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 |
| 2 | depression | dizziness, headache - brain fog, lethargy. Weight gain due to lack of energy. I'm not sure if any other females have expereiced this but I am having very painful recurring yeast infections. | Thinking of getting off Lamictal. If it wasn't sexual side effects with anti-depressants, it is yeast infections with lamictal. | F | 27 | 2 months | 5/11/2007 | 2 | Bipolar II Disorder & Depression | dry eyes, lack of motivation, lethargy/sluggishness, difficulty awakening in a.m., headache & shooting head pain when increasing dosage | Have been titrating up the dose slowly over the past 2 months & currently take 50mg am & 75mg pm in hopes of stabilizing mood, decreasing depression and severe agitation. Have definitely noticed a quieting in my head w/less racing thoughts & more calm, but almost too calm. Little energy & motivation currently, when before I had boundless energy & needed little sleep - now feel lazy & tired a lot. Have not seem much improvement in depressive symptoms and seem to have traded crying for raging. Hoping that 200mg will bring relief like other say... | F | 45 | 2 months 125mg 1X day | 3/3/2013 | 2 | Issues with stabilizing moods | Fatigue, irritability, mood swings, emptiness, increased sexual urges, inability to fall back asleep after waking up spontaneously, waking up with sore neck, occasional sore throat, carelessness, confusion, lost of interest. | I have been taking the generic form of Lamical (Lamogtrine) for around 2 months. At this moment in time I feel as if this drug has ruined my life! I had problems with depression and stabilizing my moods before taking Lamictal, but I was relatively sane compared to how I am now. Firstly, I am very empty and feel that my existence is zombie-like. I don't have any sense of compassion or sympathy. I've been with my boyfriend for almost ten months and we had such a strong relationship before this medicine, but now we almost go our seperate ways three times+ a day because I never seem to be able to make up my mind. I was paranoid that he was going to leave me prior to Lamictal, but now the tables have turned completely and he's trying to keep a hold on me but I fear I'm going to do something stupid. I go from loving him, being so infatuated, convinced we're going to have a future to doubt that we're going to last and I'm unsure if I love him or even care about him at all. It's a horrible thing to admit and I'm ashamed I don't have a grasp on my own emotions anymore. I am so confused and just want to remember how I felt before taking this terrible medicine. I was so sure that I was going to become a fitness trainer/nutritionist, and carefully controlled what I consumed as well as tried to keep fit...I had DREAMS...GOALS! But now, I don't even attempt to stay healthy or trim. No career seems to appeal to me, and nothing really entertains me anymore. Things I once loved and had intere | F | 17 | 2 months 25-50 1X day | 8/22/2012 | 2 | bpd- to regulate my moods | nausea, headache, insomnia, muscle spasms, unable to concentrate, trouble with speech, trouble finding the correct words when speaking, memory loss,drowsy/sleepy, suicidal thoughts, severe mood change (couldn't get along with anyone), anxiety, things didn't taste the same,some dizziness | Well, if you want to quit smoking, then maybe you should try this med, as I've been smoking for 22 years and when I started taking this med, cigarettes suddenly tasted nasty. I've drastically decreased the amount of cigs I smoke and am nearly about to quit for good which is a good thing. In fact it's the only good thing that's come from me taking lamictal. When my doctor increased my dosage from 25mg to 50mg for a couple of weeks, I became very suicidal, had terrible insomnia, severe mood change (and i don't mean better moods, but worse moods). My doctor then decreased me back to 25 mg and those certain things that I mentioned are not so bad anymore. I honestly do not think that lamictal has helped my moods what so ever. | F | 37 | 2 months 25 1X day | 7/30/2011 | 1 | Bipolar mania | Partial memory loss. Dry mouth which has since gone away. | This drug is as good as a sugar pill to me. The doctor wants to double my dose next week to see if that helps. Started on 50 mg twice a day and now its 100 twice a day. I use it in cojunction with Seroquel XR. Has no effect of any kind either physically or psychologically. | M | 26 | 2 months 100 2X day | 3/20/2011 | 1 | Autism/Anxiety | Extreme manic-like appetite during menstrual period, weight gain, imsonnia, scared of the dark, acne, ticks, increased heart rate (90+), increased anxiety/perseveration, increase defiance | Daughter is diagnosed as Autism/MR, can't communicate effectively but these are the symptoms she has experienced. The increase in anxiety can also be described as perseveration/routine needs. Defiance has increased, very sneaky and smart in finding ways to keep parents busy so that she can get to food. Autism is not a clea diagnosis, so much that doctors think she might have LKS instead. Very active, using walking, excercise to overcome weight gain | F | 19 | 2 months 50 1X day | 7/28/2010 | 1 | Petit mal seizures | This drug killed me on the inside. I wanted to die. Hostility/Depression/Suicidal thoughts/Irritability/Loss of appetite/Anxiety/Severe mood change/Racing thoughts. Every day I wanted to sleep forever. It just broke me. | F | 17 | 2 months | 5/2/2013 | 1 | epilepsy | I started this stuff very slowly and cautiously, as I had had nasty side effects before with other drugs. Once I increased my dose to a certain level, I found I began to feel extremely anxious, and by the time I was nearly at the maintenance dose I felt perpetually incredibly anxious, stressed, and freaked out. All the time all day long I had total deep mind and body stress and anxiety, so physical that I can only compare it to that freak feeling you get when you just dodge being hit by a car, and you feel so freaked out. I ended up calling up the nurses sobbing uncontrollably begging them to help me, to help me oh please god help me!!!, and finally quit taking the stuff without permission and immediately saw all the freak out anxiety disappear. Anxiety was the only side effect I had. After that I started taking Neuronton, and the only thing that has done to me is to make me feel happy. | For me it was hard core horrid, truly horrible horrible horrible. | F | 27 | 2 months | 2/3/2006 | 1 | Epilepsy | Very aggressive. Loss of short time memory. Creepy payns like ants crauling underneeth my skin. Payns in the joints. Opstipation. Musclecontraktions and convultions. | When young I underwent military combattraining in a forreign country. That meens when loosing my mind completely as the result of Lamictal treatment, I turned from a kind loving person to a dangerous monster because I didn*t remember what doing. One week after starting treatment I became State property in a high security ward. There I smashed the furniture, dishes and attacked the staff, and when the doctor asked me I couldn*t tell the day, and I hardly remembered my name. And I also became so goodharted that I gave away money to complete unknown persons because I felt pity for people who hadn*t got cigarettes. I tried desperately to tell the staff the medicine made me crazy, but noone belived me until after being forced to take this, (also with a letter from the local police that gave me drinking prohibition and order to follow up medication), I became severely ill and got a high fever. I felt I was burning from inside and I was in agony. Then the doctors reacted, and I had been on th | F | 53 | 2 months | 8/10/2007 | 1 | psychotic depression/ maybe bipolar | none | This medication was like taking placebo; no lift of depression, heightened motivation, nothing | M | 19 | 2 months | 12/21/2006 | 1 | Myoclonic Epilepsy | Acne - Insomnia - Bruising easily - lots of hiccups Weird noises (half hiccup - burp)loud & uncontrollable Mouth twitches - cognitive skills & clear thinking are a thing of the past | Diagnosed in Feb 06. Have been on Keppra, Depakote, Topamax & now Lamictal. Keppra made me sleep 12-14 hours a day. So confused I didn't know whether I was coming or going. Depakote made me so depressed. I have been on Topamax the longest & on Nov. 2,06 started on Lamictal. I started the weird little noise on the 7th. Haven't had any seizures but I hate Lamictal. I am now weaning off of it. I will continue with the Topamax and the Clonipin to cut my brain off in order to sleep. Hopefully it will work. This has been the longest 10 months of my life and I would rather have a seizure that to take Depakote or Lamictal. Maybe my new case of acne will clear up when I am off of it. I continued to have seizures on all the meds. I have not had one since Nov. 2,06. | F | 18 | 2 months | 12/31/2006 | 1 | Bipolar, anxiety, mood stabilizer | Extreme agitation, severe joint and muscle pain, extreme cravings for nicotine (quit for over 5 years), self harm ideation, moodiness a | F | 33 | 2 months Titration | 11/11/2013 | 1 | bipolar 1 | At first it made me very tired and deppressed. I stayed in hed for almost two weeks. Then I started having anxiety. After that came the mania. I was fearful, having anxiety, couldnt even feel safe in my own house. I had crying fits. It was misrrable. I was even having delusions. It was very scary. Im back on abilify now and happy. | F | 26 | 2 months 100mg | 12/4/2013 | 1 | bipolar disorder, severe depression | Started on a fairly high dosage. Experienced severe hair loss and weight loss. | F | 17 | 2 months 200 | 2/5/2015 | 1 | depression | worsening of depression, uncontrolled rage with amnesia | Very scary drug. Have tried many other anti depressants, generally the worst that would happen is nothing. This drug was prescribed for "bi-polar", which I'm not. Very frightening to hear from others how my personality changed while on this toxic drug. Total amnesia of behavior while on it. | F | 55 | 2 months | 4/20/2009 | 1 | Bipolar I | Extreme dizziness, light headed, upset stomach, itchy | Recently diagnosed as major depression and then the doc decided I was manic depressive so he put me on this stuff. I cannot even function on it because I am so unbelievably dizzy. Has made my depressive episodes worse and more frequent. | F | 25 | 2 months | 1/16/2008 | 1 | bipolar | the side effects are that a 30 day supply costs $396 if you don't have insurance. | Lamictal seems to work fine, but I would rather go manic and have money than spend every f'ing dime I have on medicine like this. I am so upset right now because I feel like I am being raped by these drug companies. | F | 31 | 2 months | 10/26/2007 | 1 | Mood Swings | Rashes constantly, headaches, slurred speech, sweating. | I guess if you have nothing to do but hang around your house all day it may be effective but I can't imagine anyone at an executive level taking this daily and it being effective. No way. | M | 41 | 2 months | 2/18/2009 | 1 | PTSD | Made me sleepy and embarrassing I woke up every 2 hrs. When I reached the 100mg I thought I had to urinate every 2 hours but I was shocked when I never did urinate when I thought I would. Honestly, it felt like I was having an orgasm from hell. Never stopped day or night. Women will know the feeling I am speaking of. Heck I haven't had sex in 20's so it took awhile for me to figure out what the sensation was I was getting woken up with. I guess I had an odd side effect but my Dr. said that it does have that effect on a small number. | It works for PTSD if you can get up to 200mgs. without strange side effect. | F | 67 | 2 months 100mg. 1X day | 7/17/2020 | 1 | Bipolar | Seizures | Seizure meds should never be prescribed for bipolar yet doctors keep insisting in trying them for mood swings before resorting to antipsychotics. This med made no difference in my moods at all, no improvement for bipolar, it was like I was taking a placebo. However, I have never had seizures in my entire life but when I started taking this I started having small seizures that continued long after I stopped taking it. I was tested for epilepsy and brain abnormalities and 3 years of constant testing revealed that I DID NOT have a seizure disorder, so I started getting unexplained seizures after using this med and have them still to this day. Docs still cannot explain why I have them, but they did not stop and I started having grand mal seizures until I started taking Neurontin for anxiety which is also good for seizures I have been told. | F | 29 | 2 months 60mg 2X day | 5/6/2015 |