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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Bipolar I | hair loss, weight gane, cranky, bad acne like bumps on my face. | I'm taking 200mg of Lamictal in the morning. It does seem to help with the more deppressive side of my bipolar. It does however let me cycle into Mania alot. Witch is ok because it does take the edge off. Of course at this moment my only option left is Depakote and I have heard nothing but horrible things about that. I have taken so many things its not even funny. So basically it works but the side effects suck | M | 24 | 5 months | 12/4/2007 | 3 | Bipolar | Initially none. After 6 months many, severe anxiety, shortness of breath, dizziness, trouble concentrating, increased depression... | This drug was great for about 8 months and then it all went bad. I had severe shortness of breath, severe anxiety and dizziness. I honestly thought I had a bad heart. I read some comments and found other people had similar reactions after 6 or so months. I went off the drug immediately. After about a week of hell, coming off the drug, all my symptoms went away...what a relief. | M | 41 | 8 months | 12/4/2007 | 3 | bi-polar II | sudden fits of rage, diminished patience/tolerance extremely unstable moods during and preceeding mentrual cycle; constant, underlying hostility and frustration alternating with obsessive thinking and sadness | I felt great on 30 mg Cymbalta & 25-50mg Lamictal. Once I came off the cymbalta things went rapidly south. I have difficulty sleeping through the night. I have been exceedingly clumsy (more than usual). I feel far more self-pitying than my usual problem-solving self. Reluctant to leave the house due to clutzy jag and sudden bouts of hostility. In fact, I think I ruined a friendship recently due to a random, uncharacteristic out-burst of verbal cruelty. I am a little sick of myself right now, but I'm all I can seem to think about the past 2 weeks. Doctor appointment is two days away. | F | 33 | 4.5 weeks | 12/2/2007 | 3 | manic-depressionperiods | I can only take 150 mg, if I take more I get in a very anxious state | I´m not sure if it have any good effects. I got in a depressed peiod for 6 months anyway. After startin to take Lyrica the depression and the anxiosness got away. | F | 55 | 2 years | 11/23/2007 | 3 | Bi Polar 2 | I posted 2 months ago. I have had a dosage increase to 75 MG in the AM and 100 MG in the PM. I now have random flu-like symptoms but a bit more painful in the muscles with no stuffy head. The benefits of the medication are so great for me that I just try to slug through it...since it only tends to last a few days. | I am on on Seroquel as well, but was having these side effects before adding Seroquel. Email me if you have any questions. | M | 30 | 9 months | 11/19/2007 | 3 | manic side effects from concerta. | Felt a sense of "flatness". Did anyone else feel this way? At first, after taking 25 mg for 2 weeks (starter pack) I was feeling amazing, but then I noticed a sort of blanket flat-line feeling. My doctor told me to keep on taking only 25 mg and not move on to the 50. | Seems like a miracle drug, but concerned that it is not only helping my moods, but adjusting my overall personality and brain functioning. | F | 25 | 3 weeks | 11/15/2007 | 3 | bipolar II | my anger went from passive to aggressive and i wake many times during the night. i cry a lot more than i used to, a couple times a day. it seems to have helped majorly with my depression, but might have made the mania worse. i think that i am gaining weight from it, but its only been 3 weeks or so, so i am not sure. | I take 50mg in the morning and 50mg at night, i am sixteen so i dont know if it has different effects on differently aged people. | M | 16 | 3 weeks | 11/15/2007 | 3 | Bipolar I | I have only been on it for 5 days but I am experiencing: muscle and bone aches and pains, easy to bruise, irritability, aggression, mania, a feeling like I have taken ecstasy, swimming headiness, anxiety attacks that didnt exsist before, fatigue | Im still trying to decide if I should discuss side affects with the doc. I havent been on the starter pack long, but am afraid of getting more side effects. | F | 26 | 5 days | 11/9/2007 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | Swelling of lips, face, ankles, forearms. Tiny bumps on face (not itchy or painful). Occasional bouts of nausea and diarrhea. Strange dreams. Red, hot, blotchy skin. | I did feel very stable after two weeks at 25mg. A bit flat, but the calmness was nice after a rocky year. After upping the dose to 50mg, I ended up in the ER with an allergic reaction. Good drug for those who can tolerate it. | F | 37 | 16 days | 11/5/2007 | 3 | seizures - but very few | I did not realize that acne could be caused by Lamictal and I am kind of glad to see that it is not just me. I also have concentration and memory problems, but it is hard to pin down to Lamictal. | I stopped taking lamictal without the doctor's knowledge. I had no withdrawl symptoms that I noticed, but I had a seizure a couple of months later. Then I started taking the last prescribed dose, knowing that there could be problems. They were much worse than I expected. I had nausea, blurred vision, extreme fatigue, vertigo... I went back to the neurologist after that and worked up to the normal dose. Please be ware of starting lamictal by yourself after going off of it. Another note - the nuerologist will not admit that tegretal and lamictal have given me an irregular heart beat, but the cardiologist and my endocrinologist agree that it must be. It is not concerning enough to treat though, so I guess benefits outweigh the costs. | F | 34 | 2 years | 10/29/2007 | 3 | bipolar depression | i had previously posted how wonderful this drug is at 25 mg. when i moved to 50 the muscle aches came. I thought I was sick, even went to my family Doc. Found info that leads me to believe it's the lamictal. | My psych said he has never heard of this side effect, I'm begining to wonder if I need a new psychiatrist. It was wonderful at first at helping my depression but I couldn't stand the aches and headaches. As soon as I stopped, they went away. Psych asked me to go back on 25 mg, so we'll see how that goes. | F | 33 | 2 months | 10/29/2007 | 3 | Bipolar/Agrophobia/Anxiety | My tongue becomes numb an hour after I take 200 mg Lamictal, my eyes dart away from pages I'm suppose to be reading! My moods have leveled for this first time, no more mania. I started having night terrors and was prescribed 2 mg Ativan for that. That worked but my depression had been getting worse so I was also put on Prozac. I feel overmedicated... | Why do I feel that my therapist only wants to load me up with more and more meds? I am so chemically controlled how do I find reality? | F | 23 | 1 years | 10/21/2007 | 3 | chronic depression | insomnia, night sweats, vivid dreams, mild rash, acne, mild cognitive & memory problems, possibly others... | I am only taking a small dosage of 75mg/day but the side effects are still quite bothersome. It seems to help my depression, but I am also taking parnate so I am not quite sure which drug is causing what effect. | M | 20 | 6 months | 10/17/2007 | 3 | Mood stabilizer | On 100 mg. I had bad blurred vision, especially in one eye. Also had double vision and could not focus on anything. Had hair loss, too and very dry mouth at night. | On the good side I had wonderful sleep and lots of dreams but not bad dreams. My mood was better and I could deal with my problems. I would have stayed on the medicine but I couldn't see, could hardly even watch television. There was no way I could read a street sign so I didn't venture too far while driving. Would try this medicine again but no more than 50 mg per day. | F | 67 | 5 days | 10/14/2007 | 3 | bipolor | can't sleep, cannot get motor functions together and I feel I could beat someone up it they look at me wrong. | I feel better not depressed and I am starting to laugh a lot more. I stopped shaking!!! I am going to keep taking it I just started Please God let this work. | F | 37 | 7 days | 10/12/2007 | 3 | Depression-Seizures?-Memory loss | This is prescribed with Ritalin, Klonopin and my thyroid pill and an occassional Ambien, Do any of you have a swimming in the head feeling like a fish is swimming from the back sides of your head toward the front, thats how my seizures? start, I think this was mainly prescribed for the seizures if they are seizures, my BP went low when i went to ER, side effects for me are vision changes, have to use differnt glasses for nite driving, and I get so hot at times I have to turn the air up to 74 degrees. | I think it helps with the anxiety I feel regarding my short term memory loss, i take ritalin but do not believe i should be taking ritalin at 55 yrs of age, when i never had attentiion defecit, but then again i have bad brain fog in the morning I cannot concentrate, my memory loss and brain fog started 10 yrs ago, i still blame this on quitting the Deproprovera shots, but of course the doc's think i am nuts. I have taken up to 400 mg aday 200 mg 2 x day but it was too much and i felt ill and too tired. I now take 100 mg 2 X a day, and i can tell at night when it wears off, i either get real moody, or PO, ususally i forget the time so i sometimes take it after the anxiety and mood sets in | M | 55 | 2 years | 10/10/2007 | 3 | seizure disorder | I switched over from Depakote to lamictal 7 months ago. I was on depakote for 20 years and thought i should try a new medication with less side effects. However, once i started taking lamictal all weird symtoms started happening. I don't know if it's from the drug or something else that is wrong. First i started getting migraines,acne and panick attacks. (which i could handle) then a few months ago i started having problems when speaking. In the middle of a sentence I made this noise which is sudden and involuntary and no one else seems to notice except me. I am trying to explain the symtoms to my neurologist but she doesn't seem to understand. I feel like i am having a seizure in my mouth? I know it doesn't make sense but don't know how to describe it. | i have not had any seizures and take elavil 10 mg a day for prevention of migraines. Still have the acne after 7 months.(never had acne before) | F | 35 | 7 days | 10/7/2007 | 3 | Treatment resistent Depression/SAD | Two weeks on Lamictal taken at night; just increased to 50mg. In addition to 150mg of Wellbutrin, 20mg of Adderall. Side effects included drowsiness, restless sleep, waking multiple times at night, partial consciousness whereas I would return calls/text messages and not fully remember the next day, vivid dreams that cause me to wake, grogginess in the morning that takes quite some time to go away. | I'm hoping the side effects wear off. I have not felt any benefits of the medication, as it has only been two weeks. | F | 25 | 14 days | 10/6/2007 | 3 | Bi Polar II/Depression | Memory loss, clumsiness, kind of in a fog | I feel a little too even. I am going to stop taking the pill. I cannot deal with the memory loss and lack of sharpness. It has effected my preformance at work. | F | 54 | 60 days | 10/1/2007 | 3 | Mood swings, PTSD, ADD | At first, a little numb emotionally.At 100mg feeling OK, slight loss of appetite. I experienced some pretty tough things - like being laid off from a job for the first time in my life - and then got severely depressed. I cried for days,lost my appetite completely, felt suicidal. My dosage was increased to 150 mg and I didn't feel so emotionally labile, but had night sweats, itchy, dry skin, hair loss, small rash. After being on the 150 mg for a couple of weeks, I started really retaining water, my ankles became swollen, I got constipated, had decreased urination and lower abdominal cramps.Two days ago, I was at work, on my feet all day, and I had to urinate, but was unable to urinate. I got sweaty, felt like I was going to pass out,later that night had severe back pain, pain in my right kidney and trouble breathing. I tried some old fashioned remedies: I drank apple cider vinegar in water, and that helped me pass urine. I was also extremely constipated. I went to the local clinic and t | I started off trying all the antidepressants in 2002 - and the only one that worked was Wellbutrin. My best combo was Wellbutrin SR 300mg, Adderall 10-20mg XR and Prozac. I always took something for sleep, because it's always been a problem - but I've been taking Ambien 10 mg since 2002 as well. I felt bloated and decided to taper off the Prozac. Now I'm off it completely, but I miss it. I have to say that I'm not completely sure if this severe urinary retention is related to Lamictal, but it's scary. Having to go to bed with back and kidney pain is not good. So glad to be able to share this stuff with all of you. What got me to contribute was someone saying they had the neuralgia, which is definitely a red flag. | F | 58 | 4 months | 9/27/2007 |