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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Memory loss and confusion. My super short term memory is gone. I forget everything I did about a minute ago. Pour a cup of coffee or even pick up something I forget it. I have learned to slow down to compensate. | I went off this drug briefly for an unrelated illness and it was hell. I was suicidal and crying all the time. I would never do it again alone. Its a big commitment but well worth it but effects are different for everyone. I am happy and productive for the first time in my life. Personally I would never go off it. | M | 41 | 8 months 200mg 1X day | 12/12/2010 | 5 | Bipolar 2 depress, racing thoughts | Itchiness on face and neck every time I titrate up; benign rash which I fixed by switching to electric shave instead of wet shave. | I escalated EXTREMELY slowly as I knew this had the power to save me and I didn't want to f up my chances with getting the rash. Cured my depression. Generics are cheap where I come from (God Bless India!) Suggest making trips here and importing supply (until expiration date) back into US. Sells as Lametec here. | M | 30 | 8 months | 3/31/2006 | 5 | Bi-polar depression, PTSD-anxiety | Word recollection difficulties during PMS. | At first the word recollection defecit really bugged me. After some thought I realized that it was almost directly proportional to how bad my PMS was each month. (During other times I was hunky-dory.) Since then I have been taking half a dose in the morning and the other half in the evening. This has taken care of the majority of the problem. When my memory loss does flare up, I tell myself that I probably talk too much anyway :~) I haven't had a depressive episode since starting the meds and in fact don't give this whole thing a thought most days. | F | 27 | 8 months | 3/23/2006 | 5 | seizures | acne, tired, insomnia, vivid nightmares, ataxia, depression | lamictal is my fifth medication, haven't had a seizure for a year. The most annoying side effects are the insomnia and nightmares which seem to be worse on lamictal than my previous prescriptions (tegretol, dilantin, trileptal, keppra). acne has gone down, hopefully i can get more than three hours of sleep a night. Any suggestions? | M | 19 | 8 months | 4/11/2006 | 5 | depression, bi-polar | extreme drowsiness, cloudiness in thought, dizziness, nervousness, trouble finding words, memory loss, trouble speaking clearly, slowness, racing heart, night sweats, extreme hair loss, rare mood swings | i cant even imagine how i lived without lamictal. i was suicidal and this drug completely got rid of my depression. nothing negative phases me anymore and i dont feel drugged-up. i dont like how tired it makes me, being that i've always been a night owl, but i manage somehow. i also dont like how nervous i feel when interacting with people. i've always been a very smart girl but i feel people view me differently because of this drug and it's frusturating. still, i feel it's been worth it because the depression was getting out of control. | F | 21 | 8 months | 11/3/2005 | 5 | Bi-polar | Frequent urination and urinary urgency. | M | 35 | 8 months | 5/2/2006 | 5 | Migraine and aphasia | I didn't think I had any, but then I read this site and realized that I may have found the cause of my unexplained acne! | It's totally worth the acne. I am following a multi-part treament for my horrible migraine and mcs problems, and Lamictal has turned out to be a very important part of it. I started at 100mg per day and saw an improvement. My new doctor raised it (gradually) to 200mg, and now I really see a difference. I want to add to those exeperiencing rashes: my doctors were all very cautious about the rashes. I had to step up the dose of the drug very slowly, increasing 25mg at a time and staying at the new dose for at least a week and watching for symptoms. Perhaps starting at a very low dose and increasing slowly helps to prevent the rash. | F | 42 | 8 months | 9/8/2005 | 4 | Temporal lobe partial seizures | Mental slowness/fogginess, decreased coordination, headaches, neck pain, and EXCESSIVE night sweats | I haven't found a good dosage that relieves all of my symptoms, I have headaches/neck pain, and then increase my dosage, which causes mental slowness/fogginess, decreased coordination, and even more severe night sweats. | M | 30 | 8 months | 3/7/2006 | 4 | Bipolar 2 | Significant hair loss, vivid dreams at times, night sweats. | It works. Best med I've taken, but I am stopping it due to the consistent (and now dramatic) hair loss. | F | 44 | 8 months | 4/9/2006 | 4 | mood disorder | Significant stuttering with increased doses. We have had to balance the the benefits and the stuttering side effect by adjusting to a lower dose. | M | 16 | 8 months | 1/11/2006 | 4 | depression | I have expereinced short term memory loss and also mild confusion. VERY BAD HAIR LOSS!!! | I have taken lamictal for 8 months. I was told that there would be no side effects. It has definately kept my moods fairly even. Not to say that I am happy all the time..just not crying all the time. Any other anti-depressant has caused major weight gain. I did not gain weight(yeah). Forgetting things and my thoughts in mid-sentence have been a concern. In the past 2 months, my hair really is falling out! I have had my hair checked by a dermalogist and my thyroid checked. Problem is definately the medicine. I am going to stop taking it and hope that I will not be back to being depressed. | F | 44 | 8 months | 11/5/2006 | 4 | bipolar II | First week: Small rash. Discontinued drug for a week, then started at lower dose. With each dose increase: mild dizziness for 2 days, vision changes (seeing spots and flashes of light) First few months: some memory loss, depression, agitation, insomnia, vision changes, serious suicidal thoughts. Ongoing side effects: increased energy (not manic), weight loss, excess vaginal discharge (very annoying!), slightly altered depth perception, very different reaction to alcohol (drastically lowered tolerance and worsened hangovers). | I take the generic lamotrigine. For the most part, I like it. I don't have my mood episodes entirely under control, but they are much milder and shorter in duration. I don't think I'm quite as intelligent as I used to be, but I can concentrate for the first time in years. I tend to think that objects are closer than they are. I can still safely drive. When I'm tired, I feel dizzy instead of sleepy. It took me awhile to figure that out! I would not recommend drinking while taking this medication. Maybe alcohol is fine in small doses, but binge drinking is incredibly painful and I believe it contributed to me being suicidal. | F | 20 | 8 months 125 2X day | 3/20/2011 | 4 | Bi Polar 2 | I got acne all over my back and chest. It is so gross,and reall bothering me. Esp since summer is comming up. Memory loss, I am tired all of the time. | I am taking 400 mgs. and I have noticed that I am more in baseline. It does the job, but the side effects are really getting to me. Esp @ work | F | 22 | 8 months | 5/11/2007 | 4 | bipolar disorder | I have been taking 300 mg for about 8 months and it has helped to stabilize my moods; I have had little or no side effects. I am also taking Ambien. | F | 54 | 8 months | 8/12/2004 | 4 | bipolar 2 | short-term memory loss, weight loss, confusion, fatigue, acne, muscle aches, headaches. | Just starting my second time around with lamictal. I can't remember how it affected me the first time around except that I did feel better and was able to get through my days without feeling overwhelmed. I do remember experiencing a weird type of acne breakouts, not all over my face, mostly my chin and around my nose, big type of pimples, hard and under the skin, very irritating and didn't go away for months! Also, the memory loss; very frustrating. Would get lost in places I have been millions of times, lost car several times in parking lots, forgot appointments. Sleep patterns improved tremendously! As did moods overall. My cycle of hypermania improved as well, but I seemed to level off with my mood swings and depression over a period of the first month. Was up to 300 mg per day (am and pm doeses). But as we do, I felt better and quit my meds a few months ago. (Was taking Lamictal with Wellbutrin and Xanax). So I stopped taking meds because I was better, right? No. Afte | F | 42 | 8 months | 11/16/2007 | 4 | seizures | after 8 months on lamictal I have lost 35 lbs. That's great except it won't stop! Getting scary...I've just started experiencing hair loss and vision disturbances. My mood is somewhat somber-I will definately tell you what I think as opposed to holding it all in. Experiencing problems with multi-tasking-not because of confusion but because I can't perform a task and think of something else without really concentrating. Definate problems with inversion of Numbers and letters. My hands always seem to be one key over to far! Every med for siezures has nasty side effects-just different. I'm concerned about the hair loss though. Most of the side effects listed by viewers are short term (vivid dreams in TECHNOCOLOR,dry mouth, etc. I'll see what happens. | F | 8 months | 12/13/2007 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | extreme short term memory loss, trouble remembering words, often can't form mental connections, slight loss of fine motor skills, speech impediments (slight stuttering, often slurring words). slight weight gain. bad headaches at first, but went away. | the first few months on lamictal were crazy for me, i was like, all over the place in my mood, and it was throwing me from one mood to the next. started rapid cycling and then i just got really dark and depressed. however after four months (my doctor insisted i stay on it) it finally started to kick in and i've been on it for eight months now and i've never been happier. i still have really uncontrollable bursts of energy. other than the inability to speak correctly and major memory loss, i haven't had any major side effects. but the memory loss is really annoying. it doesn't mix well with caffeine, though. | F | 15 | 8 months | 12/7/2009 | 4 | Bipolar disorder | Drowsiness was mainly the only side effect I experienced so far. Been on this medication for a while, but honestly cannot say anymore about side effects due to the fact the I am on other medication. | After taking this medication for sometime every morning when I take it I feel better....gives me a feeling of happiness, but goes away in about 30 min. | F | 20 | 8 months | 1/23/2010 | 3 | depression | Nasty side effects. Hair loss (shedding), acne, occasional diarrhea, cognitive problems, night sweats, vivid dreams, poor circulation during sleep (body parts fall asleep), mild rash in beginning. | Take from 25-50mg per day. It seems to help my depression but the side effects are terrible. I can't seem to wean off it without becoming depressed again. I also take parnate 50mg. | M | 20 | 8 months | 1/14/2008 | 3 | Bipolar | Initially none. After 6 months many, severe anxiety, shortness of breath, dizziness, trouble concentrating, increased depression... | This drug was great for about 8 months and then it all went bad. I had severe shortness of breath, severe anxiety and dizziness. I honestly thought I had a bad heart. I read some comments and found other people had similar reactions after 6 or so months. I went off the drug immediately. After about a week of hell, coming off the drug, all my symptoms went away...what a relief. | M | 41 | 8 months | 12/4/2007 |