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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | Epilepsy | Short and long term memory loss, decreased libido, stupidity | Lack of control at most vulnerable times. still have seizures if I'm a)hung over, b)on marijuana or cocaine,(had no problems when I was younger)c)am extremely tired. Since being on lamictal, my brain function has become worse and worse to the point of close friends acknowleding it. Memory is embarrasingly bad, which is an enormous problem being in college. Less horny than I was before use. Planning on discontinuing use soon. | M | 24 | 3 years | 9/25/2006 | 2 | Depression and/or Bipolar I | I just started taking Lamictal today. I started Seroquel one week ago. Was feeling like living again, but gaining weight with the Seroquel. Today first dose of lamictal, upset stomach all day. Not sure if related, but really scared after reading all the stuff that has been posted. | Could somebody please tell me the difference between being depressed and bipolar. I am already overweight and have hair loss even before the drugs started. | M | 51 | 1 days | 2/9/2007 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | Extreme fatigue, can't do anything for more than 4 hours without wanting to fall asleep. | M | 21 | 4 months | 9/26/2006 | 2 | Bi Polar - Racing Thoughts | TERRIBLE Muscle spasms, trouble seeing at night, blurred vision, muscle soreness, cramping muscles ( I am physically active and I'd get cramps after 5 min of walking in feet and legs when taking lamictal) Vivid horrible nightmares that feel real, feeling completely indifferent. | almost 2 months ago I started lamictal combined with celexa and it's been increasingly miserable for me ever since i started. After 3 weeks I started taking 50 Mg a day but went back to 25 quickly after the side effects i listed all got far worse and I would feel terribly sick and feel like fainting. Since going back to 25 the side effects are still pretty bad and I'm simply waiting to see my doctor again to switch to something else. It indeed does help with Racing thoughts but these side effects are sometimes debilitating especially the muscle spasms and pain. Not worth taking at all. Feels like there are bruises forming on my arms at all times. | M | 22 | 40 days 25 MG 1X day | 4/28/2012 | 2 | severe mood swings, depression | Felt like my soul had died. Dead, emotionally numb. Zero interest in any activity. | This may work for others, but I will never touch it again. | M | 46 | 6 weeks 50mg 2X day | 9/28/2012 | 2 | Bipolar | decreased short-term memory, reduced cognitive ability, inability to notice things around me, anxiety attacks | Although I feel great on it (none of the chronic depression I had on lithium), I'm finally going back onto lithium. I hope that the effects listed really are due to the lamictal and that they are reversible. I lost my high paying engineering job and am having difficulty functioning in a minimum wage bakery job. (Besides which lithium is MUCH less expensive.) Current cocktail: 2x100mg Lamictal/day, 1/2x5mg Zyprexa/day, 10x 20mg Prozac/week | M | 61 | 21 months | 3/9/2006 | 2 | Bipolar, depression | After upping dosages from 100mg to 200mg for the last few months of my taking it, lamictal brought me to a truly unbeareable level of social anxiety. And racing mindedness/stress in general as well. Made me get very analytical and snappy of everything. Extremely unstable moods, dulled me up nicely (word recall problem/focusing), made paranoi worse. Also- had to pee 24/7 + drink water all the time, made me feel like I had the flue (a nasty toxic feeling). All of these symptoms stopped or got much much better with disuse. | Helped depression a lot. Made me manic though.. Did not sufficiently control my moods by any means. I quit this drug cold turkey which led me to having horrible siezures which have not stopped leading me to realize I may have a siezure disorder. DO NOT STOP THIS DRUG COLD TURKEY!!!!!! | M | 21 | 2 years | 9/15/2007 | 2 | Bi-Polar II | "Running hot", extreme sensitivity to being hot (though it is the summer, may be less tolerant than others), poor concentration, re-occurrence of bad memories upon going to sleep or rising, smelly farts (I can deal with...sort of), some bladder problems. | Trying Lamictal as a replacement for 750 mg Depakote once daily in the evening. Was trying to get rid of weight gain. Was at 168 lbs and the extra weight was causing a slight borderline increase in liver enzymes. Proper weight should be around 155 lbs. When I discontinued Depakote, I lost weight down to a fluctuating 155 to 158 lbs. Also taking now, as before, 200 mg Wellbutrin once daily in the morning. | M | 43 | 21 days 100 mg 1X day | 6/27/2010 | 2 | for OCD augmentation | block of muscle, disorientation, complete short memory loss. | it seems a wonder drug at the beginning. after a week, seems to be in the hell. before taking it, OCD was very strong, and after seems to be more under my control. but i did remember the friend's name neither! be careful! | M | 23 | 2 weeks | 2/3/2010 | 2 | Epilepsy | I am a healthy, fit athlete. I started on Lamicatal 6 months ago. It is one of the most side-effect riddled drugs I have ever encountered. Acne for the first two months, hot flashes, crazy wild vivid dreams, dizziness and at 200mg I now have constant abdominal pain which has been going on for over 3 months. I have hade every test known to man trying to find a cause of the stomach problems....and nothing has shown up. I have to get off this crazy drug before it turns me insane and takes over my otherwise healthy body and mind. Yes, Lamictal does works in most cases, but the whole ranhe and freqeuency of side effects rules this out for me.....no more. | M | 45 | 6 months 100mg 2X day | 3/23/2011 | 2 | Depression - major | Weight gain | Made me feel dysthymic. Didn't really assist with alleviation of depression. Going to switch med's. | M | 38 | 60 days 125 MG 1X day | 3/16/2011 | 2 | depression/gad | made me very "emotional", teary eyed, etc. | made no noticeable difference in my severe depression | M | 49 | 7 months 1X day | 3/7/2011 | 1 | Bipolar mania | Partial memory loss. Dry mouth which has since gone away. | This drug is as good as a sugar pill to me. The doctor wants to double my dose next week to see if that helps. Started on 50 mg twice a day and now its 100 twice a day. I use it in cojunction with Seroquel XR. Has no effect of any kind either physically or psychologically. | M | 26 | 2 months 100 2X day | 3/20/2011 | 1 | TBI/PCS | Severe headaches, dizziness, confusion, blurred vision, extreme irritabilty, lose train of thought quickly, severe ringing in the ear, trouble finding words, weight gain, and vivid nightmares. | I was orinally on Pamelor for TBI/PCS, then moved to Depakote (almost killed me), and now on Lamictal. My issue is that before taking this drug. I had all of the side effects with the exception of weight gain, but after taking this medication. All of of my symptoms are amplified on this drug. My headaches are so intense that I feel as though my head is going to explode. The narcotic pain medication they gave me for the headaches does absolutely nothing for me. The nightmares that I have concern my best friend who past away over seas and me trying to get to him to save his life. How long am I going to relive this nightmare over and over? The doctors refuse to order the Mylogram CT scan to find the root cause of everything. So I am to continue suffering on a medication that I do not want to take in the first place. | M | 35 | 1 weeks 50 1X day | 3/28/2011 | 1 | Partial seizures | My husband called from the supermarket because he felt 'frozen.' Couldn't check out. Couldn't leave the condo to walk our 2 little dogs. Couldn't get dressed. Moody and hostile. Couldn'tbring himself to walk into the haircutter's shop. Changed his mind 8 times. Couldn't press "send" on e-mail. Started talking almost retarded, with bad grammar. He looked like a nut case when I'd come home from work. Problems with teeth and hair loss, too. He went from 155 or so to 128 lbs.!! | If your neurologist does not take your side effects from Lamictal seriously, take matters into your own hands.GET OFF IT!!! My husband finally went to the emergency room, and since he had a cardiac background, he was admitted to the hospital in Denver. ATIVAN (lorazapam) brought him back to normal, personality wise. It took about 2 months of physical therapy, etc. for him to return to normalcy. I really thought for a while that his condition was unreversible. He weaned himself off lamictal, and the partial seizures never returned!! THIS IS A TRULY HORRIBLE DRUG. | M | 58 | 4 months 100 1X day | 6/10/2011 | 1 | Depression and Mood Instability | TARO GENERIC LAMICTAL DOES NOT WORK. I was perfectly fine on 200 mgs of BRAND Lamictal. It worked great, and I had no side effects. I switched to 200 mgs of GENERIC TARO lamotrigine, and it stopped working. I increased my dose from 200 mg up to 300 mgs over three months. TARO GENERIC LAMICTAL DID NOT WORK. I switched back to brand Lamictal. I had an immediate overdose on the same 300 mg dose. I experienced double vision, loss of balance, skin desensitization, loss of taste, extreme agitation. Doctor told me this was a "toxic reaction." This indicates that there is no active drug in the generic. I was taking TARO generic Lamictal lamotrigine. Now switched back to Lamictal XR, and am taking the starter pack. I am hoping to get back up to 200 mg of brand Lamictal. | Lamictal saved my life, fixed my depression, and stabilized my mood swings. TARO generic lamotrigine Lamictal seems to have no working drug in it. It nearly killed me, because when I switched back to the same dose of the brand drug, I overdosed. This indicates that there is no active drug in the Taro generic lamotrigine. | M | 54 | 3 months 300 1X day | 7/24/2011 | 1 | temperol lobe seizures/depression | no appetite tormenting dreams, bordering on what i imagine would be a good way to brainwash or "expertly interrogate" someone loss of emotion/feeling aches/loss of balance | this drug has denied me much of my ability to perform basic acts of survival as a human being. My appetite is horrible, even if i havent eaten for a day and my stomach hurts i can never get the drive to eat something, and in consequence meals simply become a fairly aggravating chore. sleep is the worst part, at first this drug was what my system needed but then it turned everything to hell. I have woken up feeling out of my mind or completely suicidal from some of the horrific scenes ive witnessed while dreaming while taking lamictol. more often than not i find myself literally terrified at the prospect of going to sleep, on a level below but to me comparable to those friday the 13th movies. also, i cant feel much in the way of emotion any more which just depresses me further because im unable to deal with any emotional issues ive had/am having. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG, ITS BEEN KILLING ME FOR FAR TOO LONG OF MY OWN LIFE, NOT TO MENTION HAS IN MANY CASES DROVE ME TO ALMOST KILL MYSELF. luckily im weening slowly down off this drug but at whatever dose i know it still effects me. its because of this drug i have no trust in the fda to look out for its nations citizens, and ive begun to contemplate whether a life dedicated to shaming into bankruptcy/ doing anything within my power to hurt the fda and the company that manufactures this drug could be worth it | M | 17 | 2.5 years 50 2X day | 6/18/2011 | 1 | mood stabilizer | blackouts, short term and long term memory loss, confusion, loss of cognative function. I repeat things over and over. | I asked my Dr. about these effects over about a year and a half and they were just brushed aside as "probably from the meds" (I have a severe autoimmune disease and take pain meds as well). Now, I've discovered I've had "blackouts" and even when presented with recording of my actions, have no recollection. I've been off the drug for about 6 months. Now my Dr. says I should see a neurologist because lamictal can cause that. Research on the net displays common refrence to "lamictal stupid" and many, many other refrences to cognative loss related to lamictal. I am (was) a senior research biologist. I lost my job due complications from my disease and loss of cognative ability and inability to focus - brought on by meds while I attempted to continue working. I repeat things intermably and this disease and effects from meds (primarily lamictal) have caused my wife to leave me, lost my home, buried in medical debts, and feel kinda hopeless. Has anybody else experienced these symptoms? Most importantly, have they gone away after cessation of use? Thanks! | M | 57 | 200mg 1X day | 9/14/2011 | 1 | BiPolar Type 2 | Memory Loss, Problems with slurring words or talking quietly, Suicidal thoughts randomly, Anger and Anxiety have increased, moodiness and uncontrollable emotions common, irrational thinking and hopelessness. | I've been taking this medication for almost 5 months now and it, at first, brought my emotions under control. Now, more recently, it has been causing alot of anxiety and random suicidal thoughts. This medication works for some people but it's made me go insane..getting it switched next time i go back to my psychiatrist. | M | 17 | 5 months 100 MG 1X day | 10/25/2011 | 1 | Bipolar | Deserves a zero rating. | Horrible | M | 28 | 3 months | 5/15/2006 |