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 | Severe depression. Bipolar disorder | I experienced a lot of fatigue. That's basically it. | F | 15 | 2 years 100MG | 8/7/2015 | 5 | Bi-polar 1 Disorder | It took care of the depressive side of my disorder. I felt slowed down, but over time my body got used to the drug. It did cause some weight gain, but working out has helped keep the weight in check. | Because of side effects, I get periodical testing. Because of my age, in the future, I will have the dosage re-evaluated. | F | 59 | 18 years 150 1X day | 7/14/2015 | 3 | Bipolar depression | Tempted to rate it a 2 due to the side effects: weight gain, fatigue, stiff neck, disrupted sleep, change in voice, constant yawning. | Worked by stabilizing my manic episodes. Bit researched side effects and weight gain was my most feared one, as I had always been overweight, but over the past decade I had lost almost 80 lbs, even considered myself athletic. I had gained tiny amounts back prior to med, but it shot up 50+ lbs in the time I've been on it. I had taken welbutrin in the beginning with it, but had psychotic episodes, so came off that. Lamotrigine is only one I'm on now, and I'm fatigued all the time, with food control and cravings thru the roof. Now I'm reading so many comments on here that say they've had weight gain, even tho my Dr assured me this was very uncommon. Maybe they need to do a new study on symptoms then. Could my wt gain have been exasperated while in this med because of my preexisting eating disorder? Sadly,now the wt gain has made me even more depressed. I think my manic episodes are controlled now, but I miss those days because I was able to go nuts in my workouts and get my house cleaned, get my groceries... Now afraid to go off med because of poss withdrawal possibilities. A co-worker show father tried Lamotrigine for his BP almost died from the Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Had to be treated as a burn victim because his skin essentially sloughed off,including his insides. Made a miraculous recovery, but made me realize the power of this med. | F | 34 | 2 years 400 mg | 7/12/2015 | 3 | Depression, Anxiety, PTSD | Steven Johnson's Syndrome - started as a small very painful rash on my abdomen and with in a few hours was a giant swollen welt covering half of my belly. | Sadly the medication was working for me and I felt stable on it. The rash started after my 6th dose and I saw my psychiatrist immediately and was told to discontinue immediately as the rash is potentially life threatening. He trialed me on it again 10 days later and the rash came back with dose 1. I know this is rare, only .01% of people get it from this medication but it is life threatening, your organs are systematically shutting down. Shame as its the only thing so far thats made much impact. | F | 44 | 6 days 1X day | 7/10/2015 | 1 | Took lamictal for bipolar disorder | Drug induced lupus and severe burning through the skin | To anybody that wants to take this drug if you're on it for a long time it will lower your immune system and induced lupus at the same time ask your doctor your doctor should tell you | M | 40 | 1 days 100 millig | 7/5/2015 | 1 | Absence Seizures/Complex Partial | At age 17 I was put on 100mg Lamictal monothepary for a seizure disorder . I had a hallucination in the supermarket one day, went back to the neurologist thinking it was the Lamictal. He disagreed and said it was normal for seizure patients. Before university I returned to NYU to discuss what i felt were side effects of the Lamictal and again he dismissed it and increased dose to 400mg daily, sighting I needed control during university life. The 400 mg made me unable to get out of bed, extreme fatigue, cognitive issues when reading ( the words would flip from what I saw in the book to what my mind was processing) I knew this was incorrect but could not explain. Lecturers did not care to understand. I gain weight (50 lbs in 2 years) no matter how much diet or exercise. I broke out in cystic acne and my moods became very aggressive and suicidal. I had to drop of university as i was in a scholarship program and could no longer maintain my grades. We weaned off the Lamictal 25mg per week | F | 24 | 5 years 200 mg 2X day | 6/30/2015 | 5 | Bipolar ll | Trouble sleeping& unusual dreams for the first 2 nights.Light ringing in the ear. Feeling of a knot in the throat and dry mouth. If you can deal with the side effects for a couple of weeks until you body gets used to it. Lamictal is the way to go. | I also take adderall @6am, Citalopram @9am, lorazapam and lamictal @1 & 7 pm. So lamictal doesn't decrease the effectiveness of the adderall. | F | 31 | 1 months 25MG | 6/28/2015 | 2 | Epilepsy | I can never get a full nights sleep. I am either sweating like crazy or having ridiculous dreams and then I wake up and unable to fall back asleep. | After being on this medication for almost a year, I can't take it anymore. The weight gain, clumsiness, forgetfulness and at times I can't keep my balance. | F | 41 | 10 months 300 | 6/16/2015 | 1 | depression, mooodiness | HORRIBLE experience. Lost executive function-developed mild cognitive disorder. 5 years later have not fully recovered EF from this drug. Hair loss, weight loss, stupor. | Would not recommend this. | F | 60 | 1 years 150 1X day | 6/14/2015 | 5 | Major Depression Disorder | Extremely effective. Brand Name and TEVA Only. Be careful of CADISTA Manufacturer (Round White Pill J 247) It's Horrible. Does not work. Manufacturer will swear its the same active ingredient, but we all know the delivery system is just as important. (Can't deliver it effectively, the body can't use it) Other Generics: TEVA works fine. No problems | Works using new Glutamate NMDA Receptor research. Field is very promising. If you had no luck with SSRI's (Prozac,Zoloft, etc), or the new SGA's (Abilify, Quetiapine), then give this a try; it's worth the effort. It's entirely new technology. I feel normal again. You must titrate SLOWLY. Notice Comment about CADISTA, a generic brand, (Do not take - Refuse to pharmacist; demand TEVA or Brand Name) | M | 49 | 1 years 150 1X day | 5/14/2015 | 5 | Epilepsy | None in particular. | Taken in combination with Keppra. The combination work well and Lamictal counterbalanced keppra drowsiness. | F | 29 | 6 years 300mg bd | 5/13/2015 | 3 | Anxiety | Weight gain...and I have never had a problem with weight before. | This worked really well at controlling my anxiety... However it made me depressed because I became FAT!! | F | 40 | 8 months | 5/13/2015 | 5 | seizures | Upon initial tx with lamictal, i experienced Some loss of coordination which subsided after 3-4 days. | I like this medication. I have taken 2 others before this one and other than the increased clumsiness upon inital tx and when i resume taking it after forgetting it for a day, I have no complaints. I have taken it for over 8 years and am very happy with it | F | 39 | 8 years 100mg | 5/12/2015 | 1 | moid stabilizer | I'm on a lot of meds. So, if it's doing anything.I guess iI'd say it causes fatigue. I'm using a c pap as a result. | I was going into a hospital for ECT. Someone in here says lamictal causes seizures. But, I was told it's an anticonvulsive. As a result, I was told that being on lamictal would prevent ECT from working. :-( | F | 50 | 1 days | 5/8/2015 | 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 | 1 | Bipolar depression | Face really broke out never sleep gained weight this drug sucks don't try it. | F | 37 | 10 days 30 | 5/5/2015 | 4 | Bipolar II and OCD | F | 33 | 150mg 1X day | 5/2/2015 Patient History | 4 | Bipolar 2 | I don't have any side effects I still get weepy from time to time and agitated I'm also on 50 mg of Topamax | I still can not sleep I take everything at night even 10 mg of ambien plus 2 Tylenol pm and I still wake up 5 to 6 hrs later I wish I could sleep. I don't notice any changes they did try to combo me with Lithium took that for about 4 days screw that on top of everything else I think I'll just stick to this I'd like to wean off completely see if I can manage but I don't want to be depressed or suicidal again. | F | 49 | 5 months 200mg | 4/28/2015 | 4 | Mood disorder NOS | Horrible night sweats EVERY NIGHT. Wake up drenched head to toe, even the sheets. I have no such problems in the daytime (in fact I'm always cold, but that's been for my entire life). Also sometimes difficulty concentrating, jumbling words (ex. saying "darn bore" instead of "barn door") fairly often when speaking, mistakes spelling/writing/typing. Very rarely I experience one night of insomnia which I never experienced off Lamictal; was always able to fall asleep pretty quickly. Also occasionally have dry mouth, which doesn't concern me much, but I did have a salivary gland infection after wisdom teeth surgery, which my doctor said was caused by dry mouth from the Lamictal. | I used to take 150 mg of Lamictal for mood stabilization during a major depressive episode in addition to Lexapro (SSRI's alone make me hypomanic). I took Lamictal for approx. 4 years with success. When I decided on my own to discontinue after feeling my life was stable, I immediately felt irritable. I thought this would subside, but at times it flared again to the point I was experiencing rage and agitation, so eventually, 3 years later, I asked my PCP to try Lamictal again. He RX 100 mg (50 mg bid). I had originally attributed the night sweats to Lexapro, but nope, turns out it's Lamictal (no nightmares, however, that was Lexapro). My moods have been better; less explosive irritability, less argumentative, no rage, less intense emotions, calmer. However I still have periods of hypomania (maybe twice a year for 6-12 weeks), and some lower moods, but nothing approaching depression. 100 mg isn't a very large dose, but it works well enough. And I've had no loss of sex drive or pleasure, unlike when I was on Lexapro and Lamictal together. | F | 30 | 18 months 50 mg 2X day | 4/28/2015 | 1 | Mood stabilizer | I had taken Lamictal for about 3 years. As a mood stablizer. I was started off at 50MG. If I had forgotten to take a dose, the next day I would feel numb, very nauseous and very irritable. I thought the medication was doing an okay job. Until I had moved out. I got very depressed, gained 20+ pounds (which it is very hard for me to gain weight) was extremely suicidal. This is was after my medication was bumped up to 100MG. I have been currently off my medication and feeling a lot better than when I was on it. I would not recommend taking this drug. It did more harm than anything. | I liked to know if anyone else gained weight on this? And or if they got really suicidal? | F | 18 | 3 years 100MG | 4/26/2015 |