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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | complicated migraine and BPII | Difficulty finding the right words, short-term memory loss, transient hair loss, mild acne, petechiae, some clumsiness and balance problems. | I have been taking Lamictal for almost 2 years now. Prior to this, I was taking Depakote and in less than a few months began the typical Depakote weight gain and displayed signs of polycystic ovary syndrome. Lamictal is nearly as effective as Depakote in treating my migraines (symptoms include facial numbness, negative visual aura, and loss of coordination of right arm). About once a month, I have some mild neurological symptoms associated with migraine but they last less than a day. I have found on occasion that I am hypomanic while on the Lamictal, but it has also helped me with mild depression. Despite the clumsiness, memory and word issues, and hair loss, I would recommend this medication above any other I have tried (lithium, tegretol, and depakote). | F | 25 | 2 years | 8/1/2006 | 4 | partial simple seizures | dramatic weight loss, libido increase, slight cognitive loss | I loved Lamictal. It decreased my seizures by 95% and I thought it was a miracle...until it just quit working. | F | 42 | 6 weeks | 7/31/2006 | 5 | Seizures | Skin sensitivity came on after a year at 150 mg, but lessened considerably at 125 mg. Joint stiffness and pain has become very noticeable after 2 years. | Very effective at controlling my seizures. Tegretol and Dilantin had no effect on them. Each body is different. | M | 51 | 2 years | 7/29/2006 | 2 | Major Depression, Anxiety NOS | Memory loss! Lethargy/fatigue. Foot & leg pain every time I stand up. Typos like nobody's business. My conversation is necessary business only - not sure if it's because I can't think or if it's because I don't care. I think my boobs are bigger too; my pre-pregnancy bras fit now. Isolating. Female "sexual side effects." ERGH! | Titrating up & at 150mg 1/day. Also on Wellbutrin 150-300mg/day =D *if i remember my pm dose.* I also just stopped 2.5 mg Zyprexa (sleep & anxiety) to isolate SEs. I formerly never had a problem remebering meds. Once I forgot to pick up my daughter; there's nothing so terrifying as hearing your spouse say. "Where's Olivia?" I think I am sight-reading at the piano better, which might be because I'm thinking less and just doing it - no more thinking about other possibilities, in music or in life. I'm able to do things that used to make me anxious because I just don't care, but I still lie awake at night having my awful obessive morbid thoughts. I am feeing guilt, shame and anxiety about not being "normal" and about not doing anything with my day. I'm very confilicted & frustrated. | F | 38 | 2 months | 7/29/2006 | 2 | Major Depression/Anxiey NOS | Boy do I STINK! I'm getting sick of smelling myself! Pretty much negates the benefits of bigger boobs. Did I mention the memory loss? I don't remember.... | I think the numb-brain is going to boot me off of Lamictal, (at least 150mg/day). I forgot a psychiatrists appointment of all things. I was a bit scattered before I started, but now I'm barely functional, like getting to the car without my keys in hand. It takes me a good 20 seconds to remeber what day of the week it is. Foregetting the kid is pretty much a deal breaker for me. Mindfulness, my @$$. | F | 38 | 2 months | 7/29/2006 | 5 | Epileptic/seizures | You don't know how good this makes me feel. I thought I was going rock dumb. Thanks to you all for adding your effects, but I'm sorry you have to go through it..... I have Memory Loss (forgotten music chords), can't remember or read common words, reading has gotten bad, words get tangled in my mouth. Get so upset about not being able to do things that I fight until I win cause I'm a fighter. But it may take hours to accomplish. Vision has gotten worse, but really not enough to say. I was on tegretol. Now I can eat my Favorite (chocolate) which I have not in more then 25yrs. At atleast I have no seizures anymore and if I do, it's just so minor symptoms that it's no need to mention. May Jah Bless you all. Much Love and Respect. Funkface PS Please feel free to contact me so we can help eachother. Please put side effects in the Subject so I don't delete your message. Thanks | I'm an Professional Artist signed/road. Doing a lot of Business out side of my state(NC). Now I go to NYC, walking the streets alone, w/o worrying about anything happening to me. But I still wear my neckless just in case. | M | 37 | 10 months | 7/28/2006 | 5 | Became a bit too manic on Prozac | None really, it's the first medication that feels like no medication, I just feel "normal" and optimistic generally | I think it may be harder to lose weight, but I have not gained any weight while taking it. Interested in others experiences w/both weight and libido. I think my libido is higher than when I was a teenager. Is it related to this drug or just to my life??? | F | 52 | 16 months | 7/26/2006 | 4 | Bipolar I | forgetting words & general memnory degragation | Lamictal keeps me from going manic but does nothing for depression...I have to take 3 ADs for that side of things. | M | 2 years | 7/26/2006 | 3 | depression/bipolar nos | extreme vertigo,dizziness and occasional nystagmus when increased dose from 25 to 50mg. Settled down somewhat after few days, still waiting to see though (only day 16 total). Sore&tickley throat. Cough. occasional blurred vision. Minimum side effects on 25mg, on 50mg much increased side effects but already settling after couple of days. | Only been taking this med for 16 days, 10 days 25mg, 6 days 50mg. Target is 200mg. Too soon to say its doing anything that couldn't be attributable to etiher placebo or natural cycle. | F | 29 | 16 days | 7/26/2006 | 1 | Seizures | Anxiety, vomiting etc... | Uggh. | M | 31 | | 7/24/2006 | 5 | bipolar disorder | clumsy, trouble finding words when speaking, always thirsty, I CAN'T CRY. | this drug has been amazing, totally changed my life. i can actually function in the world. the inability to cry is really disturbing, however. | F | 20 | 7 months | 7/23/2006 | 4 | Bipolar II | None.... until I got the rash! | I loved it. I felt better than I can ever remember feeling after just 2 weeks of use. Then just as I was about to start week 5 and up the dose to 100, I awoke with a rash on my back. I called psychiatrist immediately and was told to discontinue. I went to dermatologist and begged her and psychiatrist to please find a way to keep me on this drug, but both said I am allergic and had to stop (it wasn't the Stevens-Johnson ras--just regular allergic reaction). Anyway, once the rash clears up, I will try something new. But the Lamictal was wonderful and I so wish I could keep taking it! | F | 28 | 4 weeks | 7/20/2006 | 4 | Bipolar (NOS) | I just started 25 mg for every 2 days and after 4 days I can already feel the positive impact. I was diagnosed with BP (NOS) for not otherwised specified. I don't have mania, but have lows that I can snap into quickly, the depressions can last at the most a day, but happen chronically about 1-3 times per week. I had a very small rash on one arm, but it is not itchy. I already feel more alert, less sleepy (which usually happens every day at around 2). So far so good, never been on a med before so it is a new experience for me | F | 37 | 4 days | 7/19/2006 | 3 | bipolar II | Worked GREAT on my moods . . . until the full body rash developed. Happend on day 13 of 25 mgs and got worse on day 14 when I went to 50 mgs. Rash starts out kind of like heat rash, then gets worse and spreads more than heat rash. Started out not itchy, but then got itchy, not bad, but still itchy. Some of the rash looks blotchy, but other parts just look like small red bumps. Only got it very slightly on face -- face and ears are more red, like serious blush, rather than a rash. Bummer, because it was working. | F | 35 | 14 days | 7/19/2006 | 1 | Bi polar | weight gain? dislexia, irritability, fatigue, vivid dreams | i was taking lamictal in conjunciton with Zoloft for about a year and a half or so. the zoloft was for OCD. there were no rashes or anything like that, but i noticed that the longer i took it the less it worked. i was at 200 miligrams at one point and still nothing. i didn't want to increase the dosage. i've stopped taking this medication mainly because my psychiatrist flaked out on me and i was never able to get a refil. the good thing i have to say about this medication is that it helped me to "focus" i was more easily able to tell when a mood swing was coming. so becauase my mind has been opened to that i can still sense when it's going to happen even though i'm not on medication. i'm currently getting accupuncture for my depression and the mania sort of worked itself out. i still have some pretty big swings here and there, but my bi polar disorder has improved greatly since i've stoped taking this drug and started accupuncture. being bi polar sucks and it's totally a ca | F | 24 | 1.5 years | 7/18/2006 | 5 | Seizures | Possibly acne and insomnia. | My 13-year old daughter takes this medication (lamotrigine). She had her first seizure last January (2006) and another one in February when we finally got her diagnosed with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy. She has done really well on this medication. The doctor has slowly increased her dosage week by week to help her build up and not have side effects. He also started her on Topamax 25 mg 2x/day to compliment the Lamotrigine until she reaches her full dosage then he'll take her off that. I believe it is the Topamax that is causing her terrible acne and hope it will go away once she goes off it next month. She will be at 275 mg. a day of Lamotrigine (am and pm dosages). The doctor believes she will outgrow this type of epilepsy within ~5 years. Some nights she can't sleep but not very often. She would get anxiety at night at first because she was so afraid of having a seizure when she woke up (her seizures happened in the morning), so the doctor has me give her Clonazepam on nights when sh | F | 13 | 5 months | 7/14/2006 | 1 | Epilepsy | the worst one: really bad insomnia. I never had any problems sleeping before (I used to sleep average 9 hours). Since I began taking it I haven't been able to sleep more than 3 hours in a row. I feel lucky if I sleep 6 hours. I had double vision at the beginning but it was dose related and it stopped when I decrease the dose. I've felt some other different stuff but it's hard to tell if it is the lamictal or the pregnancy. | The insomnia brought other problems: often absences, myoclonic seizures, and of course the emotional problems that come from sleep deprivation. It doesn't work at all. I hadn't had a seizure in more than a year and when I switch to lamictal I had 4 seizures in less than 6 months. This might not sound like a lot to many people but I've had 15 seizures in 20 years so for me 4 in 6 months is too much. The only reason I'm taking it is because I was told it is safer than valproic acid (or Depakote) for pregnancy. As soon as my baby is born I'm going back to valproic acid. I'm taking 200 mg 2x day | F | 35 | 6 months | 7/14/2006 | 1 | supposedly safer for pregnancy | the worst one: really bad insomnia. I never had any problems sleeping before (I used to sleep average 9 hours). Since I began taking it I haven't been able to sleep more than 3 hours in a row. I feel lucky if I sleep 6 hours. I had double vision at the beginning but it was dose related and it stopped when I decrease the dose. I've felt some other different stuff but it's hard to tell if it is the lamictal or the pregnancy. | The insomnia brought other problems: often absences, myoclonic seizures, and of course the emotional problems that come from sleep deprivation. It doesn't work at all. I hadn't had a seizure in more than a year and when I switch to lamictal I had 4 seizures in less than 6 months. This might not sound like a lot to many people but I've had 15 seizures in 20 years so for me 4 in 6 months is too much. The only reason I'm taking it is because I was told it is safer than valproic acid (or Depakote) for pregnancy. As soon as my baby is born I'm going back to valproic acid. I'm taking 200 mg 2x day | F | 35 | 6 months | 7/14/2006 | 4 | bipolar | At first I had no side effects but then my dose was increased to 200 mg. Now I have insomnia, headaches and HORRIBLE night sweats. Also I've noticed an increase in body odor but that is probably caused by the sweating. The side effects suck but I'm going to continue taking it because my mood is finally stabilized. | F | 26 | 6 months | 7/6/2006 | 4 | Bipolar I | dizziness, intense dreams, minor skin irritation | maybe it's a complete placebo effect, but this stuff works. the dreams trip me out a little, but it's reeled in my mania pretty well. | M | 22 | 5 months | 7/5/2006 |