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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Bi Polar disorder, depression | None really. Possible sexual dysfunction | Been on it a year now. I also take Prozac and Seroquel. I have found this combination to be the most effective of any I have ever had! I have struggled with depression my entire life. I have taken most antidepressants on the market, as well as Depacote for Bi Polar disorder. I am very pleased, I actually wake up a lot of mornings in an optimistic mood. That never used to happen. Sometimes I can't believe how good I feel and wonder if it's for real. If I don't take Lamictal, I experience a complete drop off in about 5 days, tired and not social at all. Once I get back on it, in about 4-5 days, I can really see the difference. NOTE to users: if you get a rash from this, you are supposed to discontinue this medication AT ONCE. Personally, I have no side effects. | M | 35 | 1 years | 10/8/2006 | 4 | epilepsy | Mostly short term memory loss and speaking problems. | Seems like a lot of people LOVE the medicine - I suppose they are comparing it to other stuff they were taking or the illness they suffer from. I hate the side affects and I'm scared I'm going to have to find another profession (currently software engineering)- but I see no alternative | M | 47 | 1 years | 10/8/2006 | 5 | BPD 2- Rapid Cycling | Anxiety after 125mg. | I had extreme anxiety before taking Lamictal and started experiencing "unreasonable anxiety", jumpiness, a sense of something bad happening,freaky nightmares, sleeping problems, and hypertension. I will be adding .5mg of Lexapro tomorrow for anxiety- hope it works! | F | 29 | 5 days | 10/5/2006 | 5 | Bipolar I | Back pain, blurred vision, night sweats, short-term memory loss, sensation of water drops on skin. | My doctor told me there were no side effects using Lamictal. That is just wrong. But, he did me a big favor by putting me on this. I had a lot of side effects with Depakote also, but nowhere near the benefits. I am at 300mg day, taking 200 in the morning, and 100 at night. I have a lot of energy, and just feel good, which is a really odd thing for me. I feel like what I imagine a "normal" person feels like. If you are hesitant to use this, don't be. Any side effects are worth getting through. | M | 41 | 8 months | 10/5/2006 | 2 | Chronic Severe Depression | Trouble spelling words correctly (typing - used to type 100 wpm - now more like 30), short and long term memory loss, melancholia, weepiness, pee constantly, difficulty sleeping, joint pains - particulary knees, fingers, and shoulders, muscle aches, itchiness in scalp, neck and shoulders, flatulence, bo, mood swings - hair trigger irritability in some instances, blurred vision -in episodes, itchy eyes, insomnia, not feeling rested, crash around 5 or 6 in the evening (take it in the mornings when I first get up). On the bright side, I felt great the first month on this drug, but as I started increasing the doses, I started feeling worse. | M | 43 | 5 months | 10/4/2006 | 2 | bipolar 1 | INSOMNIA soo bad, headaches, i cant concentrate or memorize stuff (like for school) vivid dreams/nightmares, hair loss | I tirrated up pretty slow to minimize side effects, my moods have been no different, my mental state has not been affected at all by this, i feel the same as if i were taking nothing. i could go up a little more with the dosage but im high enough where i should feel somthing if it was going to work for me. | F | 20 | 4 months | 10/2/2006 | 2 | depression | very large area of bruising appeared on my left side under my left hip: 10 in. long, and 4 in. wide!Also experienced body aches, and undesirable/vivid dreams. Have been switched to topamax . Was only on lamictal for about 4-5 weeks. | M | 62 | 45 days | 10/2/2006 | 4 | unipolar major depressive disorder | Headaches | I have been on Lamictal in conjunction with Abilify and Lexapro to combat my severe depression for over a year now. When I change the dosage of the Lamictal or forget to take it, I get headaches. Overall, it has really helped in conjunction with my other meds. I have been suffering from depression for 16 years now and have been on a variety of meds over the years. Most of them caused 'break-through' depression (even the lexapro when taken alone) and nothing is worse than still being depressed when you are on meds already--it makes you feel as if there is no hope. Lamictal has really helped to stabilize my severe depression without any 'break-throughs'. | F | 29 | 1 years | 10/1/2006 | 5 | Bi-Polar | Barely any side effects experienced so far except for a mild difficulty in finding the right words to explain things. | Its only been a week, and WOW! I guess I really am bi-polar, 3 years on anti-depressants never made me feel *normal* again. Thanks to Paxil's severe withdrawals I am still slowly weaning off of 10 mg every 3 days but other than that this Lamictal is already starting to help, I can tell. | F | 27 | 7 days | 9/30/2006 | 2 | petit mal seizure/absence | Burning sensation skin on face, chest, and back. Red bumps on chest. Feeling of intense burning on my skin, itching and sweating. Agitation and could not sleep. Mild dizziness and lack of appetite. | Aside from the unbearable side effects, my mind felt "together" for the first time in years. I am sorry I cannot take this med. BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS...IT IS A VERY POWERFUL MEDICATION. I WAS TAKING ONLY 1/2 OF A 25 MG TABLET!!!! THANK GOD I DIDN'T TAKE THE WHOLE 25 MG MY NEUROLOGIST WANTED ME TO. | F | 57 | 2 days | 9/29/2006 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | Extreme fatigue, can't do anything for more than 4 hours without wanting to fall asleep. | M | 21 | 4 months | 9/26/2006 | 2 | Epilepsy | Short and long term memory loss, decreased libido, stupidity | Lack of control at most vulnerable times. still have seizures if I'm a)hung over, b)on marijuana or cocaine,(had no problems when I was younger)c)am extremely tired. Since being on lamictal, my brain function has become worse and worse to the point of close friends acknowleding it. Memory is embarrasingly bad, which is an enormous problem being in college. Less horny than I was before use. Planning on discontinuing use soon. | M | 24 | 3 years | 9/25/2006 | 3 | Major Treatment Resistant Depressio | Dry mouth, Night Sweats (though I am being tested for sleep apnea so that could be why) | I have tried several doses. The only difference I have noticed is in the levle of dry mouth I experience, I feel like my mouth is the Sahara desert. I have had depression since I was 8 and I am now 27. My problem is that I have tried over 26 medications in various combinations and dosages as well as CBT, DBT and Talk therapy. The medications peak at about 45 days and then I feel "better" for another 30 or so days and then begins the backward slide into depression that spirals out of control. My current medications include 300 mg of Lamictal, 120 mg of cymbalta and 225 mg of trazadone all taken at bed time. | F | 27 | 7 months | 9/24/2006 | 2 | Bipolar II | Violent rash. Flu symptoms. | I took 25 mg a day for a week and everything was fine. 4 days after I increased to 50mg, I developped a very severe rash. It looked like a bad sunburn, on the upper body at first and spreaded to the whole body gradually. Turned purple sometimes. Very itchy. Too bad because I got the sense this medication works very well. | F | 35 | 11 days | 9/24/2006 | 2 | Epilepsy | I bagen with new onset seizures on August 5th. I was started on Trileptal first then weaned off of that and "ramped"up on Lamictal since. I have had 2 more seizures since starting the Lamictal. From 1 to 3 in over one month is not accepiable to me. I wish I would have just stayed on Tripletal. Also, my memory is very poor (not good as a nurse) and I have trouble with word finding. | F | 26 | 6 weeks | 9/23/2006 | 3 | Partial Seizures | Short term memory loss, trouble sleeping, night sweats, I get aggitated very easily and I am very irritable and aggresive. I have also found that I have trouble reading. I have to re-read things up to 4 times. Hair loss. | When I have the night sweats and heat up, I generally have a partial seizure. The memory loss is extremely annoying along with the trouble of reading, as I am currently studying. I am on 200mg morning and night. I have been on Lamictal for about 4 years. I still have a partial seziure about once every 3 weeks. When I first started Lamictal, my sex drive decreased. The Dr recently tried to add in Topamax but that didn’t work. I am thinking of trying Keppra. Has anyone tried Keppra and what did you think of it?? | F | 28 | 4 years | 9/21/2006 | 5 | Bipolar II Disorder | Some bad, vivid dreams, but nothing I can't deal with compared to the awesome effect it has had for my mental health. | I have been mentally ill for as long as I can remember. My family doctor diagnosed me with depression. For several years, I was on every single kind of typical anti-depressant that is made. I was severly debilitated because of this illness. I then decided it was time to go to a psychiatrist. My psychiatrist just thought that I was depressed and continued my 300 mg of Effexor that my family doctor had lastly prescribed. Effexor is a horribly evil drug and I recommend that no one take it. Anyways I realized that this psychiatrist was useless and I decided to go to psychologist and get some psychological testing. This psychologist was kind of ignorant and didn't do the right testing on me. So his conclusion was guess what "major depression". He recommended that I go see this new psychiatrist and within about 5 minutes this amazing psychatrist determined that I had bipolar II disorder and put me on Lamictal 400 mg a day. I have been %100000 better since getting my dose | M | 28 | 6 months | 9/14/2006 | 5 | BPD 1 | Not too many but since I am just on 25mg and only at day 8, I can honestly say I have felt no side effects at all. Possibly some leg/hip pain at night, but since I just had spinal surgery 3 months ago I can't be sure. | I have been newly diagnosed with BPD1. My mother had it when I was growing up. She was an alcoholic on top of this. I have been on this trip a long time and the few normal episodes I have had were great. Most of the rages and deep dpressions I learned to deal with on my own. I never felt as though i was insane, just different in my thoughts and feelings than others. Since childhood I have been on any and every drug that I have seen listed on this site so far by others who are on this medication. None worked for long or it made me sick and I stopped taking it. Now I am currently on Zoloft 100mg, seroquel at night, 200 mg, ( no weight gain ) lamictal 25mg. I have high hopes this takes the spikes out of my life forever. I can wait and see. Peace to you out there in BPD land. My prayers are with you all. | F | 44 | | 9/14/2006 | 5 | bipolar | Heavier sweating, including night sweats, and noticeably more rapid hair loss. | An amazing drug. Levels out both highs and lows. For years I suffered serious monthly depressions even after beginning treatment 10 years ago with anti-cyclical AND anti-depression medications. Lamictal has been the only drug in that time to put a solid floor under my tendency to get clinically depressed. It's also added lucidity to my thoughts (I'd accepted Depakote and Trileptal spaciness) and allowed me to lead as normal a life as I've had since my diagnosis. I have had issues sweating much more often with greater perspiration. Have taken between 200-1200 mg of this drug over past 18 months. All the positive comments here are true. It's wonderful. | 18 months | 9/14/2006 | 3 | Epilepsy | Exhaustion, headaches, nausea, stupidity >__< | My exhaustion is getting out of control. No matter how much sleep I get, I'm constantly exhausted. It's driving me batty. I'm having trouble reading and often forget little things like how to subtract or words I want to use. Drives me nuts. I've had seizures on the medication, but only when I get less then 4 hours of sleep, drink, and I'm on my period (oh the consequences of being a college student >__<) If anyone has any suggestions on how to combat this constant fatigue, please for the love of god, shoot me an email <3 | F | 20 | 3 days | 9/14/2006 |