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| 5 | Bi-Polar Type 1 | PLEASE READ!!!!!! As many others with bi-polar, I have been on multiple medications. After my first manic episode, I went into a severe depression that lasted over a year. The only medication that has helped me get out of this depression was Lamictal. I often thought that my depression was mostly situational, because I have been out of work for an extended period of time, and I have been living a life of misery (sleeping, watching tv ALL DAY). After starting Lamictal, I started feeling like myself again. I must tell you that I had some side effects (light rash, dizziness, neck pain, swelling of the throat) but they were all dose related. I went up to 300mg and had to back down to 150mg, but I am still benefiting from this dosage. I also take the following medications, but I did not get relief until the Lamictal: Geodon 80mg, Ativan 1mg(for anxiety as needed), Effexor 300mg, Provigal 200mg. Lamictal has been a life saver for me. I wish I was not on any medication, but I take th | It's the only medication that has helped with my severe depression. I would give up all my other medications to stay on Lamictal. Lamictal has been a life saver for me. Hang in there, you will feel better soon, even if Lamictal does not work for you. GOD is on your side. | M | 35 | 8 months | 5/2/2006 | 5 | Bi-polar | Frequent urination and urinary urgency. | M | 35 | 8 months | 5/2/2006 | 5 | Bi polar disorder | At first euphoria and vivid dreams. Now a sense of well being. | Fortunately for me,this is the best medication I have ever taken for my bi polar disorder. At first I was skeptical and paranoid about developing a rash, but after being on it for a few weeks I was beginning to experience it's positive effects. I was taking Wellbutrin (300 mg. XL) in the morning and my Lamictal at night. My Doctor gradually increased my dosage to 100mg. over a months period of time and I continue on that dosage today. I stopped taking the Lamictal at night and find that the vivid dreams subsided almost immediately. The hardest part of taking the Lamictal for me was the temptation to continue increasing my dosage. The euphoria I felt was amazing in the beginning. I was no longer agitated and irritable and had a real sense of well being. My violent mood swings had subsided and I felt better than I had in years. I find myself leveled off and stable at 100 mg. along with the Wellbutrin. I was also taking Seroquel (50 mg.) at night for sleep but found it hard to get up in t | M | 40 | 1 years | 4/30/2006 | 5 | Bipolar-II | Neck muscle & head soreness. Not enough to make me stop taking the medication, however. | It's a great mood stabilizer. | F | 52 | 3 months | 4/26/2006 | 5 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Dizziness if I miss medication. Trouble with memory loss, use of words, and loss of appetite. Three doctors have diagnosed me with Borderline and two argue I'm Bipolar. So I suppose the medication works for both. | With the dizziness, it always happens if I take it too late or miss it completely. The memory loss tends to be short term. Sometimes I can't seem to remember what I said just after I say it. Also my loss of appetite has gotten worse..but thinking it may just be my anxiety issues? Other than all of that... I have held a job for almost 2 years and a relationship for almost 3. Couldn't have done that before the Lamictal. (100 mg of Lamictal & also take 100mg of Seroquel) | F | 25 | 2 years | 4/24/2006 | 5 | bipolar — rapid cycling | impairs cognitive functions. i often have problems recalling vocabulary and even more often word pronunciation. i can become disoriented at times. on a couple occasions i have confused north and south in relation to where i wanted to go (i.e. going northbound instead of southbound in areas i've lived my entire life.) i had intended to major in mathematics, but gave it up because i lost my natural inclination for it. the work would become confusing and disorganized, spending long periods on single problems and still getting the answer wrong. my speech becomes disorganized to. i'll say things wrong. the best example is "when life gives you lemonade, make lemons." | despite the side-effects, it's the most effective drug i've ever taken in treating my illness. every other anticonvulsant bipolar treatment was nowhere near effective and caused extreme lethargy. | M | 26 | 1.5 years | 4/24/2006 | 5 | complex partial seizures | difficulties finding words, memory loss - short term and some long term, difficulty concentrating, slower mental processing, reduced coordination | This medication is great despite the side effects. It really controls my seizures brilliantly. Other medications haven't helped at all and tegretol even made my seizures worse. I'm on 600mg a day which is very high and may contribute to the side effects but it's certainly worth it as it has given me my life back - having seizures makes me very tired and confused. | F | 27 | 18 months | 4/23/2006 | 3 | Depression | Dry mouth, pain in joints, headaches, in the beginning.My anxiety is still the same, Xanax and or Klonopin ease that. I am taking 175 mg in the morning and 150 in the evening and feel little change. Helped in the beginning but as usual as with all the TONS of meds I have been on, the effectivness wears off shortly. | I was told by my doctor that THIS was the medication for me, a wonder drug for my resistant depression.Well this is simply not true. I have givin up hope of ever finding a wonder drug but, I am afraid to stop (have before) and end up in bed all day long. At least, I can function with these meds. My life has been RUINED by this disease and unfortunatly, my son is bipolar and is having a worse time of it. IS THERE ANY HOPE FOR THIS OUT THERE? | F | 53 | 2 days | 4/23/2006 | 3 | Bipolar 2, ultrarapid cycling | Slightly blurred vision in left eye, insomnia, night sweats, vivid nightmares, word recollection. | I've found the overall lamictal experience pretty good. I suffered the loss of my dad and granddad since beginning the medicine, a definite root/major trigger. It allowed me to grieve in the way i wanted to, without sending me into the depression followed by a manic episode (like before meds). The night sweats suck, b/c i can never find the right temperature, especially in light of the insomnia. Since i have eczema, i was definitely expecting the rashes, but they've not come. The nightmares are pretty freaky, and are so startling that i wake up sitting upright (even though i sleep on my side). Although i've felt down and up at times, its within the normal range (whatever that is...). | M | 28 | 2.5 months | 4/20/2006 | 4 | bipolar 2 - hypomania | REALLY runny nose, sinus headache, a little spacey | Only day 3 on 25 mgs, but feeling much more "even" and calm. Very optomistic that this drug will be of long term help and encourage folks to ask their doctor about it. This is my first and only medication besides 10 mgs Ambien every night, and I even feel confident that maybe I can quit that soon :) | F | 30 | 3 days | 4/16/2006 | 4 | bipolar depression | nothing too disruptive, possibly more frequent night urination and feeling a little "flat" and my PMS may be worse. | 4/14/06 - I was taking this med last year but increased the dosage to 100mg too fast and got a questionable rash so I quit taking it. I started getting depressed again this year but I can't seem to take any other antidepressants because they make me too manic and the Lamictal has helped bring me up from my depressive tendencies without causing mania. In fact I think it also has a calming effect. I am highly sensitive to meds so my doctor has been increasing the dosage VERY slowly and after two months I'm just now up to 50mg. My current cocktail is Depakote/Geodon/Lamictal which seems to be working better than anything else I've tried in the past year and a half. My doctor plans to wean me off the Geodon once I'm stable on the Lamictal. | F | 33 | 2 months | 4/14/2006 | 1 | Seizures | my son was on Lamictal for approximately 4months. He experienced, hallucinations, more seizures, nightmares, loss of speech, loss of coordination, sleepiness, headaches, weight loss. He was up to a dose of 275mg per day. It was the worst experience. Once stopped the hallucinations stopped, speech and coordination returned, nightmares gone. I wouldnt recommend this for children at all. | Do not use in children. | M | 7 | 4 months | 4/12/2006 | 5 | seizures | acne, tired, insomnia, vivid nightmares, ataxia, depression | lamictal is my fifth medication, haven't had a seizure for a year. The most annoying side effects are the insomnia and nightmares which seem to be worse on lamictal than my previous prescriptions (tegretol, dilantin, trileptal, keppra). acne has gone down, hopefully i can get more than three hours of sleep a night. Any suggestions? | M | 19 | 8 months | 4/11/2006 | 3 | Bipolar I | Severe short-term memory loss--can't lay down anything unless I burn it into my memory. Sometime I cannot remember what I did that day, but definitely cannot remember specific events of the previous day and recalling specific events prior to that is almost improbable. Long term memory is the only thing untouched, for now. Verbal loss in that I know what word I want ot say, yet the word eludes me. If someone is using vocabulary that is more extensive, I get lost VERY easily. Easily confused if the task invovles more than 2 or 3 steps. Math is almost impossible. If doing a repeative task, my mind wonders almost immdiately, something never experienced in past. | Things are so different on this drug. The world is much more lucid. I skip cycles and go weeks without any mood abnormality. Life is great on lamictal. However, the cognative side effects are starting to disclose themselves more drastically. My psch. thinks it is just my dyslexia, but I have never experienced this kind of memory loss. I really don't know what to think. My thoughts are VERY LUCID and I feel VERY much grounded in reality; however, this memory loss it out of control. I will go to work, and not remember certain events during the day or the events are out of order; also, I will read a passage, understand its conclusion, and 5 mins later, cannot remember what I read. | M | 26 | 1.5 days | 4/10/2006 | 4 | Bipolar 2 | Significant hair loss, vivid dreams at times, night sweats. | It works. Best med I've taken, but I am stopping it due to the consistent (and now dramatic) hair loss. | F | 44 | 8 months | 4/9/2006 | 2 | Bipolor | Severe Headache, Feel numb wanting to isolate myself from my family,Feel sick at stomach no appetite, Feel as needles are poking into my arms.Elevated Blood Pressure,I have been on meds now for 3 years and this one is making me feel dead. | F | 30 | 5 weeks | 4/9/2006 | 2 | Bipolar | Severe Headache, Feel numb wanting to isolate myself from my family,Feel sick at stomach no appetite, Feel as needles are poking into my arms.Elevated Blood Pressure,I have been on meds now for 3 years and this one is making me feel dead. | F | 30 | 5 weeks | 4/9/2006 | 2 | bi polar 2 | AGITATION! acne, night sweats, headache, short term memory loss, distractibility, difficulty with words, especially names, and hallucinations | Side effecs got worse as I got higher up in dosage. About a week after I got up to 175 mgs, I developed the worst agitation of my life, a really, really unbearable feeling. Lamictal may have triggered hypomania in me. Actually had hallucinations one night. Will be discontinuing this medication. I seem to be unusual in having had this response to the drug, but anxiety and agitation are reported as "very rare" side effects, even in the official company literature. Also, women be cautious-- Lamictal interacts with birth control pills in ways nobody seems to understand very well, so do some research and ask your doctor about it. | F | 31 | 2.5 months | 4/8/2006 | 5 | Bipolar II | Trouble selecting words, acne?, itching?, slight blurry vision after dose increase, but would go back to normal within a few days. | This medication has saved my life. I stopped it briefly in the fall because my moods were under control and I want to get pregnant and the ob did not want me on any meds. I was off for almost 4 months. That was the worst thing I could have done, I went into the same depression I was in. I'm on a lower dose now than before and I'm doing well. I take 50mg in am, 50 mg in pm. At this dose I still have slight mood swings, but they are not to the degree they were before. | F | 26 | 2 years | 4/4/2006 | 5 | Bipolar 2 depress, racing thoughts | Itchiness on face and neck every time I titrate up; benign rash which I fixed by switching to electric shave instead of wet shave. | I escalated EXTREMELY slowly as I knew this had the power to save me and I didn't want to f up my chances with getting the rash. Cured my depression. Generics are cheap where I come from (God Bless India!) Suggest making trips here and importing supply (until expiration date) back into US. Sells as Lametec here. | M | 30 | 8 months | 3/31/2006 |