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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Grand Mal/Psycho Motor Seizures | Wowwwww, where to begin I am experiencing several side effects from this drug. The worst is the memory loss and confusion. I have problems spelling even common words. At times I cannot remember what words mean or how to use the correct word to express a thought or feeling. I loved working with numbers but I've been unemployed 6 years now, mainly due to this specific reason. Every memory side effect you see listed on all of these blogs, I suffer from. | I've had seizures my whole life (41 years) and have been on almost every med possible, but when I started on Lamictal, memory and ability to spell became my worst side effects, and I thought It was the brain damage caused by my seizures that was causing this problem. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one. I'm on 3000 mg of Keppra and 700 mg of Lamictal, and I've found that my seizures have gotten worse since I started Lamictal. The only good thing I can say about any med used to control my seizure disorder is that it has built up my immune system, because I have not been sick since I was 15, and I am now 41. Well I'm going off Lamictal to try Topomax, and the only thing I fear with that med is Kidney Stones. So anyone who has been on that med and has any advice, it would be nice to hear from you. | M | 41 | 2 years | 4/26/2007 | 2 | Bi-polar condition | Migraine headaches, head pressure, confusing irrational thoughts, severe nausea, hot waves over body and body tingling, tightness in chest, anxiety, no energy | I'm writing this for my son, who is still feeling the side effects from the Lamictal. My son is bipolar and had regularly taken Zyprexa until he changed doctors and she decided to wean him onto Lamictal. He was doing ok with the 25-50 mg, but when he began taking 100 mg, he started having debilitating headaches (immense pressure), nausea, tingling and heat waves over his body, anxiety attacks and had absolutely no energy. The effects were so devastating that he couldn't function or go to work. Nothing improved and my son became very weak from not being able to eat for so long. he informed his doctor he wanted to stop taking it and go back on the Zyprexa. It's now 6 days after he stopped the Lamictal and began taking the Zyprexa and he's still having waves of pressure headaches, low energy levels, some anxiety and lack of energy, although, overall his condition is slowly improving. | M | 43 | 30 days | 6/4/2007 | 2 | Depression / epilepsy | I cannot get a good nights sleep and feel tired all the time; 3 hour naps during the middle of the day, i am so tired. My mood and seizures are stable but not enough positives to stay on this! I feel itchy as hell, scratching like crazy when trying to fall asleep. I am going back on depakote despite the weight gain (40 plus pounds) i experienced on it. I reccomend staying away from it. | M | 34 | 3 months | 7/15/2007 | 2 | depression | sedation, itchy, frequent urination, angry feelings, dry mouth, gagging, sexual problems. increased appetite. | Don't have the patience to see what it can do, don't like how I'm feeling going down on my dose of celexa.I don't believe in this bipolar baloney. I don't agree with my dr. assessment of me. For the little time I was on this it made me very angry. I am going back to my normal of celexa and stopping this. | M | 54 | 3 days | 7/15/2007 | 2 | Bipolar II | Vivid Dreams, Really negative and agressive, Hopelessness, Irritable | M | 41 | 1.5 months | 5/20/2005 | 2 | myclonic/absence seizures | nothing | M | 7 | 3 days | 7/20/2007 | 2 | Bipolar II Rapid Cycling | Aggitation, Anxiety, Nausea, Insomnia, and ultimately Hypomania | This drug was a blessing initially, but turned out to be a disaster. It had a great calming effect when I started it or increased the dose, but then there was a huge antidepressant push with increased anxiety and aggitation as time went on. It ultimately gave me pretty bad hypomania. Has this happened to anybody else? Help! I want to take it but can't. | M | 33 | 9 months | 10/26/2007 | 2 | BP2 | Hearing loss and major tinnitus had to quit it...a shame since it worked | It was a wonder drug in the beginning, but as the months went by i developed tinnitus which then progressed to mild then moderate hearing loss. After many ENT consultations I went off lamictal to indeed see if it is the culprit. Now after 3 months off it. I am sorry to say that my hearing loss is permanent. | M | 28 | 1 years | 8/2/2007 | 2 | Depression Anxiety | Spacey, tired, night sweats, vision blured, confused | I started at 25 mg worked my way up to 150 mg. Felt ok at 50 mg and when I upped the dose past 50mg I started to feel more depressed. I am now going to try to work my way back down. I know it will be hard. I also take 3mg of ativan per day for anxiety. I have been battleing depression/anxiety my whole life. Got real bad at age 29 and now 10 years later even worse. I have yet to find an anti depresant that will work for me. Too many side affects with no results. Lamictal seems to be in the same boat. Is there anyone out there that has upped their dose and gotton worse like me? I notice a big difference between male and female comments. Good luck everyone. | M | 39 | 50 days | 5/17/2007 | 2 | Depression | PLEASE READ THIS: Memory Loss, Confusion, Dizziness, Fatigue, muscle aches, insomnia, etc. | I wrote on this board about two months ago talking about how wonderful this drug was. I take it all back. There is a great boost at first... a feeling of being "normal." Then it slaps hard. Now I feel like a total idiot. I stumble over my words when speaking, remembering simple things is impossible, I run into things and ultimatly feel like crap. Insomnia is horrible. I'll go four days without a good night's rest then crash for 12-14 hours. I'm actually worried about my job. I have done quite well for myself in that respect. But lately, people just look at me weird, as to say, "What the hell are you talking about." There is so much more to say and I'll be glad to discuss it over email. I'm trying to get off this drug. Once I just stopped taking it. What a nightmare. So I have to taper. But I want OFF NOW!!! This drug teases you with an intial "feel good" then you chase that hoping to get it back as you fall deeper and deeper. | M | 29 | 6 months | 6/26/2007 | 2 | schizoaffective disorder | diarrhoea | prescribed for depression along with lithium and zyprexa | M | 40 | 3 months | 10/12/2008 | 2 | Bi-polar I | Weight gain, insonmia,dry mouth, urination problems | I finally 'D/C'ed' both Lamictal and Lithium because I'd ask both at each visit if I was getting any better. The answer was 'no', so why bother. I'd rather tolerate hypomania and the resulting creativit, than lay there like a rock,urinating every 5 minutes,sweating through the night-sleepless, etc. | M | 55 | 2 years | 1/29/2007 | 2 | seizure | weight gain,headaches(gone after I increased to 100 mg),joint pain,loss of sex drive,fatigue,tingling and numbness in fingers,anxiety,occasional insomnia | I've had one Grand Mal seizure in my life last October,the doctor did two follow up EEGs and found more seizure activity during the EEG but has no idea why I would have my first seizure at age 41(no drug abuse,no alcoholism,etc). I was on Wellbutrin for depression but stopped that a week or so AFTER the seizure. I really don't like this drug and as far as I am concerned I don't need to be on it and the side effects suck for me! The only other drug I am taking is 100mg Cozaar daily for HBP. Any other opinions on this would be welcome. | M | 41 | 31 days | 1/22/2007 | 2 | Bipolar | Difficulty finding words, dreams so disheartening I wake up every morning dreading the day; Very depressing dreams!!! | My doctor is really trying to push me into the bipolar bin. I have not seen any positive effects from this drug therefore I do not think I am bipolar. I also take Paxil and that REALY works. Will stop taking Lamictal today. | M | 44 | 6 weeks | 1/18/2007 | 2 | major depression, panic/anxiety | headache, dizziness | I am feeling very discouraged because it seems most are having success with drug yet I am not. Have tried many other drugs. Nothing seems to work to any great degree. I used to be a very loving, patient, good humored person but now I am moody, irritable and seem to have very little compassion for others. Can someone please tell me how long on the drug before they started getting results. I have titrated up to 200 mg and have been on that level for about 4 weeks now. If I were going to be helped by the drug, shouldn't I already started feeling better by now? | M | 35 | 50 days | 2/13/2007 | 2 | seizure | mood swings, trouble sleeping, CONFUSION, short term memory loss, hallucinations, incresed brusing,(can get touched hard and burse's), tremers in hands, IRITALAILTIY AND AGGESSION, panic attacts, | we found our that our 9 year old was having partial complex seizures and he was started on lamictal 13 months ago. He can't even go outside to play on most days. he is having panic attacts he thinks ever little bug is out to kill him he runs away from them in a blind panic screaming. he never had this problem till the last few months. we has mood swings one hour he is fine and so sweet, then he is yelling at us and makes no sense. he cant sleep at night. when have to tell him things over and over, he can look right at us and we can tell him something he can walk over and to do it and then forget what he was told, i know some of that could be age related but this is a all day everyday thing. and he is still having seizures. and over the last few months he has had to start on adderall for A.D.D. becouse he cant seem to keep his mind on anything. with all the changes in our son we are looking for a different medication for him | M | 9 | 13 months | 6/28/2005 | 2 | Depression | Severe night sweats (soaking wet), day-long headaches, low energy. | I've been taking Celexa for a long time. But I am going through a very painful divorce right now so my doc put me on Lamictal. He's got me up to 150mg. I started noticing an hour after I take it I get a headache and get very tired and I feel like I'm trying to walk through molasses. I didn't know the night sweats were related to this med, but after reading all the other comments, I'm pretty sure that's what it's from, and so I have now decided to get off it. It's just not worth it for me. | M | 44 | 4 weeks | 11/14/2006 | 2 | depression, mood swings | For most folks, this is a miracle drug. For me, it seemed to not be doing much of anything. Seemed, I say, because I began having frequent blackouts, periods of intensely violent and evil feelings that I can only describe as psychopathic... utter indifference to my surroundings and the people therein. If combined with alcohol... ANY alcohol... the symptoms were much much worse. Christmas this year was passed with a psychotically violent and abusive episode that has hurt my family tremendously and that I cannot in any way recall. | For most folks, the drug works miracles. I am guessing that I've been hastily diagnosed and don't really need medication at all, which is why this stuff has had such adverse effect on me. | M | 41 | 8 weeks | 12/28/2006 | 2 | bipolar | rash when first started ,headache, anxiety irritability major anxiety.. | i came off tegretol to lamictal and at first was great more clear thinking, vivid, but then the anxiety started getting worse and worse but i don't know how much was the wellbutrin or lamictal now i've switched back to tegretol without the doctor knowing after going through so much mania it was driving me literally crazy | M | 27 | | 11/10/2006 | 2 | epilepsy | My son is 14 and has autism. He has been taking lamictal for 2 and one half years. He is taking chewable tablets 150 am and 150 mg pm. When we increased in June from 250 to 300 I have seen GREAT irritability and mood swings and increased seizures. I am decreasing by 25 mg. for a week to see what happens but my pleasant compliant child has become very unhappy moody and self abusive. He is nonverbal so I don't know what physical symptoms he may be experiencing. | M | 14 | 2 days | 9/11/2006 |