LAMICTAL Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)

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LAMICTAL  (LAMOTRIGINE):  Lamotrigine is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It may also be used to help prevent the extreme mood swings of bipolar disorder in adults. Lamotrigine is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. It is thought to work by restoring the balance of certain natural substances in the brain. This drug is not approved for use in children younger than 2 years due to an increased risk of side effects (such as infections).   FDA Approval Date: 1994-12-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTALCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
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 1  Bi-polar 1 It made me aggressive and hostile. F 58 6 months
200 1X day
7/10/2014
 1  Bipolar, fibromyalgia I could no longer hack the Lamictal because I could no longer hold conversations -- I simply could not remember events or experiences in my life enough to talk about them. I had intense itching all over my head, neck and ears. It was severe and affected my work. After going off of Lamictal, I felt normal again. However, I have fibromyalgia and the pain started coming back so it was suggested by my pdoc that I go back on the Lamictal. Not trusting in my own experiences and thinking perhaps it had been something else that caused my past suffering, I started it again. And guess what? All of the symptoms returned. Sure doctors are educated but there's a lot they don't know. The long term affects of these drugs aren't known. Many drugs have helped me -- I couldn't hold a normal life without them. But be aware. You are the best expert for what goes into your body and what you feel as a result. F 52 3 years
100 mg 1X day
5/30/2014
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 1  bipolar/depression Weight gain Didn't help at all with depression issues. Only gained 10 lbs. Quickly and could not take it off until I quit. Waste of time and weight gain caused more blues. F 29 10 months
1X day
2/26/2014
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 1  bipolar 1 At first it made me very tired and deppressed. I stayed in hed for almost two weeks. Then I started having anxiety. After that came the mania. I was fearful, having anxiety, couldnt even feel safe in my own house. I had crying fits. It was misrrable. I was even having delusions. It was very scary. Im back on abilify now and happy. F 26 2 months
100mg
12/4/2013
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 1  Mood Level, Anxiety, Depression Short term memory problems. Weepiness. "Cloudy" type fatigue. Desire to sleep all day long. Psych insists I stay on this med. I am about to put my foot down and insist that I come off it. It is not doing me any good, in fact I believe it is causing the previously mentioned undesirable side effects. The best it is doing is producing expensive urine. It certainly is not leveling off my mood swings. if it works for you I am very happy for you, for me, I'm wasting some very hard earned money. M 55 2.5 years
200 2X day
11/22/2013
 1  Bipolar, anxiety, mood stabilizer Extreme agitation, severe joint and muscle pain, extreme cravings for nicotine (quit for over 5 years), self harm ideation, moodiness a F 33 2 months
Titration
11/11/2013
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 1  treatment-resistant depression I thought this was my miracle drug for depression but unfortunately like all other treatments eventually it failed me. After about 6 weeks I noticed it wasn't helping much with my depression anymore. I also noticed that I was excessively sleepy and would need naps every single day. It was like an overwhelming exhaustion came over me every day and there was no way I could avoid needing to nap. I also had extreme joint pain in my lower back and hips, and more pain in my knees and ankles. I attributed the excessive sleeping and hip/back pain to the fact that I have MS, and thought I was having pain in my knees and ankles because I'm overweight. Turns out that all of those symptoms were caused by the Lamictal and went away when I stopped taking it. Major bummer that it didn't work for me, but at least I figured out what was causing the pain and exhaustion. F 39 75 days
50 MG 1X day
10/8/2013
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 1  Misdiagnosed Bipolar Extreme tiredness, suicidal depression, lack of motivation, mood swings. These side effects did not cease until I was completely off the medicine I even got them when I took my last 25mg dose titrating down before I quit. I am pleased so many people have done well with this drug. I was misdiagnosed bipolar and put on it so the Celexa I was taking and had been taking for years wouldn't send me 'manic'. Because it turns out I really only have unipolar depression I think that was the problem I had with Lamictal. I was on it a total of 8 weeks and they were the worst 8 weeks of my life. It seemed to negate the Celexa and sent me into the worst depression ever. I had to go into a mental ward and am still getting life back on track. Just on the Celexa now and there is hope... F 45 8 weeks
25 - 200mg 1X day
6/9/2013
 1  Petit mal seizures This drug killed me on the inside. I wanted to die. Hostility/Depression/Suicidal thoughts/Irritability/Loss of appetite/Anxiety/Severe mood change/Racing thoughts. Every day I wanted to sleep forever. It just broke me. F 17 2 months
5/2/2013
 1  Bipolar II Trouble finding words, trouble reading, loss of sense of humor, feel stupid, extreme difficulty making all types of decisions, loss of interest and excitement. I am now on an ADHD medication which has helped and made me positive, social, and motivated. I still have all these things present though, as I haven't been able to get off this drug yet. I break down and cry all the time because of how boring I have become and how I am such a shell of my former self. And, frequently, there are days where I feel so stupid I don't know what to do with myself. For example, I can be sitting on the couch, stuck in a position, with absolutely no idea what I am doing or what my intentions are, and it becomes terrifying to choose, say, whether to wash my hands or brush my teeth, even though I only need to do the latter. I am very often confused, and everything except the current day feels like it happened last week. I suppose it doesn't sound severe, but it is very debilitating and I feel so empty, like a bunch of my personality is missing. I will note that this got WORSE over the period of time I've been using it, not better, and worse as the dosage was increased as well. M 16 9 months
100 MG 1X day
4/14/2013
 1  Bipolar Very naseous and having trouble eating. Bad headaches that don't go away no matter what i do. Can't focus or concentrate, double vision. Suicidal thoughts. This medicine literally made me want to kill myself, it seems to work for some but not with me. F 17 7 days
50 1X day
3/4/2013
 1  Bipolar swollen lymph nodes; new ones form every day, flu-like symptoms, fever, chills, achy, weight gain, and migraines. F 29 4 weeks
50mg
1/20/2013
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 1  Bipolar WEIGHT GAIN, water retention, MEMORY loss! My dr told me this was weight neutral...I thought I gained weight from other meds I was on, LIES! I cannot get this weight off either!! I STOPPED lamictal because I kept gaining. I wasnt even HUNGRY on it! that was the best part! NO APPETITE so I wasnt eating. Then got a trainer and nutritionist...weight STILL wont come off! Has anyone else had this problem? When will the weight get off!!!!!!! Been off med for a month now working out 7 days a week F 6 months
1X day
1/11/2013
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 1  So called Bipolar Hallucinations, Nightmares, Niight terrors, Waking through the night, all over body itching, pressing sensation on eyes, falling, tripping, loss of memory(finish reading a book and forget the name and contents) become aggresive in thought, flat mood, generaly feel detached... F 57 4 days
200
12/15/2012
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 1  mood stabalizer 6 mo after taking drug I was diagnosed w/ fibromyalgia. Now after Nortryptiline 1 yr, Lyrica 7 yrs, and Savella 1 yr I want to try and have a baby, so I go off everything but my birthcontrol. It's been 3 weeks and my pain is cut in half. I am besides myself at the prospect of this drug causing the pain that led to a misdiagnosis of 10 yrs....My fear is I won't completely recover and be damaged forever. I have excellent doctors, how can this be? it worked for my bi polar F 34 10 years
50 2X day
12/15/2012
 1  Bipolar When using 50mg hallucinations, severe irritability, lack of co-ordination, felt like i was losing my mind. On 25mg that ive been taking for the past 9ths, dnt feel its helping really. Feeling irritable and moody recently F 48 10 months
25mg
8/7/2012
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 1  bipoler Stiff neck, sencetivity to light,white sores in mouth,tremor,back pain,fatigue,sweating,diarrhea and costipation,flu like systoms,a zombie,low grade fever,sweating,blurred vision,weakness,very irtated F 47 8 weeks
100mg
8/6/2012
 1  Bi-polar possibility Parkinson's like tremor. Profound weakness. Could not stand or sit up. Severe BP spikes. Infections, gums, lungs, etc. Feeling out of my skin. Feeling that I was going crazy and going to die. Thought people weren't listening to my cries for help. No one would help me titrate off. Severe paranoia. I repeatedly asked to lower my dose to see if I truly had MS symptoms to go with my MRI Psych fired me. I came close to losing my job my mind my family. This was truly the closest thing to attempted murder. I was NOT bi-polar I was being recruited as a hefty Copay for the Psych. I feel I have a moral obligation to report him to protect others. Especially the children he sees. He cost me money time and I truly suffered incredibly. Lamictal is VERY dangerous. Please be careful. F 43 3 months
150 mg
7/23/2012
 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
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 1  seizures memory loss, joint pain, spelling, cognitive impairment, can't articulate, find word, flip letters, spacey, depressed, anxiety attacks, sound & light sensitivity, hair loss, dry skin, joint swelling, horrible morning headaches, night sweats, flat, stabbing pains, twitching, focal stares where one eye rolls inward, frontal lobe feels fat & dumb, sores in mouth/nose, invisible itching, hands/feet ice cold, drunk feeling... I brought 'my list' with me to neuro, GP, Rheumi, only to be treated like I was nuts. No one would even discuss side effects. When a minor collision landed me in a jail cell because of my sound sensitivity/reaction to the sound of sirens & then an anxiety/panic attack when cops assumed I was under the influence, none of my doctors supported me. I'd only had 1day of seizures 4yrs after a TBI, yet I'd been on seizure drugs for 18yrs. I have NO MEMORY at all from all these drugs. I took myself off lamictal & never felt better, had no seizures(1yr). Bit my tongue in my sleep in Oct. & ER doc reported me to DMV because I wasn't taking meds. Now, I am forced to take this drug for life if I want to drive. If I switch, I will have to wait another yr before it's 'established to control my 'nonexisitant' seizures'. I hate this drug. I hate a country where I am forced to take a drug that makes me feel horrible everyday, have no memory of my life, and all I did was bite my tongue. F 51 4 years
100mg 2X day
4/2/2012
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