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 | Mild headaches every day for a few weeks, made me tired after I first took it but I took it at night anyway, vivid dreams, but nothing too major. | Lamictal has been amazing. I had treatment resistant anxiety/mood issues/depression and I hit a rough patch where I was nearly hospitalized and my doctor tried this and my life started to change around. It took some time but I got there and was able to function normally again. I had severe panic/anxiety, to the point where it took me hours to get out of bed to take a shower and get dressed.. I had racing thoughts about everything and felt like I was dying. So yes, this drug has been a life saver for me. | F | 25 | 3 years 1X day | 6/29/2013 | 5 | bipolar | Hair loss. Has been such a wonder drug for me...if it continues I will invest in wigs! | F | 40 | 3 years 200 mg | 6/6/2012 | 5 | Borderline Personality Disorder | I don't know. None, really. | This medication changed my life. My thought processes have been normalized and my emotions are stable... nice and even all the way around. I've become a popular and successful guy. Looking back it's hard to believe how completely insane I was and how I could've denied it. I very much doubt I'd have survived much longer without Lamictal. I hope it helps you too :) | M | 32 | 3 years 200mg 1X day | 2/13/2012 | 5 | Bipolar & Depression | I get dizzy sometimes when I first take it, but it's great! It also has help with my odd ADD issues & for some reason my math skills have become a lot better. I get pretty tired in the evening, but I'm not sure if that's the meds or if that's my early schedule. | I've had a couple times I've run out before my mail order prescription came in, and I feel withdrawal effects. Feel drunk, dizzy, sick to my stomach, and have a hard time concentrating. | M | 35 | 3 years 400 1X day | 1/31/2012 | 5 | Bipolar II with mixed states | Absolutely None! | I started taking this med about 8 months ago when we tried to decrease (and maybe stop) my Seroquel dose (due to the weight gain). The plan was have me on just Lamictal and Topamax. That project failed, oh well, but during that time, my mood really leveled out nicely, and we left it. A subsequent depression really allowed the Lamictal to do its thing. WOW! My doc bumped it up, and literally within a few days I was feeling better. This stuff is great. I'm up to 200 mg twice a day, along with my Seroquel and Topamax, and things are very stable. Life is pretty good. | F | 42 | 3 years | 9/13/2005 | 5 | Bipolar | Very itchy. I get little individual hive welts that appear and then vanish within minutes. I've never gotten the dangerous rash though. Otherwise it has been literally a life saver. It keeps my mood within healthy ranges but I also still feel emotions intensely -- in other words, it hasn't made me feel "flat" or anything. It doesn't have any negative cognitive effects for me. The itchiness is worth it considering all the good it's done me. | F | 23 | 3 years 400mg | 5/8/2013 | 5 | uncontrolled PGTC seizures | sleepy, hyper, lost sex drive, nauseated. dose 250mg, 2 times a day. total = 500 mg. I also take dilantin and topamax. | Lamictal made my partial complex seizures go from many per week to 3-4 in a month. I am really happy with that. Topamax is controlling the granmals/tonic clonics really well, and dilantin has now brought the partials down to 1 or 2 a month and sometimes even none. I'm getting close to no seizures. =) Lamictal is a good drug. | F | 28 | 3 years | 11/10/2006 | 5 | Bipolar Type I | None that I can pinpoint specifically to the Lamictal, already had headache, memory loss, insomnia, and bruised easily before taking this - no change there. I did feel a bit shaky for the first little while I was on it, maybe a week or two, but I was in hospital and coming off Depakote due to a bad reaction. | This has been a VERY good medication for me, I take this in combination with lithium. If I miss a couple doses I start getting irritable and I know that will just spiral, so for me it is best to stay on it. I have taken many other types of meds to treat the bipolar and this combo has been the best by far. It doesn't zombify me at all, and as long as I stay on it I hardly ever get manic episodes. Feeling way more in control of my life, I have been in some very high-stress situations since I started taking it and have dealt with them like a "normal" person would! If I feel blue, it's for an external reason now (eg. death in the family) as opposed to it being the disorder. Even if Lamictal doesn't work for you, please keep trying others, it took me over 10 years of living hell to find the right mix but I damn well did it and can feel GOOD now! Hopefully it won't take you as long! Punch bipolar in the neck! | F | 27 | 3 years 25mg 2X day | 12/22/2010 | 5 | Cyclothymia - Bipolar 2 | When the doctor has increased my dosage from 50 to 100 to 150 (over the course of several months), I had insomnia for a few days after the dosage increases. After that transition - NO side effects! | I love this medication. It has almost eradicated my mood swings (only minor ones during PMS now) and calmed racing, grandiose thoughts. Like another poster commented, I have finished grad school, can hold down a job for more than 6 months, am more patient with my children and I'm getting ready to be re-married. I think more clearly, cry less (I still cry sometimes - I'm a woman), feel more stable. It's been a miracle for me. | F | 33 | 3 years 150 1X day | 8/19/2010 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder, Depression | Dry Mouth, Fatigue, Headaches. | It is far from an overstatement for me to say that Lamictal has changed my ability to enjoy life. Since early adolescence I have struggled with depression, manic episodes and frequent mood swings. My performance in High School and College suffered, subsequently. I began taking this medication at 25 and have since felt "Like myself." I am making more healthy decisions, and am able to put things into perspective. I am able to keep jobs and relationships longer now. This medication has proved a LIFE SAVER for me. I also take Lexipro, occasional xanax and oral contraceptives. I still occasionally experience bouts of depression, but am able to manage them quite well! I have learned that mixing ALCOHOL with this medication results in NEGATIVE reactions (temp. amnesia, psychosis, manic syptems). I have found this medication so effect and EARNESTLY hope others find the same RELIEF it provided me! LIFE CAN BE MANAGEABLE AND ENJOYABLE with the correct medicinal practices. PLEASE take this as a sign of HOPE! it's NEVER TOO LATE to get your life back!!!!! Good luck to all who suffer...and please dont give up!! | F | 28 | 3 years 200mg 1X day | 8/3/2010 | 5 | Bipolar I Disorder | NONE. (which I find amazing for a psychiatric medication). I do suffer from very mild acne (I use acanya, retin-a micro and rosula because I'm very obsessive about it) which I believe has been slightly anatagonized by lamictal. Granted, I already had acne. | This drug has helped me tremendously with bipolar disorder. I find it has helped especially as an antimanic. It has helped immensely with mixed states and rapid cycling. It has definitely had some antidepressant effects, although not enough to be an option for me as monotherapy. While it has been antisucidal, I was still very depressed on lamictal alone. I do believe that this drug has truly saved my life and that I would have most likely done something destructive enough that I would not be here today. | M | 20 | 3 years 300 mg 1X day | 8/1/2010 | 5 | Mood | Normal functioning improved every area of life-family, work, feelings, too many to list. | Reborn with this medication, truly so! | M | 46 | 3 years 500 1X day | 7/18/2011 | 5 | Bipolar 1, Rapid cycling | Hair Loss | I love lamictal. It keeps my bipolar disorder stablized. | F | 21 | 3 years 100 MG 1X day | 1/3/2012 | 5 | Atypical Bipolar Disorder | None. I started at 50, went to 100 for about a year, 200 now for two years. I take it at night. | This has been a great drug for me. I felt the beneficial effects immediately - stabilized higher-level mood, lower anxiety. No sluggishness or weight gain, my weight fluctuations have reduced. I take it in the evening, it seems to help me sleep. I notice the next day if I forget. | M | 57 | 3 years 200 1X day | 3/11/2012 | 5 | seizures | More energy and concentration, less mood swings | M | 32 | 3 years | 7/16/2007 | 5 | Epilepsy | Slower thought processing, slight memory loss, bruise easily, weight loss, seizures during pregnancy. | This drug has been excellent in controlling my seizures with very little side effects compared to others I have taken such as Dilantin and Tegretal. The only time in 3 years that I have had a problem was when I had 4 seizures during the pregnancy (but probably due to changing blood levels and the need to increase medication more quickly). Also, I have noticed that the medication has made me think a little slower and more irrationally. I'm not positive that this is due to the medication but I have slowly noticed that I feel like my thought process has been slower - ie- forgetting things, not being able to find the right words when I talk, unable to recall dates and names, and overall just being slow to process information. I am usally a quick thinker, great at trivia and speaking, but since I have been on Lamictal I have a hard time with these things. | F | 30 | 3 years | 2/5/2005 | 5 | bipolar | blurred vision that went away after a week or so | This drug definitely changed my life. I can even work and deal with people and situations that were unheard of for me before. I can keep rational and calm in most if not all stressful conditions. They recently incresed it and my mood has never been better. I had the mania in check for awhile due to Lithium but the Lamictal seems to do better on the depression part of the bipolar. | F | 33 | 3 years | 4/4/2008 | 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 | 5 | Originally TLE, then BPD | None | The relief of Cyclothymic (Bi-Polar) symptoms I originally experienced, along with an overall regulation of mood, was noticable. However, it was when due to financial issues (no insurance) I had to go off Lamictal for a while that I fully realized how greatly it had affected me. Now in Canada where Generic Lamictal IS available, I'm back to | M | 61 | 3 years | 1/14/2005 | 5 | TLE, BPD | None | Ref previous entry: TLE: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (Complex Partial Seizures) BPD: Borderline Personality Disorder (also related Bipolar Disorder) | M | 61 | 3 years | 1/14/2005 |