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 | mood stabilizer | Alarming memory loss and impaired thinking | BRAIN SCANS TO DOCUMENT HARMFUL EFFECTS | F | 53 | 2 years | 9/2/2009 | 1 | For mood stabilization of bipolar | The dreams/nightmares are HORRIBLE! I was doing well on 100mg dosage, but went up to 200mg and that's when the vivid, bizarre dreams began. Losing people and things close to me, being haunted by a demon, sleeping but in an awake state and people at work who I dislike tormenting and scaring me. It goes on and on. My PsychDoc asked me to take it up to 250mg which I did for 1 night and the dreams turned into real nightmares. That was it for me. I switched to taking the Lamictal from night to morning and dropped the dosage to 150mg. I plan on dropping it in a couple of days to my original 100 mg dose. | Lamictal and almost ALL the Psych meds I have been on since 1994 have really been terrible. I cannot get any peace with any of these meds and yes I am angry. I know the manufacturers are trying to make money and MAYBE trying to help the mentally ill, but without the proper trials (which I have read the doctor's instructions online for every script I have taken)are not done because the pharmaceuticals are rushing to beat each other to the punchline. And the FDA condones this behavior - not sure what the standard is or the reasons why. Yes, I am angry. I am almost through with taking any meds as I have had my chin up everytime my PsychDoc asked for me to try something new with me not knowing what side effects will manifest themselves in me. Don't want to sound suicidal, but I am 47 years old now and have been battling my depression and manic episodes, making decisions one minute and changing my mind by going another way the next. This causes extreme stress which adds another med to my list because I cannot control my agitation and anxiety. I say now, I have lived my life and now it's time for me to go. It's of my opinion that most people in this world are so caught up in their own doings that they don't care for their own children nevertheless care for some stranger like me. It breaks my heart to feel that I want to leave this world, but I am of sound mind and body right now and would like to move on. | F | 47 | 3 months | 8/27/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | Stevens Jonhson Symdrome | It almost killed me in just two days | F | 52 | 1 days | 8/23/2009 | 1 | Bipolar Type 2 | EXTREME moodiness. My kids think I am a "mean mom" and my boyfriend is considering leaving me for how much I put him through over the weekend: paranoid, irritable, anxious, sleepliness. I have been more labile than I have ever been. Stopped it last night...good riddens! | F | 39 | 7 days | 8/23/2009 | 1 | Binge Eating, Depression, Bipolar 2 | Extreme Appetite Decrease, Lost 30 lbs in 2 months, Listlessness, Trouble With Memory and Concentration, and the worst 2 - Frequent Peeing (Every 10 min) and BAD HAIR LOSS | It evened my moods out but then turned me into a zombie. I couldn't feel properly happy or sad or angry or anything. It zapped my creativity and made me not want to do anything. It allowed me to lose weight too quickly because it suppressed hunger so severely. I didn't realize I was basically in starvation mode and robbing my body of nutrients. I had to pee constantly and my parents spent a lot of money on tests to see what was causing this after my doctor said Lamictal couldn't be the culprit. This IS IN FACT a side effect of Lamictal - a quick Google search shows this. My doctor also denies that my devastating hair loss is a result of this medication and insists it is purely the weight loss. I am quitting it completely despite their wishes. I am an 18 yr old girl with long amazingly red hair which I love and is a big part of me. I have received compliments on it every day of my life. I've lost maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of it in the last 2 months. Nothing has ever caused me so much anxiety and depression as this...this med is NOT worth it. IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HAIR, STAY AWAY FROM LAMICTAL. If you must take it, don't let yourself lose weight too fast. You'll have to eat when you don't feel like it. Thankfully I had thick hair to begin with, but now I'm doing everything I can to save it - Maxi Hair supplements, a really healthy high protein diet, Head and Shoulders Shampoo, putting olive oil in my hair every other night, and of course quitting this medication. | F | 18 | 5 months | 8/7/2009 | 1 | Depression, anxiety, PTSD | Nausea - absolutely horrible - like chemo but without the hair loss. | I managed to stay on the stuff for two weeks, noticed absolutely NO change in my moods, but could not deal with the nausea, so I quit taking it. | F | 62 | 2 weeks | 7/19/2009 | 1 | depression | Death. Yes, I said death. Google this: " class action suit & lamictal internal combustion" Get off this drug!!! BUT DON"T DO IT NOW! or you will not sleep! You mind could start racing, and you may become manic. I have been taking this shit for 9 months - I thought it was the best thing known to man, it fixed my depression, but then gradually, I became more and more manic. I didn't sleep. I got in arguments with everyone cuz I was so irritable. I got called into my boss's office. Everyone was worried about me. I had neck pain, I slept all the time, I had no appetite, I didn't wanna do anything, I had no appetite, I was nauseated, then I started to lower my dose - then the real fun started - my thoughts were coming in so fast that I planned out the entire rest of my life detail by detail all night long - I cleaned out all my closets, I drove my friends nuts, I was a friggin' basket case. I didn't sleep AT ALL for 12 weeks. | feel free to email me at [email protected] I sincerely am going to make this my life's work to help everyone I can by spreading the word. Pfeiffer Treatment Center and Nutritional Weitht and Wellness are THE best places to obtain treatment - and I've been in this boat (i.e., I've had depression) since 1985. | F | 56 | 9 months | 7/6/2009 | 1 | Partial Seizures | Burning in my hands, arms, back...rash. | Too bad - I thought it was going to be a great drug. All the doctors said it had few side effects and was kind of a mood stabilizer. Pay close attention to the burning sensations and rash. | M | 45 | 12 days | 7/3/2009 | 1 | bipolar | Flattening of emotions, fatigue, then terrible depression and suicidal ideation. | I went to a nurse practitioner for help with ADD and she diagnosed me with Bipolar II, and put me on Lamictal. At first it seemed to help a little with mood swings. Then my much-loved dog was killed and I spun into a terrible depression. I would have killed myself if I could have come up with a method where no one would have known it was suicide, or had to deal with the horror of finding my body. I kept pleading with the PNP to "let" me stop taking it. Finally after 4 months I convinced her and stopped. I guess it was a symptom that I couldn't advocate for myself better. It was a horrible time. She didn't tell me anything about the possible downsides to taking it. | F | 49 | 4 months | 6/18/2009 | 1 | bipolar | rash, sore throat, swollen lips, tongue, sore nostrils | PURE EVIL!!!!! IT CAUSED STEVEN JOHNSON SYNDROME, a seriously frightening illness. Luckily, mine was caught in time. | F | 34 | 3 weeks | 6/14/2009 | 1 | Seizures | 400 mg daily, Memory loss, unclear thinking, HAIR LOSS, breakage, texture change, thinning hair, brown spots "liver spots" all over face, arms and legs, insomnia, strange dreams, dizzy, nightsweats, jaw problems, I discontinued the lamictal due to all my hair loss and spots on my face. | I went on this medicine for my pregnancy. I was told by my neurologist this was a "safer" med to take during pregnancy. I have had 2 kids who are normal with no side effects from the medicine. They are 2 and 4 now. I did have 1 seizure with each pregnancy @ five months pregnant. I am trying other seizure meds, they all seem pretty bad. Anyone suggest any ??? | F | 39 | 5 years | 6/6/2009 | 1 | Severe Depression/Anxiety, Insomnia | Hallucinations, foggy memory, very vivid nightmares, detachement from myself, flu-like symptoms, fever | I wish I played the lottery because I'd have to be the guy that gets the allergic reaction. This was a hellish drug for me. I felt like I was on LSD. I saw things, I literally thought I had lost my mind. I became afraid to answer the phone from the anxiety it gave me. I felt like I was in some type of fugue state. I eventually went to the emergency room where they kept me overnight for allergic reactions. Later that week, I overdosed and was hospitalized for 8 days. Not fun. | M | 30 | 1 times | 5/10/2009 | 1 | Depression | Excessive weight gain - went from 190lbs to 250lbs. Zero sex drive. Excessive tiredness. Difficult to concentrate. Excess sweating. Irration, more depression. Can't sleep, when I do sleep I'm out for 12-15 hours. | For Depression I'm currently prescribed Cymbalta 60mg (daily)and Lamictal 100mg (daily). I also take Ambien 10mg (daily) - ambien no longer works for me...even at 20mg daily. I've been taking Lamictal for 18 months at different doses - max was 150mg daily. After doing my own research regarding this medication and other meds for depression, I've decided to ween myself off Lamictal (I started this four days ago reducing 100mg daily to 50mg daily). Also, based on my research, I'm requesting my psyc take me completely off Lamictal and add "Abilify" and "Topamax (may get the excess weight off me)." If my psyc doesn't agree, I'm going to fire her and find another psyc Who will agree with my analysis. I have a MBA degree and have taken my share of psyc courses. However, since my "depression", I've come to the conclusion that these psyc meds are basically prescribed by spinning the big drug wheel (done by the psyc) and then prescribing the selected med to the patient. | M | 49 | 18 months | 4/28/2009 | 1 | depression | worsening of depression, uncontrolled rage with amnesia | Very scary drug. Have tried many other anti depressants, generally the worst that would happen is nothing. This drug was prescribed for "bi-polar", which I'm not. Very frightening to hear from others how my personality changed while on this toxic drug. Total amnesia of behavior while on it. | F | 55 | 2 months | 4/20/2009 | 1 | BiPolar | I honestly don't have enough space to list them all. It would be unfair to leave something out. | I am not a fan and I gave it a good 6 months. Overrated drug. Way overrated. | M | 29 | 6 months | 4/1/2009 | 1 | Mood Swings- possible hypothymia | Migraine, sense of unreality, difficulty concentrating, blurred vision, lethargy, dizziness, nausea, panic attacks, irritability, erratic apetite. | I started Lamictal 3 days ago, and can't deal with the side effects. I don't know if they would go away for me but I have a job as a project manager and have to be very sharp, and I can't even spell properly right now. If I had time to take a month of and experiment with this I'd do it but I have to work and pay my rent. I've lived with mood swings, anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts for at least 20 years, I'm fine continuing on that way. I'm not taking any more Lamictal. | F | 37 | 3 days | 3/15/2009 | 1 | Bi-Polar | Extreme tiredness, headaches, itchy, dizzy | I can not even function on this medication. Maybe cause im also on Lexapro. | F | 23 | 4 days | 3/9/2009 | 1 | Mood Swings | Rashes constantly, headaches, slurred speech, sweating. | I guess if you have nothing to do but hang around your house all day it may be effective but I can't imagine anyone at an executive level taking this daily and it being effective. No way. | M | 41 | 2 months | 2/18/2009 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | MAJOR RAPID CYCLING, head jerking, dry mouth, dizziness, bad memory, really bad rage, crying and outbursts, severe abdominal pain both cramps and stabbing pains, headaches. | Started on 25mgs every 2 days for a week than as soon as I changed to 25mgs every day the rapid cycling started. The moods were so bad I immediately ceased Lamictal. I was tkaing Provigil and Seroquel at the time. It's not known if the drug combination caused the bad result or I didn;t give the meds enough time to work. However the side effects were that serious that scared me and will not be taking it until i know more about this medication. please email if you have any information or queries as I would not like to rule this out if the side effects go away. | F | 29 | 1 weeks | 2/2/2009 | 1 | Bi Polar Disorder | Extreme hypersensitivity both emotional as well as physical. Cry at every Feed the Children commercial on TV, yelling at co-workers bright red cheeks on fire tender skin and hair follicles... | Built up to 300 over several months while decreased and eventually stopped taking 60 mg Cymbalta that I had been on for several years. | F | 38 | 6 months | 1/16/2009 |