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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bi-polar | I was on 100mg and all I would do is eat. I would wake up in the night to get food. I ended up gaining 40 pounds and was so depressed I didn't leave the house for months. The solution I came up with was to cut the dosage in half, not eat junk food and exercise often. | F | 38 | 2 years 50 1X day | 7/2/2010 | 3 | Bipolar | head ache, trouble talking sometimes, forgetful | M | 35 | 2 years 200 1X day | 8/27/2010 | 3 | depression, possible bipolar | Severe muscle pains at 300mg, vivid dreams, headaches, irritability, insomnia | When I first started taking Lamictal I was severely depressed & suicidal. Antidepressants weren't helping enough alone. Lamictal helped a lot for awhile. Then I began having severe muscle pains, mostly in my legs. I just hurt all the time. My Dr reduced my dose from 300 mg/day to 200 mg/day and the pains went away. Now I'm having really bad headaches. I'm not sure it's from Lamictal because I have them anyway. But I've had a migraine for the past 21 days in a row. That's unusual for me. Also for the past few weeks I've been extremely irritable and irrational and have been depressed and having suicidal thoughts again. I feel like I'm losing my mind. | F | 36 | 2 years | 10/15/2005 | 3 | Bipolar II | It caused very dry, itchy skin. NOT a rash, just extremely dry skin. Loss in memory and concentration. | As a college student, I have had difficulty with this medication, and will admit that I have, on occasion, gone off of it for several days at a time in order to concentrate/study. There is an noticeable difference between when I take it and when I don't. | F | 19 | 2 years 200mg 1X day | 1/19/2012 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder | hypomania on titration, stomach cramps, headaches, diarrhea, nausea. All went away after the first few months. | M | 21 | 2 years 200mg | 9/5/2012 | 3 | Depression-Seizures?-Memory loss | This is prescribed with Ritalin, Klonopin and my thyroid pill and an occassional Ambien, Do any of you have a swimming in the head feeling like a fish is swimming from the back sides of your head toward the front, thats how my seizures? start, I think this was mainly prescribed for the seizures if they are seizures, my BP went low when i went to ER, side effects for me are vision changes, have to use differnt glasses for nite driving, and I get so hot at times I have to turn the air up to 74 degrees. | I think it helps with the anxiety I feel regarding my short term memory loss, i take ritalin but do not believe i should be taking ritalin at 55 yrs of age, when i never had attentiion defecit, but then again i have bad brain fog in the morning I cannot concentrate, my memory loss and brain fog started 10 yrs ago, i still blame this on quitting the Deproprovera shots, but of course the doc's think i am nuts. I have taken up to 400 mg aday 200 mg 2 x day but it was too much and i felt ill and too tired. I now take 100 mg 2 X a day, and i can tell at night when it wears off, i either get real moody, or PO, ususally i forget the time so i sometimes take it after the anxiety and mood sets in | M | 55 | 2 years | 10/10/2007 | 3 | Bipolar | Currently taking Effexor, Topamax and Lamictal. Increasing short term memory loss, slurred speech. Retrieval of words- impossible! Try going off lamictal, it's even worse. Not being able to urinate for a few minutes after sitting to. Agitation to the hilt. | I think Lamictal has leveled off my moodswings but the agitation it brings- at least once a month is horrendous. Who is to say what's worse? | F | 30 | 2 years | 12/20/2006 | 3 | Bipolar II | I have 1) rapid cycling bipolar and 2) Fibromyalgia as a result of two whiplash accidents within the last 5 years. Undesired side effects: Feeling flat, lower libido, weight gain after stopping Wellbutrin, memory and concentration problems (or is it fibro-fog?), tiredness to exhaustion, insomnia (4-5 hours per night is a good night). Hard to tell which is the cause or effect. Pleasant side effects: I don't cry as much and the mood swings have mellowed to a normal range. Though I feel I've lost the urge to be creative, I can still do my art and writing with discipline (rather than passion). | I tried to stop taking it (reducing it by 25 mg per month) but I didn't last two weeks before depression and death ideation was unbearable. | F | 53 | 2 years | 4/19/2007 | 3 | Depression | It's become difficult to retain what I read. When memorizing, I briefly remember info but by the next day most is forgotten. It takes a lot of effort to express ideas nowdays. My brain seems to be in a fog. | Over the past two years Wellbutrin 300mg and Lamictal 100mg have worked effectively to combat depression but during this time the effects I've described have become progressively worse. I suspected shortly after starting Lamicatal that it was affecting my memory and ability to concentrate but its purpose was to take the edge off Wellbutrin and it worked. My secret fear has been that I'm developing dementia but maybe the problem is Lamictal. | F | 55 | 2 years | 4/29/2007 | 3 | bipolar 1 | Terrible memory fog, hard time searching for right words, weight loss in the beginning, headaches every so often, muscles pain, anxiety and major hair loss after a year. | It's a good drug, atleast for a while.The side effects lessened other than the word retrieval issues and memory fog. Although within a years time I was maxed out at 350 mg and the hair loss was noticable. I had a difficult time with school due to the memory impairment and it definately effected my self-esteem. I'm going to try topamax next. | F | 32 | 2 years | 8/26/2007 | 2 | Grand Mal/Psycho Motor Seizures | Wowwwww, where to begin I am experiencing several side effects from this drug. The worst is the memory loss and confusion. I have problems spelling even common words. At times I cannot remember what words mean or how to use the correct word to express a thought or feeling. I loved working with numbers but I've been unemployed 6 years now, mainly due to this specific reason. Every memory side effect you see listed on all of these blogs, I suffer from. | I've had seizures my whole life (41 years) and have been on almost every med possible, but when I started on Lamictal, memory and ability to spell became my worst side effects, and I thought It was the brain damage caused by my seizures that was causing this problem. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one. I'm on 3000 mg of Keppra and 700 mg of Lamictal, and I've found that my seizures have gotten worse since I started Lamictal. The only good thing I can say about any med used to control my seizure disorder is that it has built up my immune system, because I have not been sick since I was 15, and I am now 41. Well I'm going off Lamictal to try Topomax, and the only thing I fear with that med is Kidney Stones. So anyone who has been on that med and has any advice, it would be nice to hear from you. | M | 41 | 2 years | 4/26/2007 | 2 | Bi-polar I | Weight gain, insonmia,dry mouth, urination problems | I finally 'D/C'ed' both Lamictal and Lithium because I'd ask both at each visit if I was getting any better. The answer was 'no', so why bother. I'd rather tolerate hypomania and the resulting creativit, than lay there like a rock,urinating every 5 minutes,sweating through the night-sleepless, etc. | M | 55 | 2 years | 1/29/2007 | 2 | Bipolar, depression | After upping dosages from 100mg to 200mg for the last few months of my taking it, lamictal brought me to a truly unbeareable level of social anxiety. And racing mindedness/stress in general as well. Made me get very analytical and snappy of everything. Extremely unstable moods, dulled me up nicely (word recall problem/focusing), made paranoi worse. Also- had to pee 24/7 + drink water all the time, made me feel like I had the flue (a nasty toxic feeling). All of these symptoms stopped or got much much better with disuse. | Helped depression a lot. Made me manic though.. Did not sufficiently control my moods by any means. I quit this drug cold turkey which led me to having horrible siezures which have not stopped leading me to realize I may have a siezure disorder. DO NOT STOP THIS DRUG COLD TURKEY!!!!!! | M | 21 | 2 years | 9/15/2007 | 2 | Bipolar | Bruise on outer left thigh which continued to spread. Dark and light spots. Embarressing to wear shorts in the summer. Moods were still not stable. High doses gives me irregular heartbeat. | Lamictal does not seem to be effective in controlling my moods, I can't remember things, problems concetrating, can't describe things I want to say, seems I can't find the correct words to use like a brain freeze. Continue to have 2-3 nights without any sleep, went 5 nights straight without sleep before and Lamictal is suppose to help with these cycles and don't. I continue to be on a rage and doctors have difficulties perscribing me anything else due to my body rejects numerous of these medications. The depression and insomina is ongoing. I take Ambien for sleep and tried over 20 anti-depression meds that I reject or get terrible side effects to the point I have to discontinue them. Lamictal is the only drug that gives me less problems only if I stay under 200mg. The bruise that occured on my outer thigh, doctors states they have never heard of it or seen such thing. I have proved it as in when I was hospitalized for a month, I was not given any Lamictal at all, the bruise went away, I began taken them again and next thing I knew the bruise came back. Now my doctor is saying I need to go see a Derm doctor and see if they can give me some type of cream, lol yeah ok. Not recomended but I stopped taking them about a week ago and I seem to be fine thus far. | F | 47 | 2 years 75MG 2X day | 4/27/2011 | 2 | Epilepsy | auras, fuzzy feeling, fogginess, lack if clarity, odd tingling in head when close to time to take next dose, edginess, forgetfulness, weight gain, depression, anxiety, hunger | I was on Tegretol and wish I could have stayed on it, but after over ten years it started messing with my sodium levels, so I went on Topomax, which I also wish I stayed on. But my fiance and I decided to try and get pregnant, and after consulting with my neurologist, we went with Lamictal to reduce any risk to the baby. I HATED IT. I felt "off" all the time, and never, ever felt normal. Within three hours of the time I had to take my next pill, I was already edgy and having auras. We tried for a while, but it didn't work out, which is too bad, but I'm back on the Topomax, which is good. | F | 41 | 2 years 50 2X day | 10/22/2011 | 2 | Epilepsy | Aggression getting worse as the dose seems to increase. | I really cannot explain as its my son who have mad episodes of aggression as he has a intellectual disability. As he cant tell me how he's feeling and I can't pick up what is wrong with him. We have done tests from MRI, Renal, eyes and dental which were all clear. Since he started at a low dose on Lamictal at 25mg he continued to have seizures but as we increased to 50mg he then became moody. Increasing now to 100mg its controlled the seizures but his aggression is worsening to the point where he throws his head back anywhere from wall to floor. As he wears a helmet at all times it doesn't keep him safe. Once he's in this aggression mood I cannot control him otherwise he's on a attack to me or whomever is trying to calm him. Feeling scared sometimes that he's going to really hurt himself or others. Spoken to specialist but they say it will pass overtime. | M | 22 | 2 years 100 1X day | 1/19/2016 | 2 | Severe depression | I took Lamictal for two years (between the ages of 16-17) and although it helped out my depression, it caused severe muscle aches and tenseness. | When I was 23 I tried to get back on it because it had been so helpful as a teenager, but he muscle aches were even worse that time, to the point where it felt like I had been run over by a truck. It's a shame, because it really helped my mood. | F | 17 | 2 years | 11/20/2015 | 2 | Bipolar II more depression | Confusion, night sweats,short term memory loss, blurry vision, achy, headaches, cannot complete a senctence without putting two words together, so I remind myself of the way Scooby-Doo (cartoon dog) talks. | I started out at 150 mg was doing great, mild side effects and after almost two years, I am now down to 50 mg. | F | 40 | 2 years | 3/7/2008 | 2 | depression | extreme tiredness sleep about 14 hours a day. Also take Wellbutrin XL 450mg and doesn't counteract the effects. Have gained about 20 pounds and is impossible to lose!!! Lost a little hair in the beginning. Stabilization properties worked, because my mood was always around a 3-4 some days were normal at 5 (1 is extremely depressed, 10 is super manic) This med kept me at straight 3. Couldn't function and had no good days whatsoever. Had no antidepressant properties for me. | I will be getting off this med, will be 2 years this fall. sought antidepressant and required stablilizer because Prozac put me hypomanic. (not dx as BP becuase only been manic as result of drug. it is highly suspected though). The Wellbutrin XL in combination with the Lamictal put me right back to where I was before I started meds. Not happy ever, so days sad and angry and ready to give up. I was upset about the weight gain, but after adding the Wellbutrin my mood was so flat I didn't care. Stayed on it so long because I quit smoking! I am going to try Abilify. | F | 32 | 2 years | 9/9/2008 | 2 | Bipolar Depression | Worked well in beginning then hair loss, weight loss and anxiety through roof. Also couldn't think straight. Stiff neck. Fluid retention. Want to get off of this. I've tried it 5 times! Enough! | F | 54 | 2 years 25 MG. | 8/12/2014 |