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 | BPII, mostly depression, fast cycle | Very fine rash (like a heat rash) on arms when I started the meds at 25 mg. Went back to 12.5 mg and upped dose by 12.5 mg/wk until I was at 200 mg. With slow increase, no further rashy problems. | Now increasing from 200 mg/day, cutting back on lithium dosage, as I have more depression than hypomanias. (I also take Prozac 40mg/day--for 10 years) Lamictal is much easier for me to tolerate than Depakote, which caused hair loss, weight gain, excess sleep. Huge difference? Noticed one when I started lithium, less so w/Lamictal & gradual increase. Am hoping higher dosage adds more energy, motivation! | F | 45 | 1 years | 5/18/2005 | 3 | seizures | I have had many side effects, sleep disturbance, poor apptetite, then increased appetite, very poor memory and cognitive problems. But lately I am having symptoms of tardive dyskinesia. My doctor said that lamictal will not cause this condition. I disagree. I also went through a bit of withdrawal when I ran out of medication for three days. I had the anxiety, skin crawling, and feling like I was going to die. He didnt beleive that this could happen either. I am on 600 mg. a day for seizures. | It is controlling my siezures where no other drug was able to. | F | 5 days | 5/10/2005 | 3 | Bi Polar II | No side effects UNTIL I got to 200mg once daily. (also taking Paxil 20mg and Wellbutin 300mg) Now I have a horrible acne like rash across entire chest, itching in my eyes, sinus drainage and a sore throat. Nausea in the am and soaking night sweats along with increased body odor. Some dizziness when getting up too fast. | I've had good results with stabilizing my moods, however the side effects are making me wonder if the | F | 38 | 8 weeks | 4/25/2005 | 3 | Bipolar | I haven't had any side effects until recently. Rage, VERY emotional, feelings of lonliness, feel dead inside, very vivid dreams/nightmares. | I was on 100mg until just a few weeks ago. I felt it was doing great things for me, until my dosage went up to 150mg. Just seems like it gets worse everyday. Friends, family, coworkers have started saying things to me. Luckily I have a doc appt. in 2 days. I plan on telling her EVERYTHING. Not sure what will happen with my dosage. | F | 24 | 4 months | 4/21/2005 | 3 | Seizures | Vivid nightmares / dream like thoughts that haunt me through the day...things seem surreal. Making me nuts! Insomnia | I was on 200mg. feeling fine and just had Epilepsy surgery (now 300mg. (temporary / preventative) and now feeling NUTS! | F | 35 | 10 months | 4/12/2005 | 3 | seizures | weight gain, excessive sweating, night sweats | I take 100 mg a day, and I've gained 10 pounds in six months. I gave up eating fast food completely and am a high school varsity soccer player working out rigorously on a daily basis. I see that not many people mentioned weight gain as a side effect, but there's absolutely no other reason for the weight gain. | F | 17 | 6 months | 3/24/2005 | 3 | rage? mood stabilizer | I am on two drugs, topamax (75mg and lamictal 250mg) I like the more calm, rational feelings I get now when faced with conflict. Its hard to determine which side effects are from which. I cannot drink carbonated drinks, I get dizzy sometimes when standing up quickly, I get tingles in my hands/feet, I have a hard time finding the right words, and found in the beginning hard to spell longer words. I have to read over things I write to make sure my sentences make sense now too. | I am on two drugs, as mentioned, and I dont know which drug is doing the work! We are lowerin my dosage of the lamictal and I am afraid of doing that because I dont want to go back to how I was before. Id yell at my daughter and I would get angry very easily. Recently I have also had an increase of getting nervous when calling potential clients on the phone. I am at a loss for speaking slowly and clearly. I am in sales so that is very important. If anyome has suggestions please email me!!! | F | 27 | 3 months | 2/19/2005 | 3 | Epilepsy | Hair Loss, Memory Loss, Constantly being nervous, speech problems | still deciding if it's really worth it??? | M | 21 | 4 years | 2/15/2005 | 3 | Epilepsy (Grand Mal Seizures) | Hair Loss, Memory Loss, Constantly being nervous, speech problems | still deciding if it's really worth it??? | M | 21 | 4 years | 2/15/2005 | 3 | | 2/4/2005 | 3 | Bipolar II, Depressive tendency | Very swollen glands- visibly so, Lower back/neck pain, severe eye strain, headaches, night sweats, drowsiness but inability to fall asleep, dry mouth. | I have a history of ADHD and was diagnosed with Depression and General Anxiety Disorder at 13 y.o. Recently, my psychiatrist and I decided that since I hadn't responded to Zoloft, Wellbutrin, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor, or any other antianxiety/antidepressant, and show strong signs of Bipolar II, I should try Lamictal. I hope it works. | F | 19 | 3 weeks | 1/20/2005 | 3 | Bipolar | Extremely tired, vivid nightmares, lower back pain and neck pain. I am not getting as much depressed as I used to get but I noticed that I am becomming more and more aggressive. I tend to snap alot quicker and get more easily frustrated and extremely aggitated by my family for things that wouldn't or shouldn't upset me. very drowsy | its Christmas and I just upped to 100 mg from 50 and today I am like a zombie...it got so bad that I actually am on the internet lookin up side effects of the drug in google.I don't have time to hear voices or get depressed anymore..im too tired. Merry Christmas | F | 18 | 2 months | 12/25/2004 | 3 | bipolar II | memory loss (went away after ten days), rudeness, mania, lack of feeling, anger | at first, i loved the way it lifted my depression: i had some energy, i laughed, music sounded good, food had taste, etc. But now I've started getting really mean. i'm just saying whatever is on my mind, with no filter. It's like I'm a really energized negative person. Yuck. | F | 35 | 3 months | 12/17/2004 | 3 | migraine headaches | weakness/tingly arms (esp. right one), more bad dreams (more vivid than usual), swollen lymph nodes, dizziness/not as physically stable | I'm only on 100 mg a day, but perhaps with an increased dosage I will notice fewer migraines. (Now the migraines are down in intensity but not in frequency.) | F | 24 | 6 weeks | 10/20/2004 | 3 | bipolar | EXCESSIVE SWEATING, bad dreams which went away..starting not to work, cycling with major depression..I take 200mg at bedtime | F | 39 | 1 days | 10/8/2004 | 3 | Unspecified Seizure Disorder | trouble sleeping, concentrating, bad memory, mood swings, shakes | taking morning and night, about a few hours before scheduled to take night dosage I get bad mood swings, possibly withdraw type effect, generally just don't feel like myself, very frustrating. | F | 22 | 1 months | 10/6/2004 | 3 | bipolar II mixed | constant bowel movements (not like diarrhea), slight drowsiness | i'm not sure it's working as well as it should. i don't get hypomanic, but i'm more depressed than i was on depakote. i got on it because it had few side effects. however, the culprit may be my antipressants not working. | F | 52 | 5 months | 5/15/2003 | 4 | Depression | None | Lamictal really helped with depression but I still had some depression at times. | F | 44 | 4 months 200 mg 1X day | 3/25/2024 | 4 | Seizure | I had my first and only seizure a few months after brain surgery. I was put on Keppra and felt irritable and easily agitated. They switched me to Lamotrigine 200mg twice a day. It's worked in preventing any more seizures but I also feel it's dulled my emotions- but more my happiness. I still cry and feel sad emotions but when I get happy, it's like there is this ceiling to my feelings that suppresses how excited I feel. I don't know if it's timing- 9 months after surgery, Covid became a thing, so I wonder if it's a mix of post-surgery emotional recovery, pandemic life, or medication. | F | 32 | 1 years 200 2X day | 5/2/2021 | 4 | Unipolar depression | A bit of insomnia. A bit of fatigue at the beginning of my treatment. | It worked better than any SSRIs for me. I felt the effect right in the moment of my first dose. | M | 54 | 1.5 years 50 mg 1X day | 2/17/2021 |