LAMICTAL Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)

Average Rating: 3.4 (1917 Ratings)

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LAMICTAL  (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: 1994-12-27 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)

  

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 5  major depression I don't notice any side effects. Maybe hair loss, but I'm not sure if that's from this drug alone. This drug changed my life. In 5 years I didn't experience any depression. I had some depressive symptoms start because of a chronic pain issue. We increased the dose from 100 to 150 and I felt a lot better. Other members of my family have also benefited greatly from Lamictal. F 31 6 years
150mg 1X day
7/28/2012
 1  Bi-polar possibility Parkinson's like tremor. Profound weakness. Could not stand or sit up. Severe BP spikes. Infections, gums, lungs, etc. Feeling out of my skin. Feeling that I was going crazy and going to die. Thought people weren't listening to my cries for help. No one would help me titrate off. Severe paranoia. I repeatedly asked to lower my dose to see if I truly had MS symptoms to go with my MRI Psych fired me. I came close to losing my job my mind my family. This was truly the closest thing to attempted murder. I was NOT bi-polar I was being recruited as a hefty Copay for the Psych. I feel I have a moral obligation to report him to protect others. Especially the children he sees. He cost me money time and I truly suffered incredibly. Lamictal is VERY dangerous. Please be careful. F 43 3 months
150 mg
7/23/2012
 1  Seizures Myoclonic Jerks Worked at 150 Mg. At 300 Mg, Caused Myoclonic Jerks for 3 days, had to DC Med. M 23 16 days
150 Mg 2X day
7/15/2012
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 2  Bipolar 2 Do not take this stuff unless you want to feel like an emotionless zombie floating thru life and never really enjoying it. I'm trying to convince my psychiatrist to take me off of this medication cause I really want to feel like 'myself' again. My outgoing personality has vanished and I have no motivation or anything that makes me feel 'truly' happy anymore. Even sex has lost my excitement. I can't wait to get off this stuff and get my personality back!!! F 19 3 years
300MG 1X day
7/6/2012
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 4  Depression, SSRI induced bipolar II Increased libido, mild itchiness at dosage increase, no others I am on my third week on Lamictal. I took 12.5mg for 1 week, and I am on my second week on 25mg. So far, so good. Little effects. Maybe a good one with the increased libido. I've also noticed orgasms come quicker and more frequently. My moods have been more level and my actions, which previously were often dictated by emotions, are easier to control. I have recently come off Buspar/Zoloft combination due to agitation (mixed state?), increased paranoia, and hypomania. I don't believe my diagnosis is bi-polar, but more like depression that cannot be treated with SSRIs. On the Zoloft, I had little ability to orgasm, so the libido change is drastic. Although, it is hard to pinpoint if it is the Zoloft withdrawal is increasing libido or the Lamictal. I suspect it is a combination. F 26 3 weeks
25MG 1X day
6/30/2012
 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
 4  BPD I Oh the dripping sweat. From places I didn't know you sweat, like my kneecaps. Cognitive side effects--went from being a Spelling Bee speller to a their-there-they're confuser. Used to type 70 WPM with few errors, now I type 40 WPM with lots of backspace backspace backspace do over action. Weight gain/loss 50 pounds--related? not sure... Lamictal plays a significant role in my mood stability--I have a mostly normal life these days. For me, the cognitive side effects are annoying, but being crazy is more annoying. So I use spellcheck and am grateful. It caused some problems in grad school, but I managed it. Being overweight is generally unpleasant, but I would much rather be buxom than batsh*t crazy. I do hate the sweating, but I am grateful my home and car are air-conditioned. I am just so glad to have something that helps me stay on an even keel and maintain good relationships, which I can't seem to do on my own. I guess we all have to do our own calculus about what we can live with. F 39 6 years
300 1X day
6/22/2012
 4  Migraine headaches I hadn't had any side effects while taking Lamictal in Italy years ago. Now I started it again, I bought the same brand in Bulgaria and had several side effects: first 3 days - feeling dizzy and confused, which subsided, then - feeling sikc (a common side effect, as I se), which subsided again, then - 3 days of headache and now - feelin restless, not sleepy (I have been sleeping less than usual but I am not tired at all) F 37 2 weeks
50mg 1X day
6/11/2012
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 5  Bipolar II Splitting headaches whenever I change the dosage, but just until my body gets used to it, about 3-5 days. It has been a wonderful med for my bipolar depression, I used to take Seroquel but I sleep with my baby now and being knocked out was not an option, Lamictal was the perfect solution. I feel wonderful and have zero side effects now! F 33 2 months
50 mg 1X day
6/9/2012
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 5  bipolar Hair loss. Has been such a wonder drug for me...if it continues I will invest in wigs! F 40 3 years
200 mg
6/6/2012
 5  Bipolar/2 Chronic depressions At first I experienced some anxiety, insomnia, upset stomach- went away after about 5 days. Feel good- better than I have in many years- scared about the rash - after 2 weeks I go up to 50mg- think I will stop there. No side effects that I can tell- not hungry- but much better than being too hungry. F 38 9 days
25 mg
6/5/2012
 5  BP2 - Rapid cycling Headache during titration - joint pain - initially somewhat emotional flattened. Now , it`s a lifesaver. I hung in there during sideeffects - sideeffects gone - all is well - everybodys happy. Give yourself time , it may be the one drug you will need on a daily basis. M 47 700 days
400 mg. 1X day
5/20/2012
 4  mood stablizer none Helps calm me, taken with Adderall M 55 7 years
150 2X day
4/28/2012
 2  Bi Polar - Racing Thoughts TERRIBLE Muscle spasms, trouble seeing at night, blurred vision, muscle soreness, cramping muscles ( I am physically active and I'd get cramps after 5 min of walking in feet and legs when taking lamictal) Vivid horrible nightmares that feel real, feeling completely indifferent. almost 2 months ago I started lamictal combined with celexa and it's been increasingly miserable for me ever since i started. After 3 weeks I started taking 50 Mg a day but went back to 25 quickly after the side effects i listed all got far worse and I would feel terribly sick and feel like fainting. Since going back to 25 the side effects are still pretty bad and I'm simply waiting to see my doctor again to switch to something else. It indeed does help with Racing thoughts but these side effects are sometimes debilitating especially the muscle spasms and pain. Not worth taking at all. Feels like there are bruises forming on my arms at all times. M 22 40 days
25 MG 1X day
4/28/2012
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 5  Bipolar Depression At first a little rash, but I felt so much better emotionally that I waited to see if it would go away and it did. For the first time in 15 years suffering with bipolar/depression I feel content and normal. I have stopped taking Risperidone because it made me gain 50lbs, and I believe that with Lamictal I dont need anything else. I do take 0.5 Clonazepam in the morning and 0.5 at night to avoid obsessive thoughts (worries) since I quit Risperidone, but I trully feel wonderful with Lamictal, no more vivid dreams or feelings of being inadequate/worthless, no emptiness, I feel complete. I will take it forever. F 28 1.5 years
75 1X day
4/25/2012
 3  Bipolar Disorder 1 Intense Muscle contractions in both arms and legs with constant need to stretch them as hard as possible with little to no relief, excessive sweating, tired all the time yet not sleepy at night, inability to lose weight gained on previous medicines despite healthy eating habits and exercise, increased irritability and aggression It doesn't seem to be working - still having depressed, hypo manic, or mixed moods daily, and I'm hesitant to stop taking it because it has taken 7 months so far to slowly get to the "therapeutic" level. I will say that since I've been on it I haven't had any full blown manic episodes, which had been a problem for me - hospitalized twice last year for them - no hospitalizations since I've been on this drug. F 42 7 months
350 mg 1X day
4/13/2012
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 1  seizures memory loss, joint pain, spelling, cognitive impairment, can't articulate, find word, flip letters, spacey, depressed, anxiety attacks, sound & light sensitivity, hair loss, dry skin, joint swelling, horrible morning headaches, night sweats, flat, stabbing pains, twitching, focal stares where one eye rolls inward, frontal lobe feels fat & dumb, sores in mouth/nose, invisible itching, hands/feet ice cold, drunk feeling... I brought 'my list' with me to neuro, GP, Rheumi, only to be treated like I was nuts. No one would even discuss side effects. When a minor collision landed me in a jail cell because of my sound sensitivity/reaction to the sound of sirens & then an anxiety/panic attack when cops assumed I was under the influence, none of my doctors supported me. I'd only had 1day of seizures 4yrs after a TBI, yet I'd been on seizure drugs for 18yrs. I have NO MEMORY at all from all these drugs. I took myself off lamictal & never felt better, had no seizures(1yr). Bit my tongue in my sleep in Oct. & ER doc reported me to DMV because I wasn't taking meds. Now, I am forced to take this drug for life if I want to drive. If I switch, I will have to wait another yr before it's 'established to control my 'nonexisitant' seizures'. I hate this drug. I hate a country where I am forced to take a drug that makes me feel horrible everyday, have no memory of my life, and all I did was bite my tongue. F 51 4 years
100mg 2X day
4/2/2012
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 3  BIPOLAR water retention, hair loss, memory loss, stiff neck, swollen lymph nodes, frequent infetions, headaches daily, weight gain, heart palpitations it did bring me out of a suicidal depression. went up to 25mg, 2X a day and was still ok but it kicks my hormones ouit of whack. I had to lower it due to intolerable headaches and fluid retention and palpitations. Switched to generic due to cost and went totally off. They are NOT the same. Will try to stick with this lower dose until I see Pdoc. F 52 6 months
25 MG. 1X day
3/29/2012
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 5  Bipolar No noticable side effect This medication was the first that significantly reduced the amount of mood swing. I was rapid cycling so this really helped the continuity of my life. Gave me a stable base to try to rebuild marriage. I'm at a high dosage so it's expensive (but worth it). I still get some physical symptoms of highs/lows but they are manageable. I recommend this highly for mood stabilization. Doesn't do much for my GAD. M 45 4 years
300 2X day
3/17/2012
 3  Bipolar Disorder I actually take 100 in the morning and 200 at bedtime, but it didn't allow me to put that. Anyway, drowsiness was a huge problem for a year or two when I started this medicine. I was having a lot of nausea for awhile too, but not positive if it was from the lamictal or other meds. I think now it may actually be causing my insomnia but I'm not sure. Also, painful menstrual cramps. It's hard to swallow, and disgusting if you can't get it down. haven't been stable for any long period of time while on this medicine, so not sure how well it's really working. F 22 3 years
300 mg 1X day
3/15/2012

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