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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Migraine and aphasia | I didn't think I had any, but then I read this site and realized that I may have found the cause of my unexplained acne! | It's totally worth the acne. I am following a multi-part treament for my horrible migraine and mcs problems, and Lamictal has turned out to be a very important part of it. I started at 100mg per day and saw an improvement. My new doctor raised it (gradually) to 200mg, and now I really see a difference. I want to add to those exeperiencing rashes: my doctors were all very cautious about the rashes. I had to step up the dose of the drug very slowly, increasing 25mg at a time and staying at the new dose for at least a week and watching for symptoms. Perhaps starting at a very low dose and increasing slowly helps to prevent the rash. | F | 42 | 8 months | 9/8/2005 | 5 | bipolar | i have been losing alot of hair and wasn't realy sure why. it may be a side affect after reading other side effects that people have had. | i love lamictal. it has saved my life. i feel i would take it for the rest of my life. my mood has stabilized and now i have the right frame of mind to deal with the real issues in my life rather than the ones i used to make up due to my depression.the one thing that i have noticed is that my PMS is worse. i do feel down, but i just tell myself it will be over in a few days because i am able to reason with myself now and talk myself through the hard times. | F | 28 | 15 months | 9/8/2005 | 5 | BIPOLAR 2 | NONE | WONDERFULL.......SO To all who diagnosed bipolar 2 in all over the WORLD: I rimind this great statement of Shekspire " HE WHO HEZITATE IS LOST." FOR ME only ' NEW BORN AT 51 Y/O ' AMAZING. LAMICTAL SURPRISED ME. | M | 51 | 20 days | 9/1/2005 | 4 | Bipolar I | Very intense dreams. Trouble breathing sometimes. Stomach pain right after every increase, went away. Insomnia. | Im feeling great as far as my mood, but the dreams are really freaking me out. I am almost nervous to go back to sleep. They last all night dream after dream. | F | 19 | 2 months | 9/1/2005 | 2 | Bi Polar (atypical/rapid cycling) | Clearer thoughts and reduced tremors. Increased anger and much more difficult time knowing I am having a manic episode. | M | 35 | 20 days | 8/29/2005 | 5 | Epilepsy | Hair Loss, Night Sweats, Major Insomnia, Interfered with My Birth Control (unable to take it now). | Lamictal has been a godsend. It works great for me, I don't have seizures except on a RARE occasion, when I don't sleep for a week or two. Sleep deprivation will bring on a seizure for me but as long as I follow the rules I don't have any problems. This is the first drug that I like to take and the side effects aren't bad at all. | F | 34 | 4 years | 8/27/2005 | 5 | bipolar 1, anxiety | almost none | Oops, forgot to add; after moving from 200mg, to 250 and now to 300, the anxiety is pretty much gone! | F | 31 | 4 times | 8/18/2005 | 5 | bipolar 1, anxiety | Some mild memory loss at first ( it gradually tapers off)and shedding of hair , not sure if it's due to lamictal or my hair just being badly damaged and in need of a trim! | Fantastic drug almost no side effects. It has saved my life, I'm able to sleep and get up, instead of sleep 12-16 hours a day on geodon, and I'm not a zombie . I feel like a normal person again.No mania, rage or depression, just a few bad days once a month from pms. This stuff is fantastic!! | F | 31 | 4 months | 8/18/2005 | 4 | Epilepsy | I started on it in the winter and had night sweats frequently. Sometimes they were so bad that my shirt would be soaked when I woke up. As soon as the warm weather started, I have had excessive sweating all the time. I would be sweating profusely even when i didn't feel that hot. I have also had fatigue, weakness, and difficulty sleeping. My overall mood has also been very negetive. I have been depressed and more paranoid than usual. I work night shift and have been showing signs of sunlight deprivation. Some of these symptoms may be due to sunlight deprivation rather than Lamictal side effects. I am going to be changing shifts soon to see if that makes a difference. I was concerned about the severe sweating considering the list of side effects said nothing about it; but since I now see that others on Lamictal are having the same problem, I am not as worried about it. | The side effects can be a bit annoying, but I still like the drug. When I first started on it at the lower doses, I would feel the | F | 23 | 6 months | 8/16/2005 | 2 | Bipolar Disorder | Memory loss, muscle aches, dyslexia, sore throat, slight fever, tremors, headache, somnolence, uncoordinated, dizziness, disorientation, forgot how to drive in my own neighborhood. | I took Lamictal at night and the next day I felt foggy. The second day I had trouble spelling and typing, usually I'm very accurate, but I couldn't remember how to spell words I use every day. Had trouble at my transcribing job. I took it one more night and on the 4th day, I lost it. I had heart palpitations waking me up at night, woke up with severe back pain, then slept till 12:00 noon. Got heart palpiations again, later in the day, thought I was haing a stroke. I was in my car and couldn't remember which lane to make a left from and this was up my street. Couldn't remember how to drive, got panic attack, fortunately had an ativan and took that. Pulled off the freeway called my shrink, I was breathing heavy, crying, anxious and disoriented. She told me not to go to work and get off the pill. I'm very disappointed. I heard it was the only mood stabilizer that doesn't cause weight gain and I've tried many others. I gained 50 pounds on Geodon, Abilify and Trileptal and others. I finally lost 40 back and was very happy about that, but couldn't stop shopping way over my meager disability budget, got depressed when I guy broke up with me and suicidal. Prozac made me shop more and more manic, maybe a little happier. Lamictal did make me feel calmer for a few days and I thought it might help, but it's not for me, I had a severe reaction and not a safe one. | F | 45 | 3 days | 8/16/2005 | 4 | Epilepsy | night sweats, problems with birth control, swollen tonsils, problems with concentration and long/short term memory | Lamictal has done a pretty good job controlling seizures with a few exceptions. I am on the birth control pill, and the Dr. put me on Lamictal b/c he said it didn't interfere with the pill. WRONG!!! I was on my period for almost 7 months straight, while the Dr's experimented with different levels of hormones (The Depo-shot was the winner!). During this experimentation time I started having seizures as they increased the estrogen. So my neuro. increased the lamictal to 300mg/day. At this point I started getting annoying night sweats about 3 times/week, and my tonsils have been swollen for about 3 months now. I am so glad that I found this website b/c I started doing research on the internet, searching for | F | 26 | 16 months | 8/10/2005 | 4 | lamictal | sore throat, pain in ears, crazy dreams that even after I wake up they continue were they left off after falling back to sleep...bathroom issues and worring a little about possibility of some seriuos horrible skin rash killing me | I felt better almost right away racing thoughts have slowed down ...and I feel like I don't need to use alcohol any longer to sooth my condition..THIS IS A FIRST ...and I have been on many different medications.. | F | 39 | 3 weeks | 8/8/2005 | 4 | depression | Acne, joint pain in fingers, bruise more easily, weight gain, periods/PMS definitely worse. | I take 100mg Lamictal and 75mg Effexor daily. Nothing has ever worked as well as Prozac did for 3 years -- it then stopped working regardless of dose adjustment/combinations. But this combo has been pretty good; definite mood stabilization/elevation, and my thinking feels less scattered. Effexor on its own was never quite right. Unfortunately, the side effects suck. I'd finally been clear of acne for a while -- breaking out again definitely correlated with going on Lamictal, as did weight gain and PMS. The weight gain is minor. The joint pain, which I didn't see listed anywhere as a side effect til coming here and seeing that others have experienced it, freaks me out. I'm a writer/editor and type all day, and was afraid I was getting early onset arthritis or something. I've been using arnica gel 3-4x daily, which really helps. Pretty instant relief. I hate having to be on meds at all, but am glad to have found a combo that in the scheme of things doesn't have heinous side effects. | F | 34 | 4 months | 8/3/2005 | 5 | Bi-polar 2 | At first mile rash on upper arms, morning diareah and gas, slight headaches, even at 25mg racing thoughts went away. I did'nt know what they were till they went away! Who could know! Kept me wake if I took it at night, sleepy if in the AM. I set the alarm for 5:00AM take the dose and 1 ritalin. Even then I sometimes sleep longer. Occasional pimple in the same place usually. At 200mg morning tremors of hands and head bobbing. Extreme short term, some long term memory loss more deslexia typing and phone numbers. Doc. put me back to 100mg. Still have dexlexia but no more tremmors. Also on 10 mg ritalin 4x daily and xanax 1 or 2x. I think the ritalin helps me get out of bed in the am. Takes me a long time to motivate in the AM even so. Hope I can stay at 100mg. Break the 200mg in 2 and it's only 58.00 per month. | I feel almost like a new person. Not as much anxity, racing thoughts depression. After a month or so I looked at the sky and the whole world had gone from grey to technicolor. Wow. Still have some downs but I can reprogram bad thoughts before the fully form. | F | 47 | 3 months | 8/1/2005 | 3 | PTSD,bipolar mixed/w maj.dep.&axiet | A little drowsy, sometimes dizzy(not sure though, just uped my Topamx by another 100mg at the same time)some increased BMs, increased migraines(number and intensity), some increased sweating when I sleep(not a problem though). | I can't be sure yet if it's helping I have too many life situations that cause axiety attacks still. I also take Seroquel to help with bipolar, mood swings and insomnia. It works very well; it just makes me sleepy. I've been taking only 25mg at bedtime for 1 year and 25mg as needed for axiety attacks.I take Topamax for mood disorder and chronic dailey migraine; it just makes me sleepy at 100mg 2x a day. So far so good with the Lamictal at 25mg just 1x a day. I find if I just don't sit down when I get sleepy; if I keep moving I'm okay. Of course, the bonus is I'll lose some more weight. I Lost 20lbs when I started Topamax. Ya!!! No weight gain, no acne! | F | 28 | 15 days | 7/30/2005 | 5 | BiPolar I | Both drowsiness and insomnia, slight clumsiness/dizziness and lack of coordination, sweat more during exercise, skin bruises easily. | I've taken nearly every available SSRI and have been on medication since age 14. This is the only medicine that has helped the depression without triggering mania. Having been hospitalized at least once a year, I was getting desperate and considering ECT. This was my last hope. Used in conjunction with Lithobid, Lamictal has made a significant improvement in my quality of life. The side effects are annoying but are far outweighed by the benefits. | F | 24 | 1 years | 7/28/2005 | 5 | Bipolar II | Occasional confusion regarding word selection, similar to non-medicated | This is a very effective medication for BPDII. I use as monotherapy. This is the first time I can remeber feeling normal, whatever that means. The mood stabilization offers me the opportunity to deal with other underlying issues in BPDII. As a patient, I strongly recommend for depressives now identified as having more than clinical depression. | M | 50 | 1.5 years | 7/27/2005 | 5 | Bipolar II | Occasional confusion regarding word selection, similar to non-medicated | This is a very effective medication for BPDII. I use as monotherapy. This is the first time I can remeber feeling normal, whatever that means. The mood stabilization offers me the opportunity to deal with other underlying issues in BPDII. As a patient, I strongly recommend for depressives now identified as having more than clinical depression. | M | 50 | 1.5 years | 7/27/2005 | 3 | because of bipolar depression sdr | Stomach pain, head ache, agressivitity raising during weeks 5-6, dos 100 mg, only want to sleep, or beeing awake 48 hrs. Unable to do anything, I don't care of nothing. | Hard to tell so far, because less than 8 weeks gone from starting | M | 44 | 6 weeks | 7/25/2005 | 1 | Bi - polar mania | INSOMNIA!!!! Terrible insomnia! And also an increased level of anxiety. | In addition to the side effects, Lamictal did absolutely nothing as far as helping the condition which it was intended to treat. | M | 27 | 3 months | 7/24/2005 |