LAMICTAL CD Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)

Average Rating: 3.1 (135 Ratings)

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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)

  

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RATING  REASONSIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL CDCOMMENTSSEXAGEDURATION/
DOSAGE
DATE ADDED
 
 3  bipolar2
1/29/2006
 3  manic F
11/6/2006
 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
 2  depression bipolar A relief to read other patient reports about this drug as I experienced similar side effects to this drug: memory problems, joint pain, irritablity. I have gradually been boosted to 200 mg and will not take a higher dose than this if I choose to stay on it at all. In some respects it has smoothed out my mood swings, but I am not sure it is worth the physical problems. If the doctor didn't tell me about the above mentioned side effects, what else is he keeping from me. M 51
8/10/2007
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 2  depression difficulty with short term memory. Joint pain. I am taking 200 mg, but I should have stopped at 100. When I went above that dosage I got irritable with small problems. Now I am aware that the pain in my joints is an obvious side effect to this medication. Furious with my doctor who told me that apart from the risk of developing a rash, there were no side effects to this drug. M 51
8/13/2007
 1  
3/29/2008
 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  epilepsy Hair loss, depression, suicidal thoughts, lack of interest, easily confused, problems speaking, confusing left and right, aching teeth, irregular periods Listen to your symptoms and yourself, NOT your doctor. Look at how many people have life altering side affects from this drug. Is it worth it? Stop thinking it won't happen to you...it happened to me and my hair has been falling out for 4 months F 28
1X day
3/25/2010
 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
 2  bipolar spectrum It triggered mania and anxiety/panic attack, the very thing I am trying to be treated for. Be careful F 51 1 days
4/15/2007
 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  bpd 1, depressive episode sleeping all day and can't get to sleep at night(could be from depression, stomach pain at each increase as well as blurry vision, horrible vivid dreams, overall groggy feeling lamictal got me out of a suicidal depression because antidepressants make me manic (while still being depressed), and anxious..i am still in a depression however and am at 250 milligrams. i have mixed state at nighttime however. F 30 3 days
11/7/2006
 4  mood disorder water retention, memory loss F 43 3 days
1/29/2007
 1  Agression and Drepression The first day that I started to take the medication from the Starter Kit, I experianced the normal side effects that it has said like dizziness and blurred vision. The other side effects that I have come across on the 3rd day is the whole left side of my face hurts so bad as if someone hit me with a baseball bat. The other one is that severe color blindness has set in to the fact that all my blacks are red and blues are purple. M 36 3 days
2/3/2008
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 1  Mood Swings This drug has made my asthma horrible. My rescue inhaler barely helps. This made my mood swings worse and my anxiety 10 times worse. I've also had a few panic attacks. I haven't had a panic attack in a year or so. It also causes me to have an extremely dry mouth. F 22 3 days
25 Mg 1X day
10/28/2014
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 1  Pain from lower back injury This is the WORST medication ever. Period. I was given the "beginnner pack" where the doses are increased over time. After 48 hours I suffered terrible vision problems and headaches. I called the doctor's office. I was told there was no way possible that it was the meds and to continue taking them. I was told it would reduce my pain significantly. HA. It reduce everything BUT my pain level. On the fourth day I was experiencing comatose symptoms for the first 4 hours. Then followed by 4 hours of hallucinations, ranting, raving, pacing, and uncontrollable crying....not to mention severe insomnia. I know what it feels like to be litterally losing your mind. My husband called the doctor to tell him of my side effects. The doctor told him there was no way that could happen and to take me to our local psych hospital. Funny...never was psychotic prior to taking this med, and even funnier, wasn't psychotic when I took myself off. It wasn't me. It was the pills. Listen I would NOT ever recommend this drug to ANYONE. Ever. Period. F 42 5 days
2/24/2007
 4  bi polar 2 scratching my head, that's not so bad. :) please contact me with positive experiences with this medication. that would help. i have just started taking Lamictal and have felt relatively good this first week at 25mg. i will be increasing that dosage every week and see what happens. while i recognize that some of the side effects are real for people on this site, i am concentrating on relieving my depression which can become very severe regarding my bi-polar. The balanced periods are not too severe or out of bounds, but the depressions are paralyzing and suicidal. i appreciate all the comments from everyone that has had success with this drug. i am hoping it is an answer to a 25 year search for controlling the depressions i have had. Hang in there people. M 45 7 days
8/27/2008
 2  mood disorder anxiety, headache, head feels heavy and "stuffed up", ears feel plugged up, extreme drowsiness/fatigue, vivid dreams, waking up a lot in the night, mood swings. I dont think I can do this. I've never felt this weird on antidepressants. I've never felt bad enough that I start crying uncontrollably and get really scared to take another dose. I was told this drug is well tolerated but I'm not tolerating it well at all! Its only been a week but I'm going to ask my doc if I can ween off of it. F 31 7 days
9/6/2008
 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
 4  BP 2 General Fatigue following light jogging. Recent tinnitus. Dry eyes. Poor sleep, can't get to or back to sleep. Sometimes wake up with head feeling warm. Allergies got worse. I might try to get off this drug. I could deal with other side affects but the fatigue and tinnitus are too much added to other side effects. M 53 9 days
150 mg
3/2/2014
  

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)

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