LAMICTAL CD Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)Average Rating: 3.1 (135 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LAMICTAL CD with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL CD | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bipolar2 | | 1/29/2006 | 3 | manic | F | | 11/6/2006 | 1 | bipolar | WARNING - IF YOU GET *ANY* RASH, DISCONTINUE IMMEDIATELY. THE RASH ITSELF IS NOT LIFE-THREATENING BUT IT IS *INDICATIVE* OF SOMETHING POORLY UNDERSTOOD BUT POTENTIALLY LETHAL GOING ON IN THE BODY. (OK if you get a little heat rash, that's one thing....) I CONSULTED THREE PHYSICIANS ABOUT DELETERIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS (psychiatrist, internal med doc, dermatologist) WHO ALL NEGLECTED GSK'S FRONT PAGE WARNINGS. WHEN THE PHYSICIANS WERE SHOWN THE EXACT BOLD-PRINT WARNINGS SPECIFIED BY GSK THEY ALL DISREGARDED THE WARNINGS AND ADVISED I CONTINUE ON THE MEDICATION. AS A RESULT THE DRUG NEARLY KILLED ME. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT NO ONE IS ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE A GOOD RASH FROM A BAD ONE. PHYSICANS ARE IN GENERAL POORLY TRAINED AT IDENTIFYING DRUG-RELATED PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY AUTOIMMUNE ONES. I KNOW BECAUSE I AM ONE. WE ARE SPOON-FED NEW MEDS AND FALSELY TRUST IN WHAT HAS BECOME AN INSUFFICIENT DRUG SAFETY TESTING SYSTEM. WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO EXECUTE DRUG SAFETY TESTING | | 9/22/2006 | 1 | Mood Swings | I was one of the unlucky souls who was allergic to this medication. I had numbing througout my limbs, very high fever, chills, and other flu like symptoms. I was so sick I lost my job. | | 8/23/2007 | 1 | Depression/ Bipolar 11 | Sleepy during the day (somewhat) hard to get up in the morning. | Strangely, the first couple of days I felt over the moon. Like my depression had lifted and the world was my oyster. Perhaps that was just a manic episode that just happened to hit right when I started taking it, though I never felt that good during a mania episode. I am on 400 mg a day. No rashes, some acne, BUT HAS DONE NOTHING FOR DEPRESSION. In fairness I have had huge stress, moving, relationship break up. Work issues, constant time changes 12 13 hour shifts. Dr. wants to add Depakote or Lithium, I am fed up. Dont want the weight gain and hair loss which would just depress me more. Feel like there is no hope. | M | 8 days | 1/25/2008 | 1 | | 3/29/2008 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder. | great loss of sex drive when going from 75MG - 100MG | I started lamictal for depression and bipolar disorder..and I really wasn't noticing anything, like it hadn't helped my feelings and moods at all, and after increasing my dosage to 100MG, I completely lost ability to get wet, once we start I am able to get wet and then I'm fine, but initially, I can't get horny. | F | 13 | 2 months 100MG 1X day | 5/18/2010 | 5 | bipolar 2 | Blurred vision, runny nose, HORRIBLE night sweats | F | 15 | 6 months 26 | 4/29/2012 | 1 | Mood swings | Severe back and joint pain, 3 spine fractures, high blood pressure, high triglycerides. | My 15 year old son started Lamictal 150 mg at age 12. He has suffered 3 fractures in his spine, terrible bone and joint pain, and high blood pressure. Hasn't been in school in 3 mo. Unable to sit. Been to Cleveland - Pittsburgh had spinal epidurals, facet injections, MRI, bone scans, spect scan, steroid inj, physical therapy, labwork, took many meds -put on Enbrel IM Injections for 3 mo hoping he might have arthritis. Doctors guessed arthritis or that his pain was in his head. Turns out LAMICTAL can cause. VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY which causes high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides, elevated ionized calcium /PTH, fractures AND MORE. Tapering off. Doc started 50,000IU vit D wkly. and 1000mg calcium daily. BE CAREFUL. Vit D Deficiency is serious. Have your blood checked. Lamictal can be helpful but the anticonvulsant family can cause Vit D deficiency. Are very thankful that we know the source of his pain. We now have hope that the next weeks and months will bring relief. We thank God. | M | 15 | 3 years | 5/3/2008 | 3 | bipolar | screwed up pms, haven't had a period since i started it, weight gain, insomnia, lack of appetite, anxiety, dperession, anger, forgetfulness, easily frustrated | i don't reccomend it. my moods have been somewhat stabilized but i'm going to ask to be taken off of lamictal. | F | 16 | 2 days | 7/18/2006 | 4 | bipolar | weight loss of 15-20 pounds - wasn't really needed. Less appetite. Very, very vivid dreams. Recent development of pain in two knuckles of right hand with a bruise like appearance. | My son is taking lamictal. He had previously taken depakote with seemingly good results but he did not want ot go back on that. I was excited for him to try Lamictal. I can really tell if he has missed 2 or 3 consecutive doses - starts to develop a little agitation. He seems pleased with the results of the medication. | M | 17 | 2.5 months 50mg 2X day | 2/4/2010 | 4 | Partial seizures+Absence seizures | Night sweats ( i wake up with my pajamas soaked through and have had to change them up to twice a night) Insomnia,and anxiety | I like this med, i was on Trileptal before, but had breakthrough seizures. The pill is tiny! compared to my gargantuan Trileptal pill. I take a lot of meds, so a smaller pill is nice. does anyone out there have a history of prematurity and has developed benign liver tumors? I've had this happen and am searching for others like me, if there are any. thanks. | F | 17 | 6 months | 2/4/2008 | 4 | yes | hives and small rash nothing serious.insomnia.but i take a simple sleeping pill and that does the trick.I go off in a daze sometimes when people are talking to me i hear them but dont know what they said.Tingling in my cheeks and jaw.This medicine has helped me a lot though so i could say i dont mind the side effects because i feel better when im taking lamictal when i forget to take it for a day or so i feel horrible so i know it works,considering ive been taking it for a good while it took me since i was 4 to find a medication that worked. | Its a good perscription for someone suffering with bipolar and comes with less serious side effects. | F | 17 | 2 years | 1/4/2009 | 3 | Bipolar I | Inability to sleep | Lamictal is a good mood stabilizer. However, the effectiveness wears off with us. I had to switch to Lithium to stabilize my mood. | F | 18 | | 2/20/2008 | 3 | Bipolar Disorder II, rapid cycling | Dizziness, weight gain, increased appitite, difficultly reading and concentrating, insomnia. | I've been on it for a few months. The first month it felt like it had completely chanaged my life. I was happier and higher on life than ever! Unfortunately that didn't last. My depression came back in full furry, but the hypomania didn't. So basically I felt like crap all the time. And now sleeping problems and weight gain have become issues. I go for days without sleeping, but its not that I am not tired, my body just can't sleep, so I am sluggish and withdrawn during the day. Kind of sucks. But, it has only been four months, so maybe it can still work for me. Last time I visited the psych, she bumped me up from 100mg to 150mg and reminded me that it was important to take the meds. Its not like I wasn't before, I just don't like taking them. . . but apparently I am a suicide risk, so people get all freaked if I don't take them. I don't know. Go luck to anyone taking it. | F | 18 | 4 months | 1/27/2009 | 4 | Bipolar I, Hypomania & Depression | None at first, spontaneous and rapidly worsening symptons after 8 months. | After months of severe insomnia, suicidal thoughts, etc. lamictal was a godsend. Within a couple weeks my entire life turned around. No significant side effects, but I generally don't get side effects. It continued to work through the summer, wasn't affected by any pain killers from a few surgeries. What really made me realize it's full effect was how well it worked during a really disastrous breakup. Never been so sad in my life, but I was able to function, go to school, etc. I didn't have any suicidal thoughts like I would have had in the past. Mid-October, it suddenly stopped. It started with insomnia, restlessness, crying all the time, inability to finish work, lack of motivation, couldn't get out of bed, extreme hunger, etc. I was put on 300 mg... no change. I started getting weird anxious energy, like... when I was upset or stressed I started acting "scary." Spontaneous, very neurotic reactions to little things. Inability to connect to emotions, connect to physical actions. I'm so glad someone else reported this: weird, compulsive head-scratching. And my shoulders and collar bones. I picked at my skin until I had little scabs like bugbites, but I never realized it. I displayed all the symptoms of public anxiety but never ever felt paranoid or anxious. This December it's continued to get worse, severe depression and listlessness, crazy insomnia, apathy... I started Seroquell XR which was miserable. Still on the Lamictal until I start Lithium tomorrow. | F | 19 | 10 months 150-300 mg 1X day | 12/24/2010 | 1 | Bipolar | Rash - thought to be stevens johnsons thank God it wasnt severe weight gain | I wouldnt take it agian ever | F | 20 | 9 months | 4/27/2006 | 5 | Epilepsy - Schizenchephaly | Initially trouble sleeping, more frequent urination, have to get up at night to go, need to clear my throat more often, heart palpitations. | I've had great results with Lamictal and have not had a seizure for 11 months. I haven't had any serious side effects, probably the worst of which is minor heart palpitations but I am very pleased. I have a rare congenital disorder and lived a completely normal life until I was 20. I had 8 total seizures within a 9 month period but have not had one for 11 months now since being on lamictal as I approach my 22nd birthday. I am back to a normal life about to graduate from college in May 2011. | M | 22 | 10 months 200mg 2X day | 1/14/2011 | 4 | Bipolar I | Short term memory loss | The drug helped me greatly, but the memory loss was the reason why I eventually discontinued taking it. It had an immediate positive effect on my moods, though. | F | 22 | 3 years 150 1X day | 2/21/2010 | 3 | Epilepsy | Sensitive/bleeding gums. Occasional weakness throughout body. And this weird/awkward feeling throughout my body that is very hard to describe. | M | 22 | 1 months | 4/1/2008 |
LAMICTAL CD (LAMOTRIGINE): Lamotrigine is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It may also be used to help prevent the extreme mood swings of bipolar disorder in adults. Lamotrigine is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. It is thought to work by restoring the balance of certain natural substances in the brain. This drug is not approved for use in children younger than 2 years due to an increased risk of side effects (such as infections). FDA Approval Date: 1998-08-24 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)