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 | epilepsy | painful blisters in mouth, swollen lips | call your doctor right away if this happens, they told me it could have been really dangerous | F | 45 | 3 days | 11/7/2008 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | Lamictal made me so sick that after 4 years of suffering immense pain every hour every day at wanted to die. At that time neither my numerous doctors nor I had attributed the sudden onset of pain to Lamictal. | For 4 years I suffered everything from crushing constant headaches, general body aches, mustle pain, joint pain, face pain, partial jaw lock, fever, chills, nightmares, waking up at 3 am in the morning without feeling rested, nausea, gag-ing, neuralgia,fibromyalgia, gastritis, blurred vision, skin discolorations, extreme irritability, overly sensitive to loud noises, mental slow down, confusion, retarded speech, loss of words, mouth sores, undecisiveness, itchiness, a feeling of despair not to mention deep depression due to the pain. The Psychiatrist who initially gave me the prescription did not discuss these side effects with me and none of the many doctors, including so-called pain specialist thought of looking for the Lamictal for the possible culprit. Nobody I went to had a clue and many times they turned me away thinking I was a drug seeker. After trying yet another pain medication (lyrica) I decided to go off Lamictal just because all the medications were ripping my bowels apart | F | 44 | 4 years | 11/22/2008 | 1 | bipolar | massive hair loss, memory loss, weight gain, depression | felt like I was in a fog, couldn't be happy | F | 33 | 3 months | 1/2/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | Poor concentration, loss of coordination and balance, poor sleep with vivid frighening dreams, scalp itch with hair loss, cannot find the "right" word, slurred speach, intense hedache always upon waking and atleast once more during the day, unexplained dental problems, acne, weird brusing,unexplainned leg pain and vertigo. There maybe more, as I most likely have forgotten something. | Well, where to start. Can I concentrate enough to write this? Will I have to stop to look up the correct spelling of a word? Will I even remember the word I am looking up? Maybe I will fly into an unprovoked rage while trying to complete this. Perhaps I will have to leave the computer because I suddenly feel like I might vomit. Maybe my scalp will itch and I will have my hair fall out on my keyboard. These questions for now remain unanswered. The upside is that I won't fall down tripping on air since I am sitting nor slur my speach since I am not attempting the great feat of speaking. I cannot even put into words how angry I am right now. I have reported almost all of these thing to my shrink, except for the things that I thought couldn't even be remotely related. My very thorough family doctor was concerned but puzzled after many tests (CAT scan, blood work ups, referals) but felt like there was nothing left to explore. Last month I was accompanied by my long-suffering husban | F | 42 | 3 years | 1/3/2009 | 1 | Bi Polar Disorder | Extreme hypersensitivity both emotional as well as physical. Cry at every Feed the Children commercial on TV, yelling at co-workers bright red cheeks on fire tender skin and hair follicles... | Built up to 300 over several months while decreased and eventually stopped taking 60 mg Cymbalta that I had been on for several years. | F | 38 | 6 months | 1/16/2009 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | MAJOR RAPID CYCLING, head jerking, dry mouth, dizziness, bad memory, really bad rage, crying and outbursts, severe abdominal pain both cramps and stabbing pains, headaches. | Started on 25mgs every 2 days for a week than as soon as I changed to 25mgs every day the rapid cycling started. The moods were so bad I immediately ceased Lamictal. I was tkaing Provigil and Seroquel at the time. It's not known if the drug combination caused the bad result or I didn;t give the meds enough time to work. However the side effects were that serious that scared me and will not be taking it until i know more about this medication. please email if you have any information or queries as I would not like to rule this out if the side effects go away. | F | 29 | 1 weeks | 2/2/2009 | 1 | depression | Severe shakiness, fainting, vomiting, dizziness, inability to swallow, suicidal thoughts, rage, severe insomnia (went 4 days without sleep once), uncontrollable crying, anxiety, irrational thoughts. | This drug was pure poison to me. I actually think I would've been bipolar if I'd kept on taking it. My doctor didn't want to take me off of it, so after alot of research my mother and I got me off of Lamictal and Cymbalta. It's the first time in 10 years that I haven't been taking some kind of antidepressant and I feel better than ever. I wouldn't recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 38 | 90 days | 4/29/2008 | 1 | Some sort of psychotic episode... | Inability to focus, short-term memory loss, bizarre dreams, sleep paralysis, diminished vocabulary, I can no longer drive because I zone out all the time, I've had to put this short story I'm writing on an indefinite pause because I just have no idea what's going on in it anymore . . . | I hit my head on a car door, didn't sleep for four days due to a perpetual headache, went a bit mad, and was misdiagnosed as bipolar and put on this. IT IS NOT WORTH IT. Unless you are TRULY bipolar, do not take this. Ever. It may stabilise you, but at the cost of taking every desirable personality trait you have and stamping upon it until it dies. Eleven days until I can go plead my case to the doctor...eleven days....I'm curious to see if I EVER get my creativity back if I manage to get off this filth... | F | 17 | 1 months | 5/3/2008 | 1 | bipolar2 disorder | blisters on my face,nightmares. | didnt have any effect on my mood swings.im actualy suicidal since ive been on lamictal.the blisters makes me feel even worse about myself. | F | 30 | 3 months | 2/13/2008 | 1 | Bi-polar II | Hair loss; scaly, painful rash all over torso and arms; "electric" feeling throughout my body; double vision; slight fever and general flu-like symptoms; muscle aches and tightness; loss of appetite. | Obviously, I was allergic to this medication. I am so glad that I searched the web for the possible side-effects - I found that, while it's rare, people who are allergic can experience multiple organ failure. It took over a month for the rash, which is a precursor to the unbelievably frightening "Stevens-Johnson Syndrome", to disappear after I quit taking lamictal. For info, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens-Johnson_syndrome. Please be aware of how this drug affects you after taking it for a little while - it could save your life. | F | 29 | 3 months | 3/19/2008 | 1 | epilepsy | I am actually taking tegretol retard and epilim chrono along with lamictal. i now have bad memory loss, slurred speech, loss of sexual desire compared to a few years ago, tiredness and very vivid intense dreams and also emotional but for no apparent reason which I find irritating and confusing. I HATE these side effects!!! | By the way, I was diagnosed epileptic at the age of 9. | F | 24 | 10 days | 4/19/2008 | 1 | Bipolar | I have only been on it five days but I don't feel like myself. I feel like I am in a cloud, I am afraid to drive, I am itchy, I still have racing thoughts but I am so tired I can't do anything, I have been sleeping for 12-15 hours and still want to sleep, and my anxiety has hiked up. I just got back from wal-mart and thought that everyone was staring at me. It made me so freaked. My OCD has also been in high gear. | I am hoping to get off this next time I go see my doctor. | F | 21 | 5 days | 7/16/2008 | 1 | seizures (3 in lifetime) | Rash, itchy/crawling sensation on skin, dry/scaly/peeling skin (mainly on hands/fingers), crying spells for no reason, negative thoughts, lessened sexual desire, brittle nails, neck/shoulder/lower back pain, joints/muscles ache, hand shaky/tense when writing, spelling/math problems, panic attack, heart beating fast/hard, bruising, unable to think clearly, vision not clear.......need I say more? | Started taking Lamictal's trial pak along with Gabapentin (had been on Gapentin 300mg three times per day). Dr wanted to slowly taper me off and only take Lamictal. When finished with pak started taking 150 mgs AM and PM and one 300mg Gabapentin (still tapering off). At that dosage had a panic attack with heart beating fast/hard. Lowered dosage to 100mg AM and PM and one 300mg Gabapentin. Calling dr tomorrow to go off immediately and take the Gabapentin 300 mg three times per day. Worse medication I've ever taken and would not recommend it to anyone (will discourage use of it). Would rather have a seizure than these side effects!!! | F | 57 | 4 months | 11/18/2007 | 1 | Bipolar | Short term memory loss, dizziness, off balance, clumsy, short tempered, foggy, unfocused. Now going through withdrawl after trying to come off the drug: nausea, achiness, chills, grinding teeth, irritated, flat emotions, insomnia. | I have been taking Lamictal for over 10 years. I was originally diagnosed with biplor, although since then I think I have been diagnosed with pretty much every mental disorder you can think of at one time or another. My symptoms aren't that bad...mood swings, addictive personality, impulsivity, assumed manic episodes. Lately there have been some reasons I decided to get off it. First, my short-term memory seemed to be getting worse, and I have been having problems with speech and my head is not as clear as it used to be. I am a successful business woman and not being able to speak correctly and be articulate is not an option. I also have been loosing everything - keys, phone, etc. I knew something wasn't right but my doctor insisted that it was all in my head and not due to the medication. Then I started my own research and here I am - with all these comments on this website referring to memory loss and cognitive difficulties. Guess I was right. Also, I am a serious technical scuba div | F | 32 | 10 years | 11/14/2007 | 1 | PMS & Bi-Polar | Weight gain, bloated feeling, sexual disfunction | I am very sensitive to medications so I started out at 25mg. It seemed like a great thing for maybe 2 months...then at the 3rd month I realized that I had gained a LOT of weight (2 bra sizes, I feel like I had a boob job!). The weight came on almost overnight...all of a sudden my clothes didn't fit. Then I realized I had loss of libido as well and linked it all to the Lamictal. I actually went down to 1/2 a pill (12mg) for about a month but it hasn't helped so I quit taking it this week. It did help me feel better...I felt like I had a cloud in my head, kinda a fuzzy feeling, not a bad thing...but I cant take the side effects anymore. | F | 40 | 4 months | 11/19/2007 | 1 | bipolar disorder | This drug worked great for about the first month, until I realized my personality went totally flat. (someone else here mentioned this too). Not only did my personality go flat, but it only worked for a limited time and then my symptoms for the disorder came whirling back just as bad as before. I hated this drug and felt my relationships suffer as a result. | F | 21 | 6 months | 11/22/2007 | 1 | Bipolar I | Extreme dizziness, light headed, upset stomach, itchy | Recently diagnosed as major depression and then the doc decided I was manic depressive so he put me on this stuff. I cannot even function on it because I am so unbelievably dizzy. Has made my depressive episodes worse and more frequent. | F | 25 | 2 months | 1/16/2008 | 1 | Bipolar II | Burning, sunburn like feeling after 4 days of use; rash started but did not get bad since I stopped the medication | Just as the bad side effect kicked in, I started noticing a | F | 35 | 5 days | 3/31/2005 | 1 | bipolar II | i have only been taking this medacine for about 1 month at 50mg and it seems the more of it i take the less motivated and angrier i become. lots of guilt and increased social activity followed by suicidal thoughts making me unable to concentrate.its causesing me to get so infuriated that i leave class or skipp whole days of class alltogether. Normally i have a great deal of trouble and just staying awake but this drug has made me violent and i do not sleep at night i take a series of 4 hour naps throughout the day. | Any way, i am an art student, and the class that was my favorite is the one i have been skipping the most because the instructor pissed me off for practicly no reason. we are making 3D cardboard sculpters. Mine looks just like me but ive just blown my head off. i have titled the work "lamictal" | F | 19 | 1 months | 2/25/2008 | 1 | Bi-polar | Dry mouth, head ache for 6 weeks straight, sleep problems | When I first started taking lamictal I was grateful it was available. I felt more in control and was having less issues with the bi-polar symptoms, then the doctor increased my dosage and within a two week time frame The headache started and I have been on a horrible and painful rollercoaster ever since. Now I am trying Depakote. | F | 38 | 7 months | 4/30/2005 |