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 | Mood disorder/ PTSD | I had no side effects at the beginning but as I got up in dose, I began having vaginal dryness, dry mouth, and wrinkles became more noticeable and short term memory loss, itchy head | Besides the wrinkles, I can live with the side effects as much as I hate it because it has literally been a life saver for me, my mood swings are gone, I can actually focus on tasks, my depression has lifted, I’m less anxious, able to deal with stressful situations, impulsiveness is gone. I wish found this medication earlier on in my life! | F | 42 | 2 years 350mg | 10/9/2019 | 1 | Doctor misdiagnosed me | Side effects: severe ringing of ears, balance loss, severe fatigue, can’t sleep, weakness, tremors, can’t think, can’t process other medications and vitamins, loss of muscle, vision issues, etc. I have over 20 side effects, and I’ve never had them before usage of this drug. I can’t work, can’t have a relationship, and I’ve seen lots of specialists who say I’m in perfect health. Is there anyone else out there like me? I need help. | M | 42 | 3 years 50mg | 10/5/2019 | 3 | Bipolar depression | Memory loss.trouble concentrating.still have alot of depression, | F | 40 | 11 years 300mg | 9/21/2019 | 1 | They thought anxiety and depression | Horrible headaches, fatigue that can be dehabilitating, brain fog! Digestive issues. Can’t get out if bed... | When will anyone admit that sometimes these drugs just add more problems and we throw more drugs at the bad symptoms? I tried cold turkey and wow! God help me. I have to go back to 50 mg for two weeks and then 25 fir another two weeks. Anyone have issues getting off of this drug??? Please email me! God bless and always be careful of these drugs. They are not proven and this site is awesome to support more widespread knowledge and not just what you doctor thinks with a smaller group test results! Pray and stand up for yourself if not working!! These drugs are fairly new and this industry is nowhere like other medical field | 55 | 9 days 200 | 9/5/2019 | 5 | Bipolar 1, mixed type | I have not really experienced any side effects, when taking it by itself it may have given me trouble sleeping. | SSRIs make me extremely manic. Anti-typical antipsychotics give me akathisia. Lithium works well but, I get the full spectrum of side effects it offers. Lamictal is the only medication I can tolerate without major side effects. | M | 42 | 12 years 500 mg | 7/23/2019 | 5 | Epilepsy/Seizures | None really, just a little trouble sleeping. | ( 1.) Epileptic since I was age 6 only Petite Mal seizures. Gran Mals now at age 34. ( 2.) 150mg of Lamotrigine in morning, 150mg at night. ( 3.) Tried 4 other medications (Keppra, Depakote, Topamax, Zonisamide.) – None worked. ( 4.) I see some people hate the drug and tell you not to take it. – This is incorrect. ( 5.) All who have not had success with other medications should give it a try if your Neurologist tells you to. If it does not work, keep trying others. ( 6.) I love it so far. I would have a Grand Mal seizures every week, now I have not had one for almost 2 months. ( 7.) Not a lot of time yet on this drug, but my Grand Mal seizures have never been this well controlled. (Zero so far.) | M | 35 | 2 months 150 2X day | 6/28/2019 | 2 | Depression | Memory loss, loss of appetite, insomnia at night, sleepy in day. Infections. Constant low grade headache | It did stop my suicidal thoughts but the side effects are starting to get to me. | F | 55 | 90 days 50mg | 6/7/2019 | 5 | Bipolar II | I take it twice a day. 100 mg in the morning, and 200 mg in the evening. When I take the higher dose in the morning, I tend to feel slower and more sluggish. I don’t feel that effect if I take only 100 mg in the morning. | After taking multiple medications, this was the first one to work for me. Within a week or two, I could feel a difference. It still took some time for it to fully kick in (plus years of therapy), but was finally able to begin working on stabilizing my moods. | F | 44 | 18 years 300 MG | 5/25/2019 | 5 | Bipolar II | Increased anxiety, vision focus slowed. | Really helped my irritability and mood, but I noticed that my vision was getting less sharp and it took me longer to change focus from near to far. I began to have a lot of trouble driving at night. | M | 39 | 1 years 100 | 5/14/2019 | 4 | Epileptic seizures | Severe cystic acne on the jawlines,cheeks, chest and back. | 200mg in the morning and 225 mg in the evening. | F | 21 | 3 years 225 2X day | 4/26/2019 | 5 | Epilepsy | None. It started at as a supplementary drug until the FDA approved it for single use. | Lamictal has keet my seizures controlled for at least 20 years now. I was so happy to be able to stop Tegretol (which was awful for me) and go to this for singular use. | M | 52 | 22 years 200 2X day | 3/6/2019 | 5 | Seizures | No side effects at all I am able to work full time I'm a happy person I only have a couple seizures in a year instead of a week .... I take 1mg of lorazepam when I have a seizure to stabilize lucky I can feel them about 30 or more seconds before they hit. | F | 55 | 13 years 100mg | 10/18/2018 | 5 | Bipolar, Borderline | None | Began 75mg and now at 250mg. The ONLY mood stabilizer that ever helped me, out of Latuda, Abilify, Geodon, Saphris, Lithium, Invega. When I hit 100mg was when it began to help, and 200 it really did. It helped my impulse control with gambling, made me see life more clearly and logically, my ability to articulate and think on my feet shot thru the roof, and it reversed anorgasmia. Can't recommend it enough. | F | 53 | 3 years 250mg | 9/16/2018 | 2 | I take it for PTSD. At first, I felt happy but it was a sort of floaty high. I started having memory problems and the nausea, and terrific hi symptoms. I am slowly stopping. Too bad it was good for depression, but the side effects of feeling so spacey added with the gi distress was too much to bear. Also loss of concentration was too much , too. I really wanted it to work! | I wish doctors would emphasise the possibility of side effects more. I thought I was the only one. Helps to read other stories from people who have or are now taking it. Good to have support! | F | 65 | 3 months | 6/3/2018 | 2 | seizures | Hair loss, tired no energy, nose stopped up.Just feel crappy most days.Beats having a seizure. Doctor will change my medicine soon.Worse thing about seizures, you can have sudden death. So take your medicine on time and do not sleep on your stomach.Get plenty of sleep. Has anyone had thrush with this medicine? | F | 75 | 6 years 400 | 5/3/2018 | 5 | Child with severe anger/depression | Slight appetite loss | My son has an extensive medical history and symptoms of anger and reactivity so severe some doctors have told us he might be on the autism spectrum. We cycled through all the medications out there trying to help him. Finally we sought yet another opinion with a new neurologist who strongly recommended Lamictal. We started him on a low dose and worked all the way up to 200 mg. I went from having a kid who was beyond miserable and depressed to having a superstar class president. He’s now happy, loving, funny, cooperative and very social. I feel so sorry for other kids out there who are suffering the way he was and going untreated. I know medications are not the same for everyone but this one has worked a miracle for us. | M | 7 | 4 months 200 mg | 4/6/2018 | 5 | Mood swings | No negative side effects which I can attribute to this medication. | Lamictal works very well for me. I feel more controlled with pretty steady and good mood. No major ups and downs. | M | 71 | 7 years 150 1X day | 3/27/2018 | 5 | Bipolar 2 and Anxiety | Great drug. Suffered from major anxiety and mood swings. First doctor put me on Wellbutrin and still had anxiety issues. Decided to go to a new dr and and after listening to me he prescribed Lamictal (Generic). At first a had very low enegery and no motivation, just flat. However several months later this feeling went away and I feel great. Still have some breakthrough anxiety but nothing like before I also have chronic migraine but I don’t think it is helping with this | Great drug. You need to be patient and give it time to work since it needs to build up in your system | F | 57 | 3 years 300 1X day | 3/26/2018 | 4 | seizure | does lamictal cause thrush? | F | 75 | 0 months 400mg | 3/8/2018 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Lamictal makes me nauceous, drowsy,and also a bit spaced out. And a not so bad side effect,it relaxes me a great deal | Since I first started taking Lamictal, I have noticed a huge difference in my mood. For one,it's not fluctuating drastically like it has been doing before. I've not been getting those extreme depressive episodes either..my mood has stabilized. For once,my Bipolar Disorder is under control. Thanks to Lamictal, I can live a happier,and normal life. | F | 25 | 15 days 100mg | 1/12/2018 |