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 | Bipolar buturns out wrong diagnosis | Initially: lots of muscle cramps, mild headaches, bumping into things, tingling in hands/feet, trouble remembering what I did a minute before. Permanently: short-term memory loss, trouble finding words to express, myself, eyes dart back and forth at rapid speeds once in a while, blurry vision, generally feel dumber and nothing sticks when I read. | I'm so angry that I was on this medication for so long at such a high dosage. My doc admitted 2 years into it that I was not really bipolar. I feel like I was used as a guinea pig. I don't understand why anyone who DOES NOT suffer from seizures should take this drug. It makes you two levels dumber. I used to be very good at expressing myself verbally and now I have trouble with it. I started this medication three years before law school and ended it right around the time I started school. I am just finishing law school and could definitely tell the difference in my memory problems when I started studying. For those of you who say the memory loss/trouble finding words is not a problem--just wait, at some point it will be. Then, you will realize what you traded for the calming/numbing feeling of Lamictal. I didn't think it was a problem at first because my life was not very demanding at the time. However, now, I'm horrified at the thought that the memory problems are permanent. What's even more infuriating is I stopped the drug very abruptly and nothing happened. I was not depressed, anxious, scared...etc I was actually completely NORMAL!!! What a damn waste of brain cells. Be careful people!!! This drug is for people who suffer from seizures...it is supposed to decrease the activity in your brain. Just because it makes people with bipolar feel better doesn't make it the right drug if the trade off is your intelligence. I'm sure there is a better drug out there f | F | 29 | 2.5 years 150 2X day | 4/22/2011 | 1 | depression(with aggitation) | hair loss, memory loss, flat personality | This was the first psych med I ever took. My doctor gave it to me because it worked great for a lot of people and I could have angry spells with my depression. Overall, I felt like crud. But I didn't know much about meds and wasn't really aware that you could ask to change them. My hair thinned badly, and that was hard because I was very meticulous about my appearance. And now, in retrospect, I had memory issues. Not short term, but overall. People reminding me that I DID see that movie or read that book. My two best friends who didn't know about my depression or medication sat me don't to ask why I wasn't smiling or happy. That said, I didn't have insomnia or fatigue, get a rash or gain an ounce. A few years later, I'm really glad I switched things up and found the right medicine for me. | F | 32 | 1.5 years 100 2X day | 5/2/2011 | 1 | epilepsy | halucination, lose of coordination, horror dream, imagination of ghost, sore eyes,dizziness, blurred ,shaking,nausea ,suicidal | I took this medecine one month for epilepsy | F | 52 | 1 months 100 2X day | 6/9/2011 | 1 | Bi-Polar 1 | Swollen lymph glands with high level of pain. Swollen face and neck. Fever/Chills. Severe fatigue. Blurred vision. Liver and kidney severe pain warranteed a trip to the ER for both. | Doctor was baffled about my symptoms. Very hard to diagnose. Finally, a friend and I discovered these adverse/allergic reactions to Lamictal on the net. They took a month or two to appear. | F | 45 | 5 months 100 mg 2X day | 10/6/2011 | 1 | Bipolar 2 | Cognitive slowing. Memory problems. Worsened mania because it affected my hormones. Google search the following words: lamictal and prolactic lamictal and missed period lamictal and memory problems | It was a horrible medicine that ruined 6 months of my life. | F | 27 | 6 months 200 2X day | 10/4/2011 | 1 | Bipolar II & Eating disorder | massive weight gain (20 kg in a year!!) tremble in inner thigh, and groin. acne ,dry skin, very dry eyes! Can't foces on words while reading, forget words and spelling. Short term memory LOST! | I tend to ask the same question again and again because i forget! Huge head aces (like pins in my head) Also take ENTUMIN for sleeping problems (when started on Lamictal coulden't sleep) After exspressing many wishes to stop lamictal tretment started by taking 150MG per day, felt horrbole deppresed again so went back to 200MG now after reading here realzed that so many of the things i went through were because of the pill, in a few days I have an appointment where im going to put my foot down and begin a decressing of the pill!! THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS! IT HELPED ME SO SO MUCH! | F | 18 | 1 years 200MG 2X day | 7/13/2011 | 1 | Depression | Bizarre dissociative episodes (one involving self-injury), strange giddy mood but not HAPPY. Felt not AS depressed but still deeply despairing. I experienced major short-term memory problems, couldn't hold a coherent conversation to save my life, and had word fishing problems. Blurred vision, inability to concentrate, | Interacts with hormonal contraceptives, so be aware that if you take one, Lamictal levels will DOUBLE in your blood stream. So women in this population likely need lower doses. | F | 28 | 14 days 12.5mg 1X day | 11/15/2011 | 1 | Depression, Anxiety, Mood Swings | Huge mood swings, if I put something down I'd immediately forget what it was and where I had put it (this extreme forgetfulness was perhaps the worst of the side effects-and I noticed it worsened when I increased the dose), depression, unmotivation. | I was around 18-19 when I took Lamictal. | F | 21 | 8 months 150 MG 1X day | 10/4/2011 | 1 | Fungal skin rash | Rash on palms, arms, back and lower legs---thankfully NOT itchy ! | Started on this after a reaction to Sporanox. Also take Zyrtec concurrently, so wonder if that suppressed other reactions. Did seem to help initial fungal rash, which Sporanox hadn't, but will stop it since the potential other side effects scare me. | F | 46 | 2 weeks 1X day | 10/28/2011 | 1 | some asshole px it after 15 min vis | Absolutly stupid. However i was drinking on a daily basis while taking this. Also i should not have been perscribed this in the first place. I was an active alcoholic, my problem was myself. | I became pregnant and HAD to have an abortion because the baby would have been born with serious defect because i was on this drug. | F | 30 | 2 years 2X day | 11/17/2011 | 1 | misdiagnosed bipolar disorder | disoriented; dizzy; severe tremors; vision disturbance | I do not recall the dosage as it has been awhile since I took the med. I went to a new psych w/ complaints of depression. I had, nor do have now, any symptoms related to any of the bipolar spectrum. Within this one session, the doc diagnosed me w/ bipolar and tried to give me Lithium which I refused. She prescribed Lamictal which I agreed to try despite continued concerns. Within one week I experienced disruptive side effects. It does make sense, especially if there was no need for me to take it in the first place. | F | 50 | 7 days 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 1 | misdiagnosed bipolar | Stevens-Johnson Syndrome / Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (life-threatening allergic reaction) | F | 18 | 15 days ? MG 2X day | 12/5/2011 | 1 | depression | Lamictal is HORRIBLE! I didn't sleep for 12 weeks! And I lost my appetite! And I was VERY IRRITABLE! And I had9 other side effects. And it made me MANIC! If you have depression and antidepressants don't work, ask me how I got rid of it after 15 years of on-and-off depression! I will be more than happy to point you toward natural healing methods that work! (No I'm not selling anything nor do I have stock in anything - I truly am doing this cuz I care!) | F | 59 | 12 weeks 30 mg 1X day | 1/26/2012 | 1 | Bipolar II | Blunted emotions | F | 27 | 150 1X day | 1/9/2012 Patient History | 5 | Atypical Bipolar Disorder | None. I started at 50, went to 100 for about a year, 200 now for two years. I take it at night. | This has been a great drug for me. I felt the beneficial effects immediately - stabilized higher-level mood, lower anxiety. No sluggishness or weight gain, my weight fluctuations have reduced. I take it in the evening, it seems to help me sleep. I notice the next day if I forget. | M | 57 | 3 years 200 1X day | 3/11/2012 | 5 | Bipolar & Depression | I get dizzy sometimes when I first take it, but it's great! It also has help with my odd ADD issues & for some reason my math skills have become a lot better. I get pretty tired in the evening, but I'm not sure if that's the meds or if that's my early schedule. | I've had a couple times I've run out before my mail order prescription came in, and I feel withdrawal effects. Feel drunk, dizzy, sick to my stomach, and have a hard time concentrating. | M | 35 | 3 years 400 1X day | 1/31/2012 | 5 | Borderline Personality Disorder | I don't know. None, really. | This medication changed my life. My thought processes have been normalized and my emotions are stable... nice and even all the way around. I've become a popular and successful guy. Looking back it's hard to believe how completely insane I was and how I could've denied it. I very much doubt I'd have survived much longer without Lamictal. I hope it helps you too :) | M | 32 | 3 years 200mg 1X day | 2/13/2012 | 5 | mood stabalizer | I had no side effects up to 150mg and it worked very well for me at 200mg I started having insomnia and am considering going back to 150mg. It is a great drug and has helped a huge amount. Not sure if I am alone in this 150 vs 200mg side effects as some take higher doses and seem fine | M | 35 | 2 months 200 | 12/20/2011 | 5 | Bipolar Depression | No side effects other than a slight headache once in a while for brief periods that either goes away on its own or with Advil. | Lamictal literally saved my life. I was diagnosed with chronic bipolar depression and went through a yearlong major depressive episode where I was completely debilitated for over a year. I was prescribed Lithium and Wellbutrin by one psychiatrist for 9 months to no avail. Finally went to a pyschopharacologist who put me on Lamictal and within two weeks I was able to get off the couch and start functioning again. | M | 50 | 5 months 100 MG 2X day | 1/10/2012 | 5 | Bipolar I | None very noticable. MAYBE a slight decrease in mid-term and long-term memory. | Lamictal worked wonders for obsessive tendencies. I used to get stuck on things that made me sad or angry and not let them go; now I can let things roll right off me. | M | 22 | 2 years 150mg 1X day | 12/12/2011 |