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/depression/ocd/postpartum | i gained weight. i cannot concentrate. i cannot focus. words are hard to communicate. extremely forgetful! weight gain! depression. EXTREME mood swings! feelings of rage | i feel i am in a "hole" with the world functioning around me and i am not a participant. | F | 33 | 3 years | 5/4/2007 | 1 | BP, PTSD | Weight gain, memory loss, trouble with words and ideas and formulating thoughts, acne, vision changes, headaches, irritability, forgetfulness, misspelling words more and more, feeling like I'm in a fog, lethargic, can't concentrate | I am an editor, so having problems with words, thoughts, ideas and spelling is more than a HUGE problem for me. It's devastating. I found this site as I was searching for answers to all of my problems; not realizing they were all side-effects of the drug. Now that I see how many people have the same symptoms, I can only conclude that this drug, while it may seem to work for some things, can cause real harm to the brain. I am not on any other drugs, so it can't be explained away by other causes. There is a reason Lamictal isn't prescribed much anymore. It's not just that the new drugs are the new hip and cool ones to take, it's because this drug is dangerous. I thought the weight gain and acne were bad enough (I can no longer fit in any of my clothes as I recently titrated up to 300 mg), the memory and word problems are far worse and far scarier. I will never take Lamictal again, and I will caution anyone else I know to never start taking it. | F | 44 | 1.5 years | 5/1/2007 | 1 | anxiety, inability to orgasm, o.c.d | i've only been on it for 2 days. i'm on a 35 day trial. | F | 19 | 2 days | 4/22/2007 | 1 | Bipolar | I have had severe hair thinning, severe weight gain, and increased exhaustion. | I was on Zoloft before Lamictal, and then Lamictal in addition to Zoloft after hospitalization for attemtped suicide. I am taking 200 mg of Lamictal and 100 mg of Zoloft, and these problems were not prominent with Zoloft, so I am sure that Lamictal is causing these side effects. In the four months that I have been on Lamictal, I have gained 40 pounds, lost a severe amount of hair volume, and my exhaustion has increased to the point where I cannot sit up in class for the full 55 minutes, and often cannot move after getting home. | F | 17 | 4 months | 4/17/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II | I was very tired. But the worst thing :I got UVEITIS and it is HELL, which I found out after the fact is a rare side effect of Lamictal. I am very upset (understatement) I ever agreed to try this medication. | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG FROM HELL. | F | 43 | 7 months | 3/13/2007 | 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 | Epilepsy | I experienced night sweats, insomnia, deep depression, sore throat, and my body was starting to feel like I was hit by a mac truck, then I started to get an awful red rash all over my body. I stop taking the meds that day, I started to feel better in less than 24 hours. Within 48 hours my rash was gone, my throat felt better as well as my body. And it did nothing to control my seizures. | F | 34 | 12 days | 2/23/2007 | 1 | Myoclonic Epilepsy | Acne - Insomnia - Bruising easily - lots of hiccups Weird noises (half hiccup - burp)loud & uncontrollable Mouth twitches - cognitive skills & clear thinking are a thing of the past | Diagnosed in Feb 06. Have been on Keppra, Depakote, Topamax & now Lamictal. Keppra made me sleep 12-14 hours a day. So confused I didn't know whether I was coming or going. Depakote made me so depressed. I have been on Topamax the longest & on Nov. 2,06 started on Lamictal. I started the weird little noise on the 7th. Haven't had any seizures but I hate Lamictal. I am now weaning off of it. I will continue with the Topamax and the Clonipin to cut my brain off in order to sleep. Hopefully it will work. This has been the longest 10 months of my life and I would rather have a seizure that to take Depakote or Lamictal. Maybe my new case of acne will clear up when I am off of it. I continued to have seizures on all the meds. I have not had one since Nov. 2,06. | F | 18 | 2 months | 12/31/2006 | 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 | 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 | 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 | treatment-resistant depression | constant bowel movements and diarrhea, migraines and weird head pressure (whereas I rarely had headaches before), nausea, cognitive slow-down, difficulty concentrating, dizziness, blurred vision,increased heart rate and blood pressure | I agree with another person who rated this medication and said she felt completely "toxic" while taking it. I have been taking various psychotropics for over ten years and have never felt as sick from side effects (at 100mg daily)as I have from lamictal. Unless this medication is essentially saving your life, I would not recommend taking it. | F | 34 | 3 months | 11/1/2006 | 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 | Depression | Night sweats, swollen groin lymph nodes, back/neck pain, my depression has gotten 1000% worse. | I'm sure this drug is great, it just isn't working for me. | F | 26 | 20 days | 10/16/2006 | 1 | Bipolar | none | none | M | 12 months | 8/28/2006 | 1 | seizures | problems with time and space, anxiety, insomnia, problems with short term memory. Problems with finding the words, and remembering some names. | F | 38 | 12 years | 8/3/2006 | 1 | Seizures | Anxiety, vomiting etc... | Uggh. | M | 31 | | 7/24/2006 | 1 | Bi polar | weight gain? dislexia, irritability, fatigue, vivid dreams | i was taking lamictal in conjunciton with Zoloft for about a year and a half or so. the zoloft was for OCD. there were no rashes or anything like that, but i noticed that the longer i took it the less it worked. i was at 200 miligrams at one point and still nothing. i didn't want to increase the dosage. i've stopped taking this medication mainly because my psychiatrist flaked out on me and i was never able to get a refil. the good thing i have to say about this medication is that it helped me to "focus" i was more easily able to tell when a mood swing was coming. so becauase my mind has been opened to that i can still sense when it's going to happen even though i'm not on medication. i'm currently getting accupuncture for my depression and the mania sort of worked itself out. i still have some pretty big swings here and there, but my bi polar disorder has improved greatly since i've stoped taking this drug and started accupuncture. being bi polar sucks and it's totally a ca | F | 24 | 1.5 years | 7/18/2006 | 1 | Epilepsy | the worst one: really bad insomnia. I never had any problems sleeping before (I used to sleep average 9 hours). Since I began taking it I haven't been able to sleep more than 3 hours in a row. I feel lucky if I sleep 6 hours. I had double vision at the beginning but it was dose related and it stopped when I decrease the dose. I've felt some other different stuff but it's hard to tell if it is the lamictal or the pregnancy. | The insomnia brought other problems: often absences, myoclonic seizures, and of course the emotional problems that come from sleep deprivation. It doesn't work at all. I hadn't had a seizure in more than a year and when I switch to lamictal I had 4 seizures in less than 6 months. This might not sound like a lot to many people but I've had 15 seizures in 20 years so for me 4 in 6 months is too much. The only reason I'm taking it is because I was told it is safer than valproic acid (or Depakote) for pregnancy. As soon as my baby is born I'm going back to valproic acid. I'm taking 200 mg 2x day | F | 35 | 6 months | 7/14/2006 | 1 | supposedly safer for pregnancy | the worst one: really bad insomnia. I never had any problems sleeping before (I used to sleep average 9 hours). Since I began taking it I haven't been able to sleep more than 3 hours in a row. I feel lucky if I sleep 6 hours. I had double vision at the beginning but it was dose related and it stopped when I decrease the dose. I've felt some other different stuff but it's hard to tell if it is the lamictal or the pregnancy. | The insomnia brought other problems: often absences, myoclonic seizures, and of course the emotional problems that come from sleep deprivation. It doesn't work at all. I hadn't had a seizure in more than a year and when I switch to lamictal I had 4 seizures in less than 6 months. This might not sound like a lot to many people but I've had 15 seizures in 20 years so for me 4 in 6 months is too much. The only reason I'm taking it is because I was told it is safer than valproic acid (or Depakote) for pregnancy. As soon as my baby is born I'm going back to valproic acid. I'm taking 200 mg 2x day | F | 35 | 6 months | 7/14/2006 |