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 | Epilepsy | Tardive dyskinesia, rigidity walking up stairs, trouble moving eyes, slowed breathing, twitching in legs, feet, fingers and wrists, graying hair, dry skin, yellowing skin, orthostatic hypotension, urinary problems, gum problems, confusion, memory problems, palpitations | I was on this drug for 18 years, not 10. I would not recommend Lamictal to anyone on this planet, for any reason. It is pure poison. The fact that I am off of it is a miracle I thank God for every day. There is permanent, serious damage from Lamictal, to be sure. I am so grateful to be free of this evil drug. | F | 44 | 10 years 200 mg | 2/2/2016 | 1 | Depression/anxiety | Anxiety,worsened depression, stiff neck, flu like, sore throat, lowered immune system, hip pain, urination, dry skin, stuffy nose, insomnia, headaches, memory issues, hair graying/loss. I think the ceo's of companies caught hiding negative info about their drugs should get life in prison/death penalty. The whole system is corrupt IMHO. | I was on this briefly years ago with reasonable results...but that was the name brand. I started to develop some depression due partly to a partner that had anger/control issues. Started taking this again but this time it was generic Teva which is beyond garbage. It caught me off guard because I didn't realize generic meds are a joke and it made everything much worse, it lowered my immune system so much that getting a cold felt like pneumonia.I constantly felt like I was on the verge of getting a cold or fly and had no idea that the drug was causing this at all, especially when it worked pretty good before. I firmly believe all generic meds should be thoroughly tested and not just given the green light because of the brand name being approved. The other problem is I think GSK has some info about this med that they never released to the public and with their horrific track record of corruption, no one should be surprised. I'm also a firm believer that psychiatry is the dirty secret of medicine and the way dangerous meds are approved there is zero interest in public safety. If you look at the side effects of this med you see only occasional reports of memory loss or hair loss but , reading the reviews of actual people taking it you see a completely different story. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that someone must be hiding the truth about these meds because you don't see hair loss listed as a common side effect but it seems to come up here pretty often... | M | 41 | 2 years | 1/5/2016 | 1 | Panic Disorder, GAD, Mood disorder | Nausea, appetite loss, nightmares, dizziness, sweating, blurry vision, dry mouth, brain fog increased anxiety and irritability | HORRIBLE drug for panic disorder and anxiety in general. It made my anxiety ten times worse. I also have a phobia of vomit, and this drug made me nauseous as hell. I was also hoping for a mood stabilizing component to help with my irritability, but it just made that worse too. | F | 20 | 2 weeks 12.5 MG 1X day | 12/27/2015 | 1 | Depression & Anxiety | So dizzy all I want to do is sleep all the time and just the feeling of being drunk, I can't even walk a straight line.. | Would NOT recommend taking this,Worst Phyc medication I have ever | F | 40 | 10 days 25mg | 12/26/2015 | 1 | bi-polar disorder | My Dr just diagnosed me with BPD; Prescribed this to help; my mood swings have just gotten worse. I cry A LOT, don't want to leave the house, and just feel useless. Not functioning.. | Called my Dr; he told me to stop the medication & come into the office Asap, which is tomorrow. I will update whether the Dr is continuing in my opinion a bad med for anyone with BPD & Anxiety. | F | 40 | 2 weeks 25mg | 11/22/2015 | 1 | Bipolar, Anxiety | I had tried it a while back and experienced the rash on my chest and sore throat this time around I felt irratated then I got dizzy almost fainted and sae a nurse my oxygen was only 90 and I felt like, Well on it today still feel like I'm going to have a heart attack! | F | 37 | 6 days 30mg | 10/16/2015 | 1 | Partial Complex Seizures | swollen lymph noids,chest pain, depressed,angry,paranoid,very moody - felt like I was going crazy | It did stop my seizures immediately. BUT IT WAS DESTROYING MY LIFE!!!! | F | 48 | 5 months 200 MG | 9/20/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | It burns my stomach even after I take it after food | F | 53 | 3 months | 9/5/2015 | 1 | Took lamictal for bipolar disorder | Drug induced lupus and severe burning through the skin | To anybody that wants to take this drug if you're on it for a long time it will lower your immune system and induced lupus at the same time ask your doctor your doctor should tell you | M | 40 | 1 days 100 millig | 7/5/2015 | 1 | Absence Seizures/Complex Partial | At age 17 I was put on 100mg Lamictal monothepary for a seizure disorder . I had a hallucination in the supermarket one day, went back to the neurologist thinking it was the Lamictal. He disagreed and said it was normal for seizure patients. Before university I returned to NYU to discuss what i felt were side effects of the Lamictal and again he dismissed it and increased dose to 400mg daily, sighting I needed control during university life. The 400 mg made me unable to get out of bed, extreme fatigue, cognitive issues when reading ( the words would flip from what I saw in the book to what my mind was processing) I knew this was incorrect but could not explain. Lecturers did not care to understand. I gain weight (50 lbs in 2 years) no matter how much diet or exercise. I broke out in cystic acne and my moods became very aggressive and suicidal. I had to drop of university as i was in a scholarship program and could no longer maintain my grades. We weaned off the Lamictal 25mg per week | F | 24 | 5 years 200 mg 2X day | 6/30/2015 | 1 | depression, mooodiness | HORRIBLE experience. Lost executive function-developed mild cognitive disorder. 5 years later have not fully recovered EF from this drug. Hair loss, weight loss, stupor. | Would not recommend this. | F | 60 | 1 years 150 1X day | 6/14/2015 | 1 | moid stabilizer | I'm on a lot of meds. So, if it's doing anything.I guess iI'd say it causes fatigue. I'm using a c pap as a result. | I was going into a hospital for ECT. Someone in here says lamictal causes seizures. But, I was told it's an anticonvulsive. As a result, I was told that being on lamictal would prevent ECT from working. :-( | F | 50 | 1 days | 5/8/2015 | 1 | Bipolar | Seizures | Seizure meds should never be prescribed for bipolar yet doctors keep insisting in trying them for mood swings before resorting to antipsychotics. This med made no difference in my moods at all, no improvement for bipolar, it was like I was taking a placebo. However, I have never had seizures in my entire life but when I started taking this I started having small seizures that continued long after I stopped taking it. I was tested for epilepsy and brain abnormalities and 3 years of constant testing revealed that I DID NOT have a seizure disorder, so I started getting unexplained seizures after using this med and have them still to this day. Docs still cannot explain why I have them, but they did not stop and I started having grand mal seizures until I started taking Neurontin for anxiety which is also good for seizures I have been told. | F | 29 | 2 months 60mg 2X day | 5/6/2015 | 1 | Bipolar depression | Face really broke out never sleep gained weight this drug sucks don't try it. | F | 37 | 10 days 30 | 5/5/2015 | 1 | Mood stabilizer | I had taken Lamictal for about 3 years. As a mood stablizer. I was started off at 50MG. If I had forgotten to take a dose, the next day I would feel numb, very nauseous and very irritable. I thought the medication was doing an okay job. Until I had moved out. I got very depressed, gained 20+ pounds (which it is very hard for me to gain weight) was extremely suicidal. This is was after my medication was bumped up to 100MG. I have been currently off my medication and feeling a lot better than when I was on it. I would not recommend taking this drug. It did more harm than anything. | I liked to know if anyone else gained weight on this? And or if they got really suicidal? | F | 18 | 3 years 100MG | 4/26/2015 | 1 | Mood stabilizer | Night sweats at first , hives on my fore arm . Forgetfulness . Horrible urge to stretch | GET OFF OF THIS NOW!!! The stretching was horrible . It took over my life for about three days straight all I could do was stretch I ditched the pills and it's starting to ease off . I also used to get little bumps on the back of my throat !!! Horrible horrible and I was knot on it for two months ! THE COMSTANT NEED TO STRETCH WAS HORRIBLE !!! One of the worst experiences in my life ! If you are or have experienced the horrible burning urge to stretch please contact me !!!! | F | 24 | 60 days 25mg 1X day | 4/17/2015 | 1 | bipolar disorder, severe depression | Started on a fairly high dosage. Experienced severe hair loss and weight loss. | F | 17 | 2 months 200 | 2/5/2015 | 1 | depression anxiety | unfortunately this medication made me psychotic and suicidal | F | 39 | 4 weeks 50mg | 1/25/2015 | 1 | Mood Stabilzer | Severe hallucinations, nightmares, felt like I was getting attack during sleep, had maybe 3 hours of sleep (maybe in 3 day's) because of the fear of falling alsepp. Also had a seizure and dizziness. I lost about 4 pounds in a week and I'm 5 foot tall and already weighed 115. | This drug if by far the worst I have every been prescribed. I had never had a seizure until I started this medication. I may have to skip Thanksgiving this year because I was already thin and then my family may think I am starting myself or under too much stress. My bones show and I'm very week. When I started this I was in a size 5/6 nit in wearing a size 1. I've wanted to be thin like this but it has taken its toll on my mind and body. If you don't have to take this please look at other options. Good luck | F | 40 | 5 weeks 100 | 10/30/2014 | 1 | Bi-polar II | I took 25mg two hours before bedtime, as directed. On the second morning I woke up to painful little blisters on my gums & horrible heartburn. I never took another dose, on the advice of a nurse, the blisters disappeared, but the heartburn lasted for more than a week. Very disappointed as I was hoping for some relief from depression. | F | 65 | 2 days 25mg | 8/27/2014 |