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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Bipolar | Pulsative tinitus. Knocking in right ear when moved up to 100 mg Other than that amazing results - so sad if I have to come off it | Not sure if can stay on it now | F | 41 | 4 months 100 | 11/14/2014 | 3 | Bipolar I | Serious short term memory problems and difficulty finding the right words. Some mild acne, possibly decrease in appetite. | I found it to be OK as a mood stabilizer, but not as effective as a Depakote or Trileptal. I didn't have any major mood swings while taking it, but the memory problems were too serious so I had to stop. I was taking 100mg | F | 34 | 4 months | 8/22/2009 | 3 | Depression/Anxiety | Insomnia, initial dry mouth, vertigo/dizziness, nausea, headaches, hair loss, possibly caused back and chest acne, which I hadn't had previously, fatigue (possibly caused by higher dose of sleeping medication to deal with insomnia). | This medicine originally worked well for me (worked up to 100mg). The initial dry mouth went away after two weeks. The side effects have been more noticeable recently. I have been suffering from bad insomnia for the past week, I had to take 200mg of Trazadone as well as 50mg of Vistaril one night, whereas 25mg of Trazadone used to put me out. Recently noticed the hair loss, probably lost a quarter of my hair. Also, this may be related to the side effect of lowered estrogen levels coupled with the fact that I'm a teen, but I have lost a cup size since on Lamictal. | F | 15 | 4 months | 9/7/2009 | 3 | Bipolar | At first made a HUGH difference. Just uped my dose to 400ml and now I'm feeling agitated and have spurts of anger. Anyone else experience this? | F | 55 | 4 months 400ml | 2/24/2017 | 3 | seizures | Headaches dry mouth | M | 41 | 4 months 150 | 3/22/2016 | 3 | mood / depression | originally better sleep; over time, major weight gain; sluggishness | Originally worked my way up to 300 mg / day .. .this helped tremendously to stabilize my mood as well allow me to get restorative sleep that helped with other issues with joint and connective tissue disease. After several months realized that i had gained weight and my toned stomach and legs turned to jelly. Typically, I've always been a thin person and this felt like it really changed my personna and made me feel sluggish. Couldn't get the energy to work out, etc. Ended up cutting back to 100 / 200 depending. Now, I don't get the restorative sleep but some of the weight has started to come off. I also went back on my 40 mg/prozac a day. Cumulatively, the lamictal just made me feel more depressed. | F | 53 | 4 months 100 2X day | 7/25/2010 | 3 | Depression | Helps with my sleep as I work night shifts.... My psch prescribed it to me after 15 mins talking to her..am starting to worry because she wants to get me to 400 ... My mood is more stable... I don't want to be on these long term... Am worried also because I want to have a baby in the near future and worried if it will have an effect on that.... Am confused do I really need it??? | F | 31 | 4 months 350 | 6/25/2012 | 3 | Bipolar | 200 mg/day. Occasional enhanced manic states, insomnia, fatigue. | Helped with depression somewhat, but often mania was made worse as well as anxiety and sleeplessness. That said, it is the bipolar medication that has worked best for me so far. | M | 26 | 4 months | 5/23/2006 | 3 | Mood swings, PTSD, ADD | At first, a little numb emotionally.At 100mg feeling OK, slight loss of appetite. I experienced some pretty tough things - like being laid off from a job for the first time in my life - and then got severely depressed. I cried for days,lost my appetite completely, felt suicidal. My dosage was increased to 150 mg and I didn't feel so emotionally labile, but had night sweats, itchy, dry skin, hair loss, small rash. After being on the 150 mg for a couple of weeks, I started really retaining water, my ankles became swollen, I got constipated, had decreased urination and lower abdominal cramps.Two days ago, I was at work, on my feet all day, and I had to urinate, but was unable to urinate. I got sweaty, felt like I was going to pass out,later that night had severe back pain, pain in my right kidney and trouble breathing. I tried some old fashioned remedies: I drank apple cider vinegar in water, and that helped me pass urine. I was also extremely constipated. I went to the local clinic and t | I started off trying all the antidepressants in 2002 - and the only one that worked was Wellbutrin. My best combo was Wellbutrin SR 300mg, Adderall 10-20mg XR and Prozac. I always took something for sleep, because it's always been a problem - but I've been taking Ambien 10 mg since 2002 as well. I felt bloated and decided to taper off the Prozac. Now I'm off it completely, but I miss it. I have to say that I'm not completely sure if this severe urinary retention is related to Lamictal, but it's scary. Having to go to bed with back and kidney pain is not good. So glad to be able to share this stuff with all of you. What got me to contribute was someone saying they had the neuralgia, which is definitely a red flag. | F | 58 | 4 months | 9/27/2007 | 3 | Bipolar | I haven't had any side effects until recently. Rage, VERY emotional, feelings of lonliness, feel dead inside, very vivid dreams/nightmares. | I was on 100mg until just a few weeks ago. I felt it was doing great things for me, until my dosage went up to 150mg. Just seems like it gets worse everyday. Friends, family, coworkers have started saying things to me. Luckily I have a doc appt. in 2 days. I plan on telling her EVERYTHING. Not sure what will happen with my dosage. | F | 24 | 4 months | 4/21/2005 | 3 | Epilepsy | Horrible dizziness, vertigo, trouble getting words out, spacey feeling, rash like acne on face, trouble spelling words, very exhausted | had taken Depakote for years, now slowly taken off that and starting lamictal. since upping my dose to 200 mg a day (1 am/pm)my symptoms have increased dramatically especially the dizziness and feeling extremely zoned out/can't concentrate, even though I take 72mg of concerta for ADHD, now that I am taking Lamictal the concerta has not seemed to help me at all. next week I up my dosage to 400 mg...am scared that these symptoms will only worsen. I HATE this drug and want to go back on depakote..the only reason I switched was to be able to have children in the future. | F | 22 | 4 months | 3/29/2007 | 3 | Epilepsy: complex partial sz | Strange dreams. No acne, some night sweats. Hard time finding the right words, and recalling names, but that started on other meds too. | This is the fifth drug I've been taking since I started having seizures 18 mos ago. I have more simple partial seizures now, but at least I don't lose consciousness. | F | 39 | 4 months | 5/26/2006 | 3 | depression/manic depression | Great as an antidepressant with a mood stabilizer Crappy med to be on alone -- Terrible headaches | Since my tendency to feel "down" caused me to switch from depakote to lithium, my new doc added a tiny bit of lamictal to the mix. This add was very, very successful until we learned i was pregnant, whereupon he insisted I immediately drop the 900mg lithium and keep on 100mg lamictal. When I called his assistant she told me the regular dose should be 200mg. When I went up to this I started getting manic. Going back to 100 I began getting terrible headaches. When I told my doctor he replied, "well you're PREGNANT!" as if I wasn't not getting headaches before I knew I was pregnant, but still was pregnant. I tried to suffer through them but they were intolerable. They ended when I went back on my precious lithium. Good-bye lamictal. | F | 26 | 4 months | 10/10/2006 | 2 | Bipolar II | Double vision, dizzy, vivid dreams. Nausea. | taking 200 bid. not sure if this is helping. been on it for several months increasing dose. Having horrible side effects. not sure how much it is really helping me. | F | 33 | 4 months | 12/30/2004 | 2 | bipolar 1 | INSOMNIA soo bad, headaches, i cant concentrate or memorize stuff (like for school) vivid dreams/nightmares, hair loss | I tirrated up pretty slow to minimize side effects, my moods have been no different, my mental state has not been affected at all by this, i feel the same as if i were taking nothing. i could go up a little more with the dosage but im high enough where i should feel somthing if it was going to work for me. | F | 20 | 4 months | 10/2/2006 | 2 | BP 2 | I feel like the "Village Idiot," experiencing problems with writing, reading and speaking. When writing even the simplest word, letters become transposed or a letter disappears. When I read, I don't see a word correctly and completely misinterpret the meaning of the sentence. In speaking, I grasp for words and choose the wrong ones. People wonder what's wrong with me, since I can't even follow a conversation. My normally excellent memory is vaporizing. I feel confused, in a haze and moronic. I'm on a very low dose (50 mg), and my doctor wants to raise me to 100 mg, but I've been unwilling to do so. He hasn't heard of these side effects. I'm glad that I googled "Lamictal side effects" and see that many people are experiencing the same problems. | Lamictal hasn't really done anything positive for me. I'm now on just 50 mg, which is well below the therapeutic level. I also take 1350 mg of Lithium and some Thyroid meds. The side effects that I mentioned have made me even more depressed about my situation, since losing my intellect is devastating for me. | F | 51 | 4 months | 8/28/2007 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | Extreme fatigue, can't do anything for more than 4 hours without wanting to fall asleep. | M | 21 | 4 months | 9/26/2006 | 2 | Panic disorder; bipolar I; PTSD | I developed the "life-threatening" rash. A rash on the body caused by Lamictal can somehow spread to your internal organs. | I really liked Lamictal. I thought I finally found a drug to take with Lithium that would make me feel good inside my skin. When I developed the rash, I was told how serious it was, and I was taken off of Lamictal. Am now taking Seroquel and I hate it. | F | 57 | 4 months 400 MG 1X day | 8/24/2010 | 2 | partial seizers | Sever yeast infections. I am a forty year old women that has never had a yeast infection until I started taking lamictal. Short term memory loss, can't think of what im going to say, cant think of peoples names, vived dreams, want to cry all the time and I get mad easly. I fell like I am lossing my mind. | I want to go off this medication and try a different one as soon as possible. I am scared to try a new drug, because I am afraid that my seizers will get worse. I had a seizer while I was driving with my son in the car. I had to wait three months before I could drive again. I have a huge fear of it happening agian. I work full time as a teachers aid, I am scared the side effects are going to effect my job, and or have a seizer at school. I don't know if I will be able to drive if I try a new medication. I have partial seizers when I am sleeping, and I have had two where my whole body seizes. | F | 40 | 4 months 150mg 1X day | 6/20/2010 | 2 | BiPolar II | Worst first: Aggravated my Migraine. Headaches started getting worse and more frequent few days into 75 mgs dose. I just increased my Inderal, which has shielded me from migraine efficiently. I hit the 100 mgs dose of Lamictal, and my head felt like it was in a vice for what now seems to be forever. No doc would say for sure it was Lamictal. They said maybe barometric pressure, maybe having eliminated Emsam. I now believe it is Lamictal. I have been on steroids a week. No barometric pressure migraine ever resisted Prednisone high dosage. Other side effects: not finding my words (I'm a lawyer), and sweating (and smelling) profusely. Weight-neutral for me. | Really wish I could stay on it. It was never clear to my psychiatrist (even with good second opinions), whether I was major depressive unipolar, or a soft bipolar. Either way, Lamictal helped. My brain felt at peace, when before it would not stop. My mood was better. I had no "I wish I were dead" days or nights. I was optimistic, for God' sake, never happened to me before on an SSRI. I was stable mood-wise. And I hated the not-finding-my-words, and I hated the sweating. But I might have stayed with it. I am going to try and see what happens to my headaches at 50 mgs, and if I still get a mood benefit. I take no other psychotropic medications. All these benefits in mood improvement came from Lamictal alone, so did the headaches..... | F | 50 | 4 months | 7/4/2008 |