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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | Doctor misdiagnosed me | Side effects: severe ringing of ears, balance loss, severe fatigue, can’t sleep, weakness, tremors, can’t think, can’t process other medications and vitamins, loss of muscle, vision issues, etc. I have over 20 side effects, and I’ve never had them before usage of this drug. I can’t work, can’t have a relationship, and I’ve seen lots of specialists who say I’m in perfect health. Is there anyone else out there like me? I need help. | M | 42 | 3 years 50mg | 10/5/2019 | 1 | Mood stabilizer | I had taken Lamictal for about 3 years. As a mood stablizer. I was started off at 50MG. If I had forgotten to take a dose, the next day I would feel numb, very nauseous and very irritable. I thought the medication was doing an okay job. Until I had moved out. I got very depressed, gained 20+ pounds (which it is very hard for me to gain weight) was extremely suicidal. This is was after my medication was bumped up to 100MG. I have been currently off my medication and feeling a lot better than when I was on it. I would not recommend taking this drug. It did more harm than anything. | I liked to know if anyone else gained weight on this? And or if they got really suicidal? | F | 18 | 3 years 100MG | 4/26/2015 | 1 | Depression, Bipolar | It was ok at beginning low dosage then everything was increasing then it just kept getting worse, severe hot flashes, night sweats, dry mouth, insomnia I could take it, know I'm SLOWLY going odd it and realizing what this did to me and my body, very hard getting off with withdrawals but DEFINITELY doing it!!!! | F | 56 | 3 years 250 mg 1X day | 5/25/2021 | 5 | Bipolar II | I haven't noticed anything out of the normal | Has made a huge difference in my life - symptoms of bipolar almost completely in check. I still have times where I feel the bipolar more but I haven't seriously wanted to hurt myself in the two + years I've been taking. | F | 29 | 2.5 years | 11/20/2008 | 5 | bipolar | When I started lamictal 2 years ago I must have had some side effects but quite mild | For 20 years had a depression diagnosis tried every drug with only unsustained success. Since adding lamictal to effexor I have a full life without worrying that I'm going to freak out at any little thing. Please give this drug a chance the combination has let me be a full human being again. | F | 55 | 2.5 years | 6/10/2009 | 5 | Bipolar I | Memory deficits in certain areas (remembering names/activities/dates, but my doctor told me that this may be a result of my manic/depressed episodes), body acne. When I forget to take a dose, I become manic, so I have to use an add on to bring me back to baseline. | Lamictal is a wonderful medication and has probably saved my life. I had an eating disorder when I was younger and thoroughly researched all the different meds because I refused to be placed on anything that made me gain any weight. Lamictal was weight neutral for me with very few side effects. Follow your doctor's orders though and increase your dose slowly. I went off it once and tried to put myself back on it quickly and got the rash on my face. It made me learn my lesson. When used properly, it's a wonderful maintenance med. For the body acne, there are different ways to treat it. Honestly, I am so forgetful that it is partially my fault that it hasn't gone away. | F | 25 | 2.5 years | 9/15/2008 | 5 | epilepsy | none really..maybe headaches and dry skin..but that may not be because of the lamictal though | i love it! it made me feel like i could actually have a social life. before i couldn't know when i would have a seizure and i was ashamed. i didn't want anyone to know about my epilepsy so i just stopped going ont on the weekends. i still hung out with my friends at school but not outside of school. i even made my mom pick me up from school because i kept having little seizures on the bus going home and i didn't want anyone to see this. i used to bury myself in my homework. i would also sleep a lot because i was always so tired. now i go out with my friends whenever i can and i am so happy! lamictal has made it possible for me to feel comfortable around my friends and other people without being worried about if i am going to have a seizure. i'm even driving now! i've been seizure free for probably close to 2 years now! | F | 16 | 2.5 years | 4/24/2005 | 5 | Depression | Some word finding difficulties. Huge increase in sexual desire (anyone else have?), but may be due, in part, to lack of depression.Unexpectedly in the last 3 months intermittent sore throat (about 1x a week for a day).I have an appt with an ENT to make sure it's not due to something else (I hope so), as I've been on this 2 and a half years and will do anything to stay on it.Need sleep medication.Take at nite, maybe should take in morning. | The greatest medication ever. Had been on prozac for years until needed to increase dosage and increase created some mania. With prozac, I felt there was air in my brain which lessened the feelings of depression but with lamictal (on 300 mg), I just feel NORMAL. It's like my default setting is now happy, contented, energetic, even joyful, after a life of depression. Therapy has been so much more effective and life changing.I understand why they don't give it readily, but this changed my life and I wish it was given more commonly,not only a last resort for depression. I also have a huge increase in energy, which of course makes all of life easier. | F | 53 | 2.5 years | 7/4/2007 | 5 | Bipolar Type II - Mood Stablizer | Feeling of urgency to urinate | Miracle drug! I think it's wonderful. I tried something else when I was a drug rep because I was impressed by the data I was sharing with docs... Then, after everything fell to pieces, I went back to Lamictal (happy to pay the copay). Recently, I titrated the dose from 150 mg to 300 mg a day over a few weeks and noticed I FEEL like I have urinate, but in reality, I don't. I guess it's a super-rare side-effect... It's not painful or too annoying so I'm sticking with the same dose and wait for my body to adapt. | F | 25 | 2.5 years | 2/9/2006 | 5 | Bipolar Depression | None | Lamictal saved my life. Period! It took me 2 years to find something that would stabilize my moods. Lamictal did the trick. I take 200 mg twice daily and have been doing so for the last 2.5 years now. I did need something for a good night's sleep though. After 2 years, Zopiclone and Temazepam no longer worked. Now I'll be trying small doses of Seroquel at bedtime for a good night's sleep. | M | 42 | 2.5 years | 12/2/2005 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Initial 2 weeks had vivid dreams, don't drink alcohol or take cough syrup-your head will be spinning and you won't be able to walk, no side effects with responsible use | I was lucky that this drug came out in full force right around the time I was first diagnosed. I take 100 mg once a day (always at night)along with 100 mg of Trazondone (don't see anyone else who takes this combination but works like a dream for me!)No problems with sleeping because this stuff knocks you out in about 5 minutes and, for me, ensures a great night of sleep. Taking Trazodone might help some of the people who have the insomnia as it is FOR sleep. This stuff works like a dream. Instead of always wondering what does so and so think about me? or reacting negatively (if not always visibly) to every difficult situation? this drug makes me slow down and think normally like "other" people. I love it. Hopefully you will too. | F | 28 | 2.5 years | 12/24/2005 | 5 | Bipolar & Depression | insomnia, joint pain got worse, occational night sweats, itching, worsend acne a lot, it spread to neck, chest and back. can't find words when I need them, can't do math in my head fast. evererthing is kinda blah now, can't feel even the good stuff as much. | I havent attempted suicide or had a manic episode since taking lamictal. guess its worth it to be alive! | F | 25 | 2.5 years | 1/13/2006 | 5 | bipolar disorder | Trouble speaking when increasing doses but other than that, no side effects at all | Lamictal has helped me a great deal with my bipolar disorder. Unlike other drugs I've been on, I feel like a normal person with normal feelings and moods. I'm still able to get sad, angry and excited/happy, just not to the same extremes | F | 22 | 2.5 years | 8/8/2006 | 4 | The lamicital has worked very well for me | M | 28 | 2.5 years 220 2X day | 10/12/2011 | 4 | Bipolar II | Hair thinning and brittle, insomnia, hypermania at higher doses, random suicidal thoughts | This is a wonder drug for me. It stopped my severe depressions and stabilized manics somewhat. This medication did appear to have caused my hair to become increasingly thinner and brittle, and I have had a lot of hair loss. Didn't notice it until about 1 yr. Have to take it in AM because PM dose causes insomnia. Tends to lift mood, which means I do still struggle with some manic phases, but the depression is completely gone. | F | 41 | 2.5 years 100 1X day | 12/2/2011 | 4 | Epilepsy | My memory has pretty much gone down the drain. Most of the time I'll hear or see what's going on but I won't absorb the information so within a few seconds or minutes I always have to ask for something to be repeated. I constantly forget how to spell words and it's really difficult for me to write well because I can't put into words what I want to say. I can't remember peoples' names alot of the time that I've known for years, I forget some memories from my childhood, and taking a test is pretty much an Olympic sport for me. Also, I don't know if it's related but since I started taking Lamictal it's been impossible to get my skin to be perfectly clear. | Lamictal helped with my complex partial seizures and I've been completely clear of any bad ones for 8 months. I didn't suffer any major side effects, only memory loss, but for me that has been the most frusterating-if you explain to people they are usually understanding of the issue and often find ways to aid you. School is a constant struggle for me and I'm sorry to everybody who suffers from these or worst side effects. I guess the memory loss out weighs the seizures but it still makes life more interesting than I'd like. If you have any advice I'd love to hear it. | F | 18 | 2.5 years | 6/30/2008 | 4 | bi-polar | Flu feeling any time there's a change in the dose. | If you're in any dose start, increase etc..... don't give up too soon it does get better for most the headache, flu, foggy head etc have taken a while to adjust at every dose change but eventually disapate | F | 41 | 2.5 years | 3/27/2008 | 4 | Bipolar II - DEPRESSION | No short-term side effects. Started on low dose and slowly upped to 200 mg/day. A few months in I began to have acne for the first time in my life. A year in I started to notice memory problems, and maybe it's unrelated but I began having breast tenderness each month along with irregular periods. 2 1/2 years into this and now I'm confused all the time, have memory and concentration problems, forget appts, names, where I put things, why I called someone, etc. Also I'm tired often lately. | Despite the acne and memory problems, this drug was great for the first 2 years. I have not been depressed and my moods have been quite stable. Only in the last six months has it become clear that it's truly the cause of my cognitive problems. I'm tired of feeling stupid all the time and am slowly tapering off this med. It's a tough decision because Lamictal really did help in a lot of ways, especially my family life. | F | 36 | 2.5 years | 12/5/2007 | 2 | bipolar depression | i started this medication right after my son was born. i had hairloss happend about 4 months later but that was excused for the postpardom symptoms. my hair stopped falling out about 3 months after it started. six months later it started again-BAD! iv been to my pcp 5 times over the last 6 months, dozens of blood tests later theres no explanation for the hair loss. i already have bald spots that i have to take extra time in the morning to try and cover up. the first 2 years on the med i had extreme weight loss, no complaints, ate watever i wanted, hardly any exercise. over the last 4 months i have gained ten pounds, no change to my diet. no matter what i do i cant seem to lose it. i have absolutly no short term memmory left. im a college student and i cant even join in the class discusions because i forget what im trying to say in the middle of my sentences. i feel like an idiot when this happends, last semester it wasnt this bad. i cant even remember what cloths i put on my son when h | F | 26 | 2.5 years 200 1X day | 3/11/2010 |