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 |
| 3 | bi polar II | I,m feeling a little nervous and I dont know if its from lamictal. | I,ve only been on it for 2 weeks now at a dose of 25 mg. I have been tanning for a long time in a tanning salon and was wondering if I can still tan? Does anybody know? I also take wellbutrin and zoloft. Hoping to get off these. I hope this medication works. | F | 43 | 1 weeks | 12/5/2005 | 3 | Anxiety control | Zoloft - ON ITS OWN - fatigue. Combined with Strattera: MASSIVE HEART RATE (110 standing, 160 with very mild exertion). Massive sweating, even when sitting at the computer terminal. Incredible fatigue. Fluid leaking... | Zoloft, on its own, works great. Apart from some serious fatigue. The Doctor, when telling me to go off, gave nothing to compensate for the withdrawl effects... Several months later, I tried it again but I had started Strattera for my ADD. Do not mix Zoloft with Strattera EVER - it might kill you and I do not exaggerate. See the side-effects above. But I noticed, with the other side-effects, semen leakage after urinating. I told the shrink who summarily thought it was an STD; 4 humiliating hours at the clinic plus 2 weeks' waiting, the tests came back negative and nobody bothered to follow up or continue to ask questions. When using Zoloft on its own: 2 months. When I tried it with Strattera, 1 week - the side effects started 2 days after taking it, but I kept getting told "keep taking the medicine, it will get better after a month or so." (sorry, thanks to prior usage I know enough the drug was killing me. It's like they don't listen...) | M | 33 | 60 days | 11/17/2005 | 3 | PMDD, severe depression, bipolar | Insomnia - waking at least hourly (cleared when I took it in the a.m. instead of p.m.), vivid dreams, 1-2 bathroom trips daily (never been so regular; might not be a bad thing!). After two months, now having frequent dizziness. Can't tell if other symptoms are due to age or medication! Already had night sweats, memory loss, vision problems, joint pains, hair loss, and weight gain. Hard to notice if it's worse! | Was up to 125 mg - 100 in the p.m. and 25 in the a.m. but had bad insomnia. Switched it to 100 in the a.m. only and insomnia cleared. Although it has kept me from being so suicidal, I am far from in the clear. Still cycling but not as severely. Doesn't take much to put me in a dive. After reading other reports here, I'm afraid to go to any higher dosage, though. | F | 49 | 2 months | 11/2/2005 | 3 | depression, possible bipolar | Severe muscle pains at 300mg, vivid dreams, headaches, irritability, insomnia | When I first started taking Lamictal I was severely depressed & suicidal. Antidepressants weren't helping enough alone. Lamictal helped a lot for awhile. Then I began having severe muscle pains, mostly in my legs. I just hurt all the time. My Dr reduced my dose from 300 mg/day to 200 mg/day and the pains went away. Now I'm having really bad headaches. I'm not sure it's from Lamictal because I have them anyway. But I've had a migraine for the past 21 days in a row. That's unusual for me. Also for the past few weeks I've been extremely irritable and irrational and have been depressed and having suicidal thoughts again. I feel like I'm losing my mind. | F | 36 | 2 years | 10/15/2005 | 3 | bipolar | Headaches, dizziness, aches all over, drowsiness, blurry eyes when reading | I did better on 75mg as opposed to the 100mg I take now. I tried 125mg but couldn't stand the headaches, dizziness, and the "flat" feelings. On the mood charting I do I seemed to be either 0 or -1 ALL the time. | F | 44 | 2 months | 10/15/2005 | 3 | BiPo2 | Loopy, cloudy thoughts. Had a tendency to tip sideways when I would turn a corner. My equalibrium was way off the first few months. Short term memory isn't too great. I swear, I think my boobs have gotten bigger (not necessarily a good thing)! | I started on the increased dosage over X weeks. I am currently @ 200mg thinking I might have to increase. After reading the comments on affecting birth control, I plan on asking my dr about that. | F | 37 | 5 months | 9/29/2005 | 3 | Bipolar ll | I have been on lamictal for 3 weeks now, started out at 25mg and am now at 75mg. I can't really tell any difference either way, but it sounds like from reading some of the comments that some of you wrote, I won't see any results until I reach around 100mg. I will say though that I was on seroquel before I started the lamictal, the sleep was sweet with no racing thoughts, but I went from 125lbs to 150 lbs in 4 months, and couldn't loose a pound even If I starved myself. Not only did it caused horrible weight gain, but it put an end to my metabolism. I was continued to gain. I didn't know that seroquel caused weight gain until my doctor told me two weeks ago. He said that it was in the top 3 for weight gain, I wanted to go bipolar on HIM at that point for not warning me about seroquel! He knew that I was watching my figure because of my line of work. The good news it that lamictal seems to has cause my metabolism to return to normal, mybe even better than normal. I can eat whatever | F | 36 | 3 days | 9/28/2005 | 3 | depression | OK, after a week w/it at 12.5-25mg I'm itching all over. It seemed to pull me out of depression. Also started crying alot on it. Since tears are good for you that isn't so bad. Also less appetite for the most part. Some disturbed sleep and less focused vision-something darkens my vision. | F | 4 | | 9/20/2005 | 3 | siezures | no clear side effects | switched my son to Lamictal after Depakote caused severe fatigue. Seizure free until another occured and then we upped his dose. Had 20 months siezure free until he had another one. Might have had a growth spurt or weight gain that required a new dose. Reading all these opinions and different side effects is making me really scared. Siezures also cause him to dislocate his shoulders. Please write if anyone experienced this and what you did. | M | 18 | 3 days | 9/20/2005 | 3 | Bipolar | INSOMNIA, INSOMINIA,INSOMNIA! Too much saliva. Vivid recurring dreams. Mouth sores, acne,irritation. Back and joint pain. | Taking 75 mg's at night now. Cant sleep until 4 or 5 am wake up with horrible dreams, night sweats after only 2 or 3 hours of sleep. My moods are more stable, not sure if side effects are worth it. Not able to function at work, had to take a leave. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 9/19/2005 | 3 | Mood Stabilization | Nightmares, headaches/sinus pain, extreme short term memory loss, confusion, hot flashes, skin irritations | Although this med assisted with my low moods, and crying jags,I cannot tolerate the short term memory loss and confusion. It was getting so bad I could not remember the name of the physician I have been seeing for almost a year, or my home address and phone number. | F | 46 | 6 weeks | 9/16/2005 | 3 | PTSD,bipolar mixed/w maj.dep.&axiet | A little drowsy, sometimes dizzy(not sure though, just uped my Topamx by another 100mg at the same time)some increased BMs, increased migraines(number and intensity), some increased sweating when I sleep(not a problem though). | I can't be sure yet if it's helping I have too many life situations that cause axiety attacks still. I also take Seroquel to help with bipolar, mood swings and insomnia. It works very well; it just makes me sleepy. I've been taking only 25mg at bedtime for 1 year and 25mg as needed for axiety attacks.I take Topamax for mood disorder and chronic dailey migraine; it just makes me sleepy at 100mg 2x a day. So far so good with the Lamictal at 25mg just 1x a day. I find if I just don't sit down when I get sleepy; if I keep moving I'm okay. Of course, the bonus is I'll lose some more weight. I Lost 20lbs when I started Topamax. Ya!!! No weight gain, no acne! | F | 28 | 15 days | 7/30/2005 | 3 | because of bipolar depression sdr | Stomach pain, head ache, agressivitity raising during weeks 5-6, dos 100 mg, only want to sleep, or beeing awake 48 hrs. Unable to do anything, I don't care of nothing. | Hard to tell so far, because less than 8 weeks gone from starting | M | 44 | 6 weeks | 7/25/2005 | 3 | bipolar 1 disorder | i have become even more irritated than before and i hardly have any side effects | it is ok to take only if it works i have been on lamictal since may 20 2005 and i am currently trying to get a higher dose to see if it will work then or they might just take me off it | F | 19 | 3 months | 7/19/2005 | 3 | Bipolar II | Profuse night sweats. Slight rashes head and elbows. Alcohol with this makes me suicidal. 200mg day was best, but now on 400mg day. Grinding teeth, facial tics. | maybe reduce meds again. Respiridol was added but made me feel too weird. STopped that. This is better than Depakote and Lithium side effect wise. Will stay on for a while. | F | 35 | 7 months | 6/23/2005 | 3 | Bipolar II | Migraines and | I didn't feel dead on Lamictal (it was the first anti-psychotic/stabilizing med that I haven't felt dead on) but I didn't really feel any different on it (I have a history of problems with meds not working) | F | 21 | 6 weeks | 6/21/2005 | 3 | BiPolar I-rapid cycling | migraines and | I didn't feel dead on Lamictal (it was the first anti-psychotic/stabilizing med that I haven't felt dead on) but I didn't really feel any different on it (I have a history of problems with meds not working). I have to quit taking it now though---I wonder if it would have worked. | F | 21 | 6 weeks | 6/21/2005 | 3 | Bi Polar Disorder | excessive salivation,increase body odor, nausea | Mood swings aren't as bad. Things don't bother me as much as they use to. No highs or lows just middle of the road.However, after a few weeks on 100mg I began to have side effects.I can't seem to tolerate the amount needed to effectively control my symptoms. The constant mouth watering is terrible and sometimes makes me nauseated. I have reduced the dosage and take it at night.Hopefully this will work. | F | 36 | 2 months | 6/13/2005 | 3 | Mood Swings/Depression | Congestion, Dry Mouth, Headaches, restless sleep, bad dreams and intrusive thoughts. | Started very low dosage, immediately got congestion and flu like symptoms which lessened after two weeks. Increased dosage to 25mg for two weeks, felt good, very stable no mood swings, however some anxious intrusive thoughts that I couldn't shake. Increased dosage to 37.5mg, congestion worse, sleeping bad, bad dreams, headaches, depression and intrusive thoughts constantly. Also I have noticed I can't spell sometimes, and can't think of words that I used to use all the time. Is it possible that I am now on too high a dosage? I am seeing my doctor this week but have already gone back to taking 25mg. I started taking it because I had been on Prozac for ten years and it wasn't working for me anymore, also I was tierd of sexual side effects. I am still taking the prozac, but was supposed to be going off it once the Lamictal kicked in. Now I don't know what to try!!! | F | 39 | 9 weeks | 5/23/2005 | 3 | Cyclothymic Bi-polar | I have this | F | 40 | 10 days | 5/20/2005 |