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 |
| 5 | Bipolar II and Depression | Excessive sweating at night. Wet all over when I would wake up. Minor headaches in the morning. | This medicine has really helped me out a whole lot. I feel better than ever - it's like I'm in a great mood all the time and never go back down into depression afterwards, like I used to do. More patient and not as easily prone to lose my temper. When I wake up, I get excited about the day ahead. I used to wake up and think, | F | 29 | 3 months | 1/2/2005 | 5 | bipolar II | Headache, perspiring during sleep, sleep interference (early mornings only, Eye strain (difficulties reading) | Despite side effects, I am grateful to have this drug, would like to know if anyone has solutions for headaches or any other of the side effects. | F | 43 | 8 months | 12/14/2004 | 5 | bipolar disorder | minor rash (dime-sized) on hand that appeared after tapering dose up to 100mg/day. it disappeared after about a week, and i haven't had a rash anywhere since. | since having added lamictal to my regimen i've been able to drop my lithium dose dramatically and with the reduction in that goes the tremor and the difficulty thinking. lamictal is also the only medication that has ever made me feel less depressed - normal, even. | 6 months | 10/30/2004 | 5 | Bipolar II, depressive tendency | No side effects currently (am at 175mg/day). Starting up I had frenetic dreams and balance issues. Dropped dose temporarily, improved, went back up. At 200mg, though, I maintained occasional mental fuzziness and a | Did seem to interact w/ marijuana, making it | M | 31 | 1 years | 10/13/2004 | 5 | Bipolar II, depressive tendency | No side effects currently (am at 175mg/day). Starting up I had frenetic dreams and balance issues. Dropped dose temporarily, improved, went back up. At 200mg, though, I maintained occasional mental fuzziness and a disassociation with my feet when tired which made me have pull over if driving. At 175mg this isn't happening. BTW I also use Wellbutrin at 150mg/day. | Did seem to interact w/ marijuana, making it wipe me out... that mental fuzziness and disassociation was multiplied greatly. Also, GSK has a program to give you free prescription drugs if you're poor. look into it, because this stuff is pricey. | M | 31 | 1 years | 10/13/2004 | 5 | seizures | at first: extreme excessive tiredness now: weight gain, easily bruising | It has worked really well for me, knock on wood. No extremly bad side efects besides weight gain which sucks and bruising easily. | F | 16 | 1 years | 10/10/2004 | 5 | Seizures | None | This is the only medication I have ever taken for my seizures, and when I was taking little doses at first, I would still have a few seizures, but I'm now taking 400mg per day, and I don't have any at all. | F | 22 | 3 years | 9/8/2004 | 5 | Bipolar I I , with mixed features. | The most noticeable was a swelling or edema of the feet.But the benefits are more than worth it for me personally. I would also notice the begining of a headache, but by the time I thought of reaching for an asprin, it started to dissapear. | I have tried alot of different antidepressants over twenty years but I have to say I noticed within a month a real difference in my mood. Probably the first time in my life. I was even tempted to write gsk and praise them,as well as tell them that I was going to buy their stock. | M | 49 | 2 months | 9/1/2004 | 5 | Bipolar II | A little anxiety and | Effect is very subtle, but I have been doing much better since I began taking this. Friends agree that I'm mellower and more rational. Rarely depressed now. I feel much more normal. | M | 47 | 4 months | 8/29/2004 | 5 | bipolar | 200 mg a day (along with 300 of effexor) excessive sweating, extreme night sweats (wake up with wet sheets from it), very vivid dreams. started at 12.5 mg and doubled it every 2 weeks. first three days after increasing a dose had strange tingling/electrical shock feelings especially in my limbs, as well as dizzyness. went away but comes back if i miss a dose for a day...which is kind of good cuz then i make sure not to miss. i have a feeling that i will have to be weened off VERY slowly. | the good definitly outweighs the bad with this medicine. i still cry easily. but definitly not like it used to be | F | 20 | 7 months | 8/28/2004 | 5 | bipolar II | Got small rash on arm when first began taking it but increased dosage slowly and rash went away. If you increase dosage slowly enough you won't have trouble with the rash. | I felt it working right away. My brain felt tighter and better connected. I could especially feel it in the right side of my brain. It was weird b/c I never | F | 31 | 1 years | 7/29/2004 | 5 | Mood stabilizer for Bipolar disorde | dry mouth, achiness in legs and arms, sometimes drowsiness | I have been on a Lot of stabilizers, and Lamictal has worked great! I am thankful for it. | F | 20 | 4 days | 7/7/2004 | 5 | Bi-Polar w/paid cycling | acne, dry mouth, and insomnia | Lamictal has both stabilizing effects and mood effetcs. Worked wonders for my rapid cycling. Was able to graduate high school! | F | 18 | 1 years | 7/6/2004 | 5 | seizures | None | My son has been on it for 6 yrs. and for the first 5 years was SEIZURE FREE. At one point he had been on 4 meds (with bad side effects) and was still having many seizures a day. His seizures have returned and we're trying combinations w/the lamictal to lessen them. But even w/o the second meds, he's only having a seizure every few weeks (on 400 mg. of lamictal daily). | M | 25 | 6 years | 7/4/2004 | 5 | bipolar depression | sleepiness especially at onset of drug therapy, dry mouth | i have suffered with bipolar for 20 years. i have tried many drugs. this one has been the best so far. i did get a rash first time and had to stop and restart it was worth it. | M | 41 | 2 months | 6/11/2004 | 5 | major depression, bipolar disoder | well, the first time i took lamictal, i had a rash on my lower back. It began to show after about 6 weeks. So i went. Had to wait six weeks to try again. Now i have been RASH FREE this time! | Lamictal is a lifesaver. I was very upset with the drugs available for bipolar, because of the high potential for weight gain. I have suffered from anorexia nervosa for 4 years, so i would not try any thing like depakote. SO lamictal does not have a weight gain potential and it works! :-) | F | 18 | 4 months | 3/19/2004 | 5 | epilepsy | rash and dizziness for a brief time | it is great! i had been on a huge dose of zarontin and lamictal gave me the freedom of taking a small dose (only 1 tab per day) with far fewer side effects. | F | 24 | 3 years | 11/9/2003 |