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, OCD. | short memory impairment, at the beginning increased mood swings, but now none! | this medication in combo now with luvox has literally saved my mind and my life. nothin' else to say. | M | 24 | 6 months 100 mg 2X day | 2/28/2010 | 5 | Depression | A little sleepy sometimes. Very easy to fall asleep at night. Easy to nap. | This drug stabilizes my mood without major side effects. A minor one for me is sometimes I get a little sleepy. Not sure if this is the drug or poor sleep hygiene. The side effects are therefore very mild. I am not carefree, but I can cope. I don't sink so low anymore. | M | 47 | 6 months 150 1X day | 5/25/2010 | 5 | bi-polar rapid cycle partial seizur | Headache, blurred vision (sometimes), aches upper back and neck and hot flashes / night sweats. | I do really like this medication. I am happier more stable and even my family has noticed the difference. The side effects that bother me the most are the headache which goes into my jaw, the aches in my back and neck, then the night sweats. I can deal with the hot flashes before I go to sleep but the night sweats are pretty bad. I can't sleep under the covers and am freezing my husband. I read another woman's comments and she too had night sweats but said that they get better if she takes the medication at the exact same time every day. I'm going to try that. Again, the medicine works and I am also calmer and not so irritated. So, it has helped me in many ways. | F | 34 | 6 months | 3/6/2006 | 5 | Bipolar II | Trouble finding the right words, a little bit more clumsy, my hands sometimes get shakey, or feel shakey. I pee more frequently and I forget things more easily. A lot of people feel drowsy after they take it, while I feel adverse effects. I perk right up. | This medication has helped me a great deal. I feel like the edge has been taken off of life. It's wonderful, things are smoothed out. I'm not on this crazy rollercoaster anymore, but life is still real. I still cry, and I still laugh, I still get sad, and angry. But for the right reasons, instead of no reason at all. My mom also takes Lamictal (along with Zyprexa) for Bipolar I, and she loves it more than anything she's ever taken. | F | 18 | 6 months | 8/15/2006 | 5 | Bipolar II Disorder | Some bad, vivid dreams, but nothing I can't deal with compared to the awesome effect it has had for my mental health. | I have been mentally ill for as long as I can remember. My family doctor diagnosed me with depression. For several years, I was on every single kind of typical anti-depressant that is made. I was severly debilitated because of this illness. I then decided it was time to go to a psychiatrist. My psychiatrist just thought that I was depressed and continued my 300 mg of Effexor that my family doctor had lastly prescribed. Effexor is a horribly evil drug and I recommend that no one take it. Anyways I realized that this psychiatrist was useless and I decided to go to psychologist and get some psychological testing. This psychologist was kind of ignorant and didn't do the right testing on me. So his conclusion was guess what "major depression". He recommended that I go see this new psychiatrist and within about 5 minutes this amazing psychatrist determined that I had bipolar II disorder and put me on Lamictal 400 mg a day. I have been %100000 better since getting my dose | M | 28 | 6 months | 9/14/2006 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Nausea almost constantly, some problems with word recall, spaciness, lots of forgetfulness (REALLY bad when I drink too much the night before), shaking, increased body odor, headache, some racing thoughts (almost hypomanic feelings when starting the meds that go away after a few days) | When I first started taking Lamictal I was very skeptical. I had taken Neurontin before (which is also an anticonvulsant) and ended up taking 3x the amount an epiletic should take spread through out the day before bed, which resulting in my head spinning and not being able to see when I woke up for about 30 minutes. So, I looked on here and I couldn't understand why a medicine with such extreme side effects would be rated so highly. The reason is that it changes your life. I have been on nearly every antidepressant/antianxiety/sleep combo my doctors could think of for the past 3 years and NOTHING has worked. I am currently taking Lamictal, Welbutrin, Paxil, Serequil, and Clonazepam. I know its a lot, but this mixture has allowed me to become the person I used to be again. I'm happy, but most of all I have the desire to live and better myself. So, to anyone who's reading this thinking we're all crazy (Hmm... bad choice of words!) for enduring such side effects all I can say is t | F | 23 | 6 months | 10/25/2006 | 5 | seizure | My son has had no side effects at all taking Lamictal. This is the first drug prescribed to him by his doctor, and he doesn't take any other medications. | He had a seizure in May of 2005. He had an MRI and was diagnoised with Grey Matter Displacia. The doctor said this was probably the cause of the seizure and this was a condition he probably had since birth. He started out on a dose of 25 mg. and is now taking 100mg. twice a day. We have not noticed any changes in his learning, sleeping, or memory. He is an A student and also participates in Marching Band. His doctor said there is a good chance he will outgrow the seizures and could be off the Lamictal by the time he is in his early 20's. He has had no reoccurring seizures since the orignial one in May. | M | 16 | 6 months | 11/21/2005 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder NOS | i'm on 100mg/day, with no bothersome side effects-- it wakes me up in the morning and gets me moving, so if i want to go back to sleep right after i take it, i have trouble falling asleep. i've noticed some weight gain, but then again, i don't have a "healthy lifestyle" at all, so i wouldn't take my word for it. emotionally, it's cleared up my depression without making me feel like a zombie. this is the first medicine that has been able to do that for me-- i've tried 7 antidepressants before this. i feel almost "normal" and level-headed. | i posted on here a few months ago, right after i started taking lamictal. i just wanted to post again and let everyone know how it was working for me, especially since recent posters have had such bad experiences. my life is completely different now-- it's amazing. i can finally get out of bed and go to classes and work-- so what if i'm getting a little chunky? also, since i'm a broke-ass student, my shrink faxes my prescriptions to the UK, where Lamotrigine is available in generic. i pay less than $100 for 56 100mg pills. i don't know if this is something that just anyone can do, but i can dig up the info if anyone's interested. | F | 23 | 6 months | 12/2/2007 | 4 | Mood Disorder NOS | Feel slow & tired in the morining an hour after taking it; short term memory loss (I have a hard time recalling words, names, even what I ate for dinner the night before!)hair loss, but was told this is not a side effect. | I feel a lot calmer, happier, not irritable as much. I recently began taking 400mg. I couldn't sleep at night due to racing thoughts and the symptoms came back from the lack of sleep. Going to bed earlier and minimizing my computer use in the evenings helped me to get more sleep. | M | 25 | 6 months | 10/2/2005 | 4 | Major Depression/Bipolar 2 | Depression has improved. Mood is not as stable as I would like. Still have a lot of agression/anger. Also taking Abilify 20mg, Mirtazapine (Remeron) 45mg and Wellbutrin XL 450mg. | M | 52 | 6 months 200mg 1X day | 2/16/2013 | 4 | for peripheral neuropathy | Awful, constant, stomach cramps, difficulty evacuating bowel. | Lamictal has helped my burning feet/legs pain more successfully than neurontin did, but does not completely ease the burning sensation. | M | 72 | 6 months 25mg 3X day | 3/9/2010 | 4 | Epilepsy | Initially-HORRIFIC acne, CRAZY dreams, intense migraines, severe depression. 6 mo. later-mild acne, some weight gain, stable moods & ( most importantly )seizure free! | worst depression i've ever experienced when i first started taking it. not to mention acne was AWFUL (we're talking worse than teen years x10). increasing the dosage over time was a bitch, but now that i've reached my correct level it is helping a lot! no seizures and balanced moods! so while it may suck initially, it gets better with time :) | F | 21 | 6 months 200XR 1X day | 3/22/2010 | 4 | Bi-Polar | I have a severe short term memory loss to the point I felt like I had alzheimers, and some longer term memory problems as well. My husband has noticed it considerably and so have my children. Since taking Lamictal, I have also had increased vision problems. I never used to wear any sort of glasses for anything. Now I have to always wear glasses to read or I can't see anything. | While I can say that I feel that it has helped my mood and the up's and down's I used to experience, the last couple months the memory loss and the vision has become a big problem for me. I have an appt. in a couple weeks and plan on asking the Dr. about it. I'm afraid to switch to something else, because I have tried everything, so I'm not sure what else my options would be. | F | 46 | 6 months 100 mg 1X day | 1/25/2011 | 4 | bipolar II | It definately makes a difference, but I think that it impairs my memory and makes me less sharp... Right now I'm working on some calc homework - I knew how to do this stuff in class, but I've forgotten all of it... | M | 17 | 6 months | 4/3/2007 | 4 | Bipolar II | No side effects until I increased the dose to 200 mg; now the only thing I notice is sort of a | I am a completely different person on this, for the better. After trying so many other drugs, the recent side effects aren't bothersome at all compared to anything else I've taken. I really think this has been a miracle drug for me. | F | 25 | 6 months | 12/15/2004 | 4 | bipolar | At first I had no side effects but then my dose was increased to 200 mg. Now I have insomnia, headaches and HORRIBLE night sweats. Also I've noticed an increase in body odor but that is probably caused by the sweating. The side effects suck but I'm going to continue taking it because my mood is finally stabilized. | F | 26 | 6 months | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Epilepsy | I started on it in the winter and had night sweats frequently. Sometimes they were so bad that my shirt would be soaked when I woke up. As soon as the warm weather started, I have had excessive sweating all the time. I would be sweating profusely even when i didn't feel that hot. I have also had fatigue, weakness, and difficulty sleeping. My overall mood has also been very negetive. I have been depressed and more paranoid than usual. I work night shift and have been showing signs of sunlight deprivation. Some of these symptoms may be due to sunlight deprivation rather than Lamictal side effects. I am going to be changing shifts soon to see if that makes a difference. I was concerned about the severe sweating considering the list of side effects said nothing about it; but since I now see that others on Lamictal are having the same problem, I am not as worried about it. | The side effects can be a bit annoying, but I still like the drug. When I first started on it at the lower doses, I would feel the | F | 23 | 6 months | 8/16/2005 | 4 | Bipolar disorder, rapid cycling | Blurry vision | M | 43 | 6 months | 11/29/2004 | 4 | epilepsy | tremor, nausea, blurred vision | I've never felt better than I did for the first two months I was on Lamictal. Unfortunately, it did get a little weaker after that. Still, the seizure control has been pretty good, the side effects are minimal and it mellowed out my mood swings a bit. | F | 24 | 6 months | 9/8/2004 | 4 | depression | extreme itchiness over entire body....very sensitive now to fragrances | F | 55 | 6 months | 1/17/2005 |