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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Bipolar I | Pretty much the same as the person below. Too many too list. | I am glad I found this sight. I agree with the 42 Y.O. F assesment below. I had to stop taking it because of the worst side effects in the world. I was lead to believ this would help me. Yea right. I am now back on Depakote ER with a low dose of Prozac and I have been doing fine. | M | 29 | 6 months | 1/10/2009 | 1 | Bipolar | Poor concentration, loss of coordination and balance, poor sleep with vivid frighening dreams, scalp itch with hair loss, cannot find the "right" word, slurred speach, intense hedache always upon waking and atleast once more during the day, unexplained dental problems, acne, weird brusing,unexplainned leg pain and vertigo. There maybe more, as I most likely have forgotten something. | Well, where to start. Can I concentrate enough to write this? Will I have to stop to look up the correct spelling of a word? Will I even remember the word I am looking up? Maybe I will fly into an unprovoked rage while trying to complete this. Perhaps I will have to leave the computer because I suddenly feel like I might vomit. Maybe my scalp will itch and I will have my hair fall out on my keyboard. These questions for now remain unanswered. The upside is that I won't fall down tripping on air since I am sitting nor slur my speach since I am not attempting the great feat of speaking. I cannot even put into words how angry I am right now. I have reported almost all of these thing to my shrink, except for the things that I thought couldn't even be remotely related. My very thorough family doctor was concerned but puzzled after many tests (CAT scan, blood work ups, referals) but felt like there was nothing left to explore. Last month I was accompanied by my long-suffering husban | F | 42 | 3 years | 1/3/2009 | 1 | bipolar | massive hair loss, memory loss, weight gain, depression | felt like I was in a fog, couldn't be happy | F | 33 | 3 months | 1/2/2009 | 1 | Bipolar Disorder | Lamictal made me so sick that after 4 years of suffering immense pain every hour every day at wanted to die. At that time neither my numerous doctors nor I had attributed the sudden onset of pain to Lamictal. | For 4 years I suffered everything from crushing constant headaches, general body aches, mustle pain, joint pain, face pain, partial jaw lock, fever, chills, nightmares, waking up at 3 am in the morning without feeling rested, nausea, gag-ing, neuralgia,fibromyalgia, gastritis, blurred vision, skin discolorations, extreme irritability, overly sensitive to loud noises, mental slow down, confusion, retarded speech, loss of words, mouth sores, undecisiveness, itchiness, a feeling of despair not to mention deep depression due to the pain. The Psychiatrist who initially gave me the prescription did not discuss these side effects with me and none of the many doctors, including so-called pain specialist thought of looking for the Lamictal for the possible culprit. Nobody I went to had a clue and many times they turned me away thinking I was a drug seeker. After trying yet another pain medication (lyrica) I decided to go off Lamictal just because all the medications were ripping my bowels apart | F | 44 | 4 years | 11/22/2008 | 1 | Clinical Depression/GAD | Debilitating fatigue, malaise, mild flu-like symptons, upset stomach and GI tract, TOTAL LOSS OF SHORT TERM MEMORY. | Side effects were so severe I had to stop taking it. When I first came off it I had SEVERE headaches, heart palpatations and periods of dizziness. This subsided after 7 to 10 days and all of the previously mentioned side effect symptons disappeared as well. I am happy for those for whom it works; I cannot personally recommend it. | M | 29 | 5 weeks | 11/8/2008 | 1 | epilepsy | painful blisters in mouth, swollen lips | call your doctor right away if this happens, they told me it could have been really dangerous | F | 45 | 3 days | 11/7/2008 | 1 | Unipolar Depression | HORRIBLE hair loss (50+%)-- even weeks after stopping the drug. After seeing multiple dr's to determine what's wrong with me, my latest bloodwork revealed a failed ANA(auto-immune) test. Before starting Lamictal, I had bloodwork, and all was fine. I'm convinced this drug -- even after taking it for only three months-- is the cause of some auto-immune issue.Off to see a Rheumotologist to get more answers... | Initially, Lamictal did work for me, yet PLEASE beware of things such as hair loss. It could be a sign that your body is unfavorably reacting to the drug. | F | 38 | 3 months | 10/10/2008 | 1 | Bipolar | Rashes (at any dose). It ended with me being on Medrol twice. Big time anxiety that would come out of nowhere for no reason. I took it for about 1 year and then said ENOUGH!! | The rashes were bad enough but I simply could NOT stand the anxiety/psychotic like states that were unpredictable. I went back to Depakote ER and that eliminates rashes and anxiety issues. Minor side effects from Depakote but every med has side effects. | M | 33 | 1 years | 9/26/2008 | 1 | bipolar | Threatened my family and don't remember doing so. Since off the drug things are normal. | DO NOT take this medicine if you are an alcoholic! Very dangerous drug. My therapist should have never prescribed this drug for my bipolar with my alcoholism. | M | 34 | 1 months | 9/25/2008 | 1 | epilepsy | dizziness, lack of coordination (broke glasses, spilled food, knocked things over, bruised self, afraid I would fall down stairs or while taking shower), insomnia, fatigue, nausea, itchy scalp and itchy arms and legs, sensitivity to sun, skin bumpy, slurred speech, "hot flashes" day and and night--stopped wearing makeup, changed stinky sheets often, washed clothes more often, showered more often,--dry mouth, frequent sinus headaches(try nose spray)and severe migraine headaches (try maxalt-MLT), easy bleeding (when washing my face) and easy bruising (on abdomen??), vaginitis, tremors, lips pursing, sores in my mouth, biting my tongue while eating, clenched jaw, new type of seizure with teeth clenched--WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED???? A dentist my find my teeth moved (absence--petit mal for 20 years after last tonic clonic), chest pain, impaired memory; difficulty spelling words correctly; emotional lability (very angry--throwing things vs. crying about nothing) | I HATE IT!!!! The main reason for taking it was to lose weight seeing as Depakote causes weight gain. My seizures were already under control. Not driving for over 6 months changed life style--no exercise so more weight. Migraines keep me from everything. And I'm afraid of these new seizures. I hope they disappear when I get back on Depakote. 6 mo. before tapering back to depakote | F | 63 | 6 months | 9/17/2008 | 1 | Epilepsy | My seizures are caused by a bicycle accident in 1993 and my seizures developed in 1998; (5 yrs later) I was 24; they are not hereditary. I am now 32 years old. Here is a list of the side effects and symptoms that I have experienced while using Lamictal and side effects that are ongoing since I discontinued using the drug. These side effects are only on a 200mg dosage... Loss of libido (sex drive) which wasn't noticed until 2006 when I got married, before that I was a virgin so I payed no attention to my hormones. Short and long term memory loss, grinding of teeth and biting of tongue and cheeks, vivid dreams, weight loss, acne problems, drulling of mouth while asleep and when speaking, anxiety, mood swings, impatience, fatigue, blurred of vision, hair loss, slower coordination and reaction, slow thinking, irregular sleeping patterns; sometimes I awaken early after going to bed late after just 4 hours sleep. Lamictal gave me more seizures; major ones and now silent ones. It has neve | It is one of the worse medicines I have been on in my life causing more problems than what I have started with. This product only added insult to injury. I highly recommend against its use. It caused a host of new symptoms that I never had before. | F | 32 | 4 years | 9/16/2008 | 1 | F | 27 | 1 years | 9/14/2008 | 1 | mood disorder | horrible nausea and heinous withdrawal effects | M | 43 | 8 years | 9/8/2008 | 1 | Bi-Polar | HAIR LOSS, WEIGHT GAIN, CONFUSSION, MEMORY LOSS,JOINT PAIN ALL OVER.VAGINAL DRYNESS, BREAK THROUGH BLEEDING. | This by far has to be the worst med i have ever taken. I took myself off cold turkey and delt with the withdrawl because of the side effects. My ob thought that I was menopausal because of the women issues I had, untill he found out that I was on this med. I am 36 and I felt as though I was 66. After being off med for two months now I have lost most of my weight, my hair dresser tells me that I have a whole new head of hair growing. | F | 36 | 1 years | 9/5/2008 | 1 | Mood Stabilizer | Wormhole to Alzeheimers | Can't remember faces, words, moments or anything else. Extreme awareness of lowered cognitive ability. While conversing with others, people seem to recognize I'm having trouble following their thoughts and logic. Easily distracted. | M | 4 months | 8/1/2008 | 1 | mood stable | dumbed down, no concentration, craved sweets, | M | 17 | 3 weeks | 7/31/2008 | 1 | BiPolar | This med made things happen to my body that were insane. Mouth sore, rashes, cognitive slowing, slurred speech, unable to put simple sentences together, fungal infection, random infections. | I HATED!! this med. My doc kept syaing, don't worry. In the mean time I was taking medrol for the sores. Needed a leave of ab from my job as an executive. Friends kept asking what's wrong and I sweated like a pig. I was a little tired on Depakote but that's it. I'm back to that now. Thank God!! | M | 33 | 9 months | 7/18/2008 | 1 | Bipolar | I have only been on it five days but I don't feel like myself. I feel like I am in a cloud, I am afraid to drive, I am itchy, I still have racing thoughts but I am so tired I can't do anything, I have been sleeping for 12-15 hours and still want to sleep, and my anxiety has hiked up. I just got back from wal-mart and thought that everyone was staring at me. It made me so freaked. My OCD has also been in high gear. | I am hoping to get off this next time I go see my doctor. | F | 21 | 5 days | 7/16/2008 | 1 | BiPOLAR | UUGGGHHHHHH!!!!!! Terri ble too many to mention | OVERRATED!!!!!!! | F | 18 | 6 months | 7/10/2008 | 1 | mood stabilizer w/celexa | Outragious vivid dreams, then coma-like sleep (I was upped to 200 mg daily). Dry itchy scalp that drives me crazy. Forgetfulness. Shaking not just in my hands, but all over and in my mind if that makes sense. I'm still on the crap 'cause my doctor hasn't called me back in SEVEN days. I'm gonna half my dose starting tomorrow. I hate all this. | To doctors: DON'T prescribe this as a mood stabilizer. I am NOT bipolar. I just need to get off this and talk to a therapist. | F | 51 | 3 months | 7/9/2008 |