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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | BP Depression | Took this for about 13 mos. Weight gain - I gained weight for sure. Eye pain - so bad I couldn't stand it.. went to eye Dr and he said I had very dry eyes and gave me expensive drops to use. That didn't help though. I stopped taking Lamictal about 3 weeks ago and the eye problems have almost gone away. Alcohol - I know they say you shouldn't drink w/ Lamical (and many drugs) but I do occassionally. Lamical makes seems to double the effects of alcohol and not in a good way. You feel 'out of it' and like crap if you drink and the next day is just aweful.. waking with cold sweats and feeling like you're going to die. I'm not talking binge drinking either... just one or two drinks with dinner. | M | 34 | 13 months | 3/3/2008 | 4 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Memory loss, poor concentration, headaches, weight loss, hand tremor, dry mouth, dizziness, blurred vision. | Memory loss and difficulty concentrating have worsened over time. I frequently have moments when I "go blank." It takes me longer to recall information and form complete thoughts. I have difficulty concentrating and comprehending information. This was NEVER a problem for me before I began taking Lamictal, 5 years ago. However, it has had such a positive effect on my mood that I am reluctant to stop taking it. | F | 25 | 5 years | 3/2/2008 | 3 | Bipolar II | intense anger, cycling through depression and rage, vivid nightmares including dreaming frequently of dieing. | My doctor coupled this with risperdal for the anger and its been doing well so far. I still feel somewhat over-emotional, but the nightmares are gone and ive felt more in control. | F | 16 | | 3/2/2008 | 5 | Anxiety/Depression | Lamictol has helped me takes giant steps forward in my treatment. I have been unable to tolerate the side effects of Zoloft, Lexapro, and Effexor XR. I experience 0 SE's with Lamictol 100mg! This was a godsend. It evened out my moodswings and lifted my depression. However, has not helped the anxiety at all. We tried to increase to 150mg, but started experiencing "foggy head" and unable to complete sentences or remember words, also lost coordination. I went back down to 100mg And will be trying cymbalta in combo with lamictal. | F | 28 | 60 days | 2/29/2008 | 3 | possible Manic Depressant | My skin itches..arms, legs, back, neck, ears.. also, lumps in my glands, i can swallow fine, but lumps.. lump by my ear and lump in my neck haven't been diagnosed with anything.. but heard that it wouldn't cause me to gain weight.. which if I did. would make me sad and depressed. I feel its helping | PLEASE someone tell me if this passes.. or have you had the same things go on.. does it get workse?? i don't want to stop taking but I'm scared of the consequences of it.. have been on it just starting my 3rd week.. started at 25 mg.. bumped to 50 mg.. tried takin 25 mg in morning and 25 at night.. supposed to bump to 100mg in 2 weeks.. | F | 28 | 2 weeks | 2/29/2008 | 5 | depression/hypomania | none | I had taken Celexa for a number of years which had helped my depression significantly but over a period of years pushed me into a hypomanic state -too driven, speedy, hyped-up, reckless, task-oriented to an extreme, resented interruptions, etc. I was rediagnoses as bipolar and prescribed lamictal. Life slowed down again, I slept better, I regained a fuller range of emotions, such as deeper sympathy with others and sadness -the latter to be distinguished from depression. As there are many factors effecting mental health, menopause not doubt played a role in effecting my moods in the last few years. | F | 50 | | 2/28/2008 | 5 | Borderline/mood stabilizer | very minor rash on my right hand after first month that disappeared after 2 weeks. No other side effects. | I love the medicine. Has helped me with anger outbursts, fits of rage. Nothing seems to bother me anymore. No jealousy feelings, and I think more logically. | F | 28 | 9 months | 2/28/2008 | 4 | depression/mood disorder | I'm not sure if the weight gain is from the meds, and I'm tired a lot. | I've gained around 20 pounds since beginning the meds, but I never thought it may be because of the meds. Since researching, I've noticed some people reporting this side effect. I've also had major trouble being tired all of the time, especially when I drink alcohol. Overall though, it helps majorly, and when I've tried to go off of it by myself (I do not recommed this...) there was an immediate reaction. I would like to go off of it if the weight gain is because of the medicine, because that doesn't help my depression... | F | 21 | 3 years | 2/28/2008 | 4 | Bipolar I | taking 75mg a day, some headaches, dry eyes, very vivid dreams, no weight gain yet, stabilized my mood extremely well, have not been in a bad mood since taking it for the past 2 weeks. some mental cloudiness, but i can focus in class still. doesnt seem to affect me. | F | 19 | 14 days | 2/27/2008 | 5 | Bipolar 1 | Memory problems, affected physical coordination, sleep interruption - long one night, periodic the next night, blurred vision, involuntary limb movement | This med saved my life, marriage, family. Worth the side effects. Two years without any extended mood disorder. A regular loss of cognitive ability equal to about twenty-five IQ points. Luckily, I've tested very high to begin with. Of course, my mother could drop dead in front of me and I'd shrug my shoulders and keep doing whatever I was doing. Perhaps this has absolutely nothing to do with the drug ;) | M | 45 | 2 years | 2/25/2008 | 1 | bipolar II | i have only been taking this medacine for about 1 month at 50mg and it seems the more of it i take the less motivated and angrier i become. lots of guilt and increased social activity followed by suicidal thoughts making me unable to concentrate.its causesing me to get so infuriated that i leave class or skipp whole days of class alltogether. Normally i have a great deal of trouble and just staying awake but this drug has made me violent and i do not sleep at night i take a series of 4 hour naps throughout the day. | Any way, i am an art student, and the class that was my favorite is the one i have been skipping the most because the instructor pissed me off for practicly no reason. we are making 3D cardboard sculpters. Mine looks just like me but ive just blown my head off. i have titled the work "lamictal" | F | 19 | 1 months | 2/25/2008 | 4 | Bipolar | Some fatigue | At first, it made me pretty tired. I'd sleep around 10-12 hours a night opposed to my usual 8. I got off Abilify before I got on it and I felt a lot better on Lamictal. Now I am back to sleeping less than 10 hours a night. Lamictal helped regulate my mania and emotional outbursts. An example would be that I would cry easily when people would debate with me and disagreed with me. After taking Lamictal, I was able to have heated conversations with sensitive topics without becoming upset. I was more logical and composed. I had to keep increasing my dosage though, because each month I'd become more tolerating of the drug. | F | 22 | 10 months | 2/23/2008 | 2 | bipolar II/mainly depression | I became increasingly angry an irrational. I thought about suicide constantly which was not a problem before the lamictal. One night I raged at my husband and threw things. Socially, I behaved as if I had Borderline Personality Disorder and was convinced for a while that I did have it. When I was eventually hospitalized for depression I was paranoid and confrontational until the Dr took me off of it. Memory loss was severe. | As with other meds, my doctors insisted that Lamictal could not cause these side effects. I was not taken off of it until a friend and my husband testified to my dramatic personality change. My friend even had it marked on his calendar. This was the worst summer I have ever had. It seems like medicines will sometimes make me worse and the doctor will decide that what I need is more of it. I am glad that it works for so many people, but be careful. | F | 35 | 2 months | 2/23/2008 | 3 | Bipolar II | problems finding the right words. Dullness. I have been sicker than usual colds/sinus (could be eratic weather). Right eye is very dry and blurry (I am worried about the eye toxicology reported here). Achey ( I was in a car wreck this year but not a severe one). I miss highs and lows/feel its all gray/Depression has been dominant. Some anxiety. | I am only taking 100mg a day. I have been taking it at night... perhaps it would be better in the morning from what I have read here. I am wanting to stop use to see how I feel off of it, though it did help me get through a period without completely selfdestructing. I think my dose could be too low or wrong med... but Prozac made me manic... though I was quite sharp. This has kept me in an uninspired middle zone. | F | 33 | 1.5 years | 2/22/2008 | 4 | Bi-Polar | short-term memory loss, vivid/weird dreams, very unusual sleeping patterns (sleep all day then some days can operate on few hours of sleep), dizziness, light-headedeness, wooziness, and faint | It's so very strange. . .I've been on Lamictal for about 3 years and for whatever reason I'm starting to experience an increased amount of side effects. I don'tknow if the dosage is now too high or what. I am now at 400 mg a day. Once I began the Lamictal I started to have the weird dreams, headaches, profuse sweating (which I still get occasionally), and odd sleeping patterns. But now I've had an increase of dizziness, feeling woozy, memory loss and sometimes confusion, and depression. When I began taking my Lamictal back in 2006 with Lexapro, I lost 15lbs. I've remained pretty steady without any weight gain. But I have a very significant craving for sweets which is not good in my case because diabetes runs very prevelant on my father's side. If anyone can relate to what I've been experienceing with the increased side effects, please leave a comment as to your opinion. I would be very grateful! | F | 27 | 3 years | 2/21/2008 | 2 | Bi Polar II | The biggest one is the memory loss and retention. This is a very difficult one for me. Cannot articulate, express myself. Loose track of tasks. In a fog all the time, someone could be talking to me and I cant retain what they've said. I'm so forgetful now it's scary. I'd loose my head if not attached to my body. Other is weight gain. I work out everyday, eat right and cannot loose one pound, very unusual for me. Dry mouth, aches, fatigue, sleep all the time, cannot get motivated. I have to drink 8 cups of coffee to even be able to concentrate slightly. | M | 41 | 1 days | 2/21/2008 | 4 | BP2 | Night sweats, mood rages, insomnia (even with Ambien), moody and can cry at a moment's notice with no warning - sappy commercials on TV even get to me! | Lamictal, in combination with counseling/therapy, has helped tremendously. Although I'm sensitive in regards to crying easily and being emotionally raw, I'm doing well. No real side effects that I can pinpoint except those mentioned beforehand. | F | 38 | 3 months | 2/18/2008 | 5 | bipolar, depression (suicidal) | No noticeable side effects - I'm sure that I've experienced them, but nothing that couldn't be attributed to something else (such as age). | I have been very thankful for Lamictal. I was VERY hesitant about taking it in the beginning. I didn't want to accept that I was bipolar and had a major mental illness. I was VERY scared when I read some of the possible side effects. The primary reason I took the drug was that I was suicidal and it was just a matter of time before I killed myself. I figured that I had nothing to lose. I started on 25 mg, went to 50 mg a week later, then 100 mg two weeks later, 150 mg two weeks later, and 200 mg two weeks later. I've been on 200 mg for a little over a year. As a side note, my doctor added Lithium (600 mg) when I hit 100 mg of Lamictal, because the Lamictal wasn't enough. When I hit 150 mg of Lamictal with the Lithium, it was like someone flipped a switch and my life was back. It was just incredible. I hate mental illness, primarily because the answers don't come in neat little packages (take two pills and call me in the morning). Your brain chemistry may not be anything like | M | 48 | 14 months | 2/17/2008 | 1 | bipolar2 disorder | blisters on my face,nightmares. | didnt have any effect on my mood swings.im actualy suicidal since ive been on lamictal.the blisters makes me feel even worse about myself. | F | 30 | 3 months | 2/13/2008 | 4 | depression | it might be increased libido; but in addition there are almost nightly nocturnal emissions, sometimes twice a night. Without the dream; but I'm reporting, not complaining | Best thing ever.Fights with Zoloft, if you're on both. I quit the Z. | M | 61 | 12 months | 2/12/2008 |