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 | Seizures | Myoclonic Jerks | Worked at 150 Mg. At 300 Mg, Caused Myoclonic Jerks for 3 days, had to DC Med. | M | 23 | 16 days 150 Mg 2X day | 7/15/2012 | 1 | Bipolar and depression | Lamictal did far more bad than it did good for me. When I left the hospital and was prescribed lamictal twice a day and respridal once a day, I was in somewhat of a depressed state. After a few days of taking the medicine, I felt as if my mind was dull. It got so bad that I got fired from my job because I zoned out and knocked into a customers table. Also, the lamictal made my insomnia worse. Even with the sleep effects of respridal, the lamictal made me stay up for days in a row. Definitely not a good pill. | M | 17 | 1 months | 3/10/2006 | 1 | depression | Lamictal at 12.5 mg/day, half of recommended starting dose. Developed sharp ear pain with associated painful headache on day 3. Pain started in cartilage of outer ear (antihelix) and progressed to inner ear over the course of a week, with swallowing pain. Added 400 mg/day ibuprophen on day 4, to no effect. Symptoms became too severe on day 7; discontinued dosing; symptoms subsided fully within 48 hours. | Change your life, not your chemistry. | M | 26 | 7 days | 3/15/2006 | 1 | Seizures | my son was on Lamictal for approximately 4months. He experienced, hallucinations, more seizures, nightmares, loss of speech, loss of coordination, sleepiness, headaches, weight loss. He was up to a dose of 275mg per day. It was the worst experience. Once stopped the hallucinations stopped, speech and coordination returned, nightmares gone. I wouldnt recommend this for children at all. | Do not use in children. | M | 7 | 4 months | 4/12/2006 | 1 | Bipolar | none | none | M | 12 months | 8/28/2006 | 1 | Epilepsy | Night sweats, insomnia, blurred memory, anxiety, comprehension difficulty, flat affect | My experience with lamictal was very distressing. While at first I thought it was helping subdue my morning epileptic auras, it's effects made me feel very frightened about ANY mental stability, anxious indeed. Because of the night sweats and insomnia, I am certain that lamictal was directly responsible for a recent seizure. My doctor suggested I take an additional 100 mg atop my daily 400 mgs. After experiencing a most scary mindset that I would have another seizure, I decided to retain my prescription of dilantin, which has adequately treated my seizures for 24 years. There was no other better feeling once I began, again, the very first 100 mg of dilantin. I slowly weaned myself daily of 50 and then 25 mg of the lamictal. Oddly, I has taken about three weeks to completely rid myself of its dire effects of memory loss and concentration. | M | 41 | 40 days | 11/8/2006 | 1 | Atypical Depression | Raised blood pressure Head tremors Headaches Dizziness Spaced-out Complete ennui Disturbed sleep Constant low-level anxiety | I read the comments of the people who gave this a "5" and feel envious: You've obviously found a drug that has counteracted your condition. Not me. This stuff is more poison than medicine to my brain chemistry. I'm paying $3 a pill to feel sick. If my Dr. doesn't taper me off this crap, I will. | M | 39 | 3 months | 3/6/2007 | 1 | Seizures | Memory loss, slurred/unorganized speech. Hair loss. FULL THICK HAIR, before taking. Now I'm thin up top and have a receeding hairline. Easily depressed. 300 mg a day. I WANT OFF OF THIS MEDICINE. | M | 19 | 2 years | 10/22/2006 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | Vivid disturbing images, uncontrolable fearsome thoughts | I have been taking this medication for four weeks but can not take the violent images. | M | 36 | 4 weeks | 12/29/2006 | 1 | Type II | Where do I start? | Back to Depakote | M | 38 | 6 months | 10/9/2007 | 1 | psychotic depression/ maybe bipolar | none | This medication was like taking placebo; no lift of depression, heightened motivation, nothing | M | 19 | 2 months | 12/21/2006 | 1 | Bi Polar Type 2 | NEUROLOGICAL: 1) decrease in ability to think clearly, analytically, 2) forgetfulness, 3) slurred speech; 4) inability to remember words or use a word in its correct context; 5) increased neuropathy of left arm and hand and extremities. METABOLIC 1) increase in appetite and alarming weight re-distribution -- particularly higher stomach with pressure on diaphragm; 2) chronic leg pain and increased inability or extreme discomfort in walking -- gait compromised 3) even considering my weight gain (11 pounds) disproportionatly marked shortness of breath and extreme lack of endurance - while conducting even the simplest of tasks: tying my shoes - picking up plates. 4) increased arthritis/bursitis ... can't even snap my fingers. 5) back pain 6) increased insomnia (a chronic problem for me, however) 7) excessive perspiration even after doing simplest of activities | I'm extremely sensative to chemical changes in my body. Because of this I seldom drink and take medications as infrequently as possible. I've been on various cocktails over the course of the last 4 years -- each with various degrees of success and each eventually "toxifying" in my system (my term) wherein I need to adjust/end meds. Most recently, for over one year, I've taken Welbutrin XL 300 mg, 10 mg of Imipramine and Lamactal, only once a day. About 3 months ago I was instructed to take only Lamictal -- started with 1/4 tablet ..now up to 1/2 tablet per day. Over the last few weeks I've experienced an alarming increase in neurological, motor and respiratory problems. I finally decided to look up some of the possible side effects today and am now convinced my symptoms are in large part attributable to the drug: Some of the above ARE a result of increasing middle-age and my weight gain. Yet, I've been my current weight quite a number of times over the last few year | M | 51 | 5 years | 5/31/2006 | 1 | very advanced seizure disorder | i had so many side affects that all of them couldn't be listed but here are the worse: short and long term memory problems,problems with weight,no concentration,vision,reading,very impulsive which isn't like me.irritable as well which isn't my charater,made my seizures worse,i felt like that my brain was cottage cheese-nothing there. | this drug should be banned and as well a year a go i had an implant for seizures called an vagus nerve stimulator made and researched by cyberontics co. if anybody is intersted check it out for it lowered my seizures from 400 a day down to an bearable amt, if want to talk to me about it. feel free to e-mail me. | M | 42 | 3 days | 7/13/2005 | 1 | Bi-Polar | READ!! I had HORRIBLE side effects with Lamictal. Itchy, irritated skin, Swelling and numbness of throat and toung, ACNE to the worst level, Burning eyes, and WEIGHT GAIN. I was on 300 mg once these side effects came on strong...please be careful of these side effects. | I'm on Zoloft now and it works great! | M | 22 | 4 times | 7/20/2007 | 1 | Seizures | Anxiety, vomiting etc... | Uggh. | M | 31 | | 7/24/2006 | 1 | Bi - polar mania | INSOMNIA!!!! Terrible insomnia! And also an increased level of anxiety. | In addition to the side effects, Lamictal did absolutely nothing as far as helping the condition which it was intended to treat. | M | 27 | 3 months | 7/24/2005 | 1 | Bipolar | Hair loss, loss of sexual desire, lack of emotion, extreme loss of short term memory, slurred speech, and insomnia. I went from excessive mood swings to a zombified state. | I found out that Lamictal can also build up in your eyes and toxify them. I stopped taking it very soon after. I wouldn't recommend this drug to anyone | M | 23 | 7 months | 7/2/2007 | 1 | bipolar disorder | THIS STUFF IS EVIL! dizzy, insomnia, hazy feeling, coordination problems, disconnected feeling, night sweats, nightmares, speech and memory problems, balance problems, nausea, termors/shakiness.. jeessh is there anything else?? | WARNING: this stuff is poison! i got worse and worse until i figured out what was causing it. as my dosage got upped, i got gradually worse. it got so bad i couldnt even leave the house, couldnt drive, or perform normal basic functions. withdrawl is even worse, i was on this for a little over 3 months and i stopped it a few days ago. its been almost 4 days of hell now. DONT SAY I DIDNT WARN YA! | M | 34 | 4 months | 6/27/2007 | 1 | Bipolar I Disorder | Large, itchy rash; swollen lymph glands (allergic reaction) | Lamictal seemed like a miracle drug. I took 50mg (gradually increased from 12.5mg every other day) of Lamictal, 1250mg of Depakote, 100mg of Seroquel, and 1mg of Xanax XR. I felt the effects almost immediately and for the first time in years a medication actually made me feel "normal" again. But I developed an allergic reaction (I've read as much as 10% of the people who take Lamictal develop a mild rash) to the medication that very quickly got worse. When I stopped taking the medication at my doctor's request I became manic and didn't sleep for four days straight. I'm now on 300mg of Seroquel just to get me back to where I was before Lamictal and I take 600mg of lithium as well. It's difficult to give this medication such a low rating because it really did help me a great deal, but my rash still hasn't gone away and I'm having worse problems with mania than I did before I started taking the medication. | M | 22 | 3 months | 9/21/2007 | 1 | Bipolar I | Made my anxiety horrible. Spells of feeling like I was going crazy. Nasty rash I needed to take a Medrol pack for. | Back to Depakote ER for me. This is worse than Dilantin or Tegretol. uuggggh. | M | 37 | 6 months | 8/26/2007 |