribed this to help; my mood swings have just gotten worse. I cry A LOT, don't want to leave the house, and just feel useless. Not functioning.. | Called my Dr; he told me to stop the medication & come into the office Asap, which is tomorrow. I will update whether the Dr is continuing in my opinion a bad med for anyone with BPD & Anxiety. | F | 40 | 2 weeks 25mg | 11/22/2015 | 1 | Bipolar, Anxiety | I had tried it a while back and experienced the rash on my chest and sore throat this time around I felt irratated then I got dizzy almost fainted and sae a nurse my oxygen was only 90 and I felt like, Well on it today still feel like I'm going to have a heart attack! | F | 37 | 6 days 30mg | 10/16/2015 | 1 | Partial Complex Seizures | swollen lymph noids,chest pain, depressed,angry,paranoid,very moody - felt like I was going crazy | It did stop my seizures immediately. BUT IT WAS DESTROYING MY LIFE!!!! | F | 48 | 5 months 200 MG | 9/20/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | It burns my stomach even after I take it after food | F | 53 | 3 months | 9/5/2015 | 1 | Epilepsy | Tardive dyskinesia, rigidity walking up stairs, trouble moving eyes, slowed breathing, twitching in legs, feet, fingers and wrists, graying hair, dry skin, yellowing skin, orthostatic hypotension, urinary problems, gum problems, confusion, memory problems, palpitations | I was on this drug for 18 years, not 10. I would not recommend Lamictal to anyone on this planet, for any reason. It is pure poison. The fact that I am off of it is a miracle I thank God for every day. There is permanent, serious damage from Lamictal, to be sure. I am so grateful to be free of this evil drug. | F | 44 | 10 years 200 mg | 2/2/2016 | 1 | Very bad med. Horrible med caused severe knees and joint pain, chill and goose bump, dry mouth, fatigue, weight gain. Advice all patients never take this med. | F | 64 | 10 days | 3/3/2016 | 1 | Seizures | Muscle aches and pains like crazy. Not able to sleep more than 2 hours at a time during the night yet very sleepy during the day. | Made me feel angry and anxious, frustration. Felt like I had the flu. Called my doctor this morning telling him that I cannot take it. | F | 60 | 10 days 25 milligr | 2/5/2016 | 1 | Seizures | Muscle aches and pains like crazy. Not able to sleep more than 2 hours at a time during the night yet very sleepy during the day. | Made me feel angry and anxious, frustration. Felt like I had the flu. Called my doctor this morning telling him that I cannot take it. | F | 60 | 10 days 25 milligr | 2/5/2016 | 1 | Depression & Anxiety | So dizzy all I want to do is sleep all the time and just the feeling of being drunk, I can't even walk a straight line.. | Would NOT recommend taking this,Worst Phyc medication I have ever | F | 40 | 10 days 25mg | 12/26/2015 | 1 | Panic Disorder, GAD, Mood disorder | Nausea, appetite loss, nightmares, dizziness, sweating, blurry vision, dry mouth, brain fog increased anxiety and irritability | HORRIBLE drug for panic disorder and anxiety in general. It made my anxiety ten times worse. I also have a phobia of vomit, and this drug made me nauseous as hell. I was also hoping for a mood stabilizing component to help with my irritability, but it just made that worse too. | F | 20 | 2 weeks 12.5 MG 1X day | 12/27/2015 | 1 | bipolar | rash, sore throat, swollen lips, tongue, sore nostrils | PURE EVIL!!!!! IT CAUSED STEVEN JOHNSON SYNDROME, a seriously frightening illness. Luckily, mine was caught in time. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 6/14/2009 | 1 | depression | worsening of depression, uncontrolled rage with amnesia | Very scary drug. Have tried many other anti depressants, generally the worst that would happen is nothing. This drug was prescribed for "bi-polar", which I'm not. Very frightening to hear from others how my personality changed while on this toxic drug. Total amnesia of behavior while on it. | F | 55 | 2 months | 4/20/2009 | 1 | epilepsy | dizziness, lack of coordination (broke glasses, spilled food, knocked things over, bruised self, afraid I would fall down stairs or while taking shower), insomnia, fatigue, nausea, itchy scalp and itchy arms and legs, sensitivity to sun, skin bumpy, slurred speech, "hot flashes" day and and night--stopped wearing makeup, changed stinky sheets often, washed clothes more often, showered more often,--dry mouth, frequent sinus headaches(try nose spray)and severe migraine headaches (try maxalt-MLT), easy bleeding (when washing my face) and easy bruising (on abdomen??), vaginitis, tremors, lips pursing, sores in my mouth, biting my tongue while eating, clenched jaw, new type of seizure with teeth clenched--WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED???? A dentist my find my teeth moved (absence--petit mal for 20 years after last tonic clonic), chest pain, impaired memory; difficulty spelling words correctly; emotional lability (very angry--throwing things vs. crying about nothing) | I HATE IT!!!! The main reason for taking it was to lose weight seeing as Depakote causes weight gain. My seizures were already under control. Not driving for over 6 months changed life style--no exercise so more weight. Migraines keep me from everything. And I'm afraid of these new seizures. I hope they disappear when I get back on Depakote. 6 mo. before tapering back to depakote | F | 63 | 6 months | 9/17/2008 | 1 | Epilepsy | My seizures are caused by a bicycle accident in 1993 and my seizures developed in 1998; (5 yrs later) I was 24; they are not hereditary. I am now 32 years old. Here is a list of the side effects and symptoms that I have experienced while using Lamictal and side effects that are ongoing since I discontinued using the drug. These side effects are only on a 200mg dosage... Loss of libido (sex drive) which wasn't noticed until 2006 when I got married, before that I was a virgin so I payed no attention to my hormones. Short and long term memory loss, grinding of teeth and biting of tongue and cheeks, vivid dreams, weight loss, acne problems, drulling of mouth while asleep and when speaking, anxiety, mood swings, impatience, fatigue, blurred of vision, hair loss, slower coordination and reaction, slow thinking, irregular sleeping patterns; sometimes I awaken early after going to bed late after just 4 hours sleep. Lamictal gave me more seizures; major ones and now silent ones. It has neve | It is one of the worse medicines I have been on in my life causing more problems than what I have started with. This product only added insult to injury. I highly recommend against its use. It caused a host of new symptoms that I never had before. | F | 32 | 4 years | 9/16/2008 | 1 | Bi-Polar | HAIR LOSS, WEIGHT GAIN, CONFUSSION, MEMORY LOSS,JOINT PAIN ALL OVER.VAGINAL DRYNESS, BREAK THROUGH BLEEDING. | This by far has to be the worst med i have ever taken. I took myself off cold turkey and delt with the withdrawl because of the side effects. My ob thought that I was menopausal because of the women issues I had, untill he found out that I was on this med. I am 36 and I felt as though I was 66. After being off med for two months now I have lost most of my weight, my hair dresser tells me that I have a whole new head of hair growing. | F | 36 | 1 years | 9/5/2008 | 1 | F | 27 | 1 years | 9/14/2008 | 1 | Depression, anxiety, PTSD | Nausea - absolutely horrible - like chemo but without the hair loss. | I managed to stay on the stuff for two weeks, noticed absolutely NO change in my moods, but could not deal with the nausea, so I quit taking it. | F | 62 | 2 weeks | 7/19/2009 | 1 | depression | Death. Yes, I said death. Google this: " class action suit & lamictal internal combustion" Get off this drug!!! BUT DON"T DO IT NOW! or you will not sleep! You mind could start racing, and you may become manic. I have been taking this shit for 9 months - I thought it was the best thing known to man, it fixed my depression, but then gradually, I became more and more manic. I didn't sleep. I got in arguments with everyone cuz I was so irritable. I got called into my boss's office. Everyone was worried about me. I had neck pain, I slept all the time, I had no appetite, I didn't wanna do anything, I had no appetite, I was nauseated, then I started to lower my dose - then the real fun started - my thoughts were coming in so fast that I planned out the entire rest of my life detail by detail all night long - I cleaned out all my closets, I drove my friends nuts, I was a friggin' basket case. I didn't sleep AT ALL for 12 weeks. | feel free to email me at [email protected] I sincerely am going to make this my life's work to help everyone I can by spreading the word. Pfeiffer Treatment Center and Nutritional Weitht and Wellness are THE best places to obtain treatment - and I've been in this boat (i.e., I've had depression) since 1985. | F | 56 | 9 months | 7/6/2009 |