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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Bipolar & depression | At 200mg-Cant breathe or sleep well (wake up 5 hours after getting to bed), heart beats crazy,acne (not too bad), grinding teeth.Beginning dose-knot in throat (glands) and aggitation-went away. Bad dizziness too! I fell over! | Going back to 150mg again. I may have increased to 200mg too fast.1-2 days of increase dose, I get agitated but it goes away and works so great for depression and the aggitation (I dont scream and yell like a maniac or want to yell). | F | 31 | 2 months | 6/20/2005 | 3 | Bi Polar Disorder | excessive salivation,increase body odor, nausea | Mood swings aren't as bad. Things don't bother me as much as they use to. No highs or lows just middle of the road.However, after a few weeks on 100mg I began to have side effects.I can't seem to tolerate the amount needed to effectively control my symptoms. The constant mouth watering is terrible and sometimes makes me nauseated. I have reduced the dosage and take it at night.Hopefully this will work. | F | 36 | 2 months | 6/13/2005 | 5 | depression side of bi-polar | acne. I can't _guarantee_ the acne is related to the lamictal, as I'd been under a bit of stress with the depression, and it's remotely possible the acne was related to that - but I've never had acne in the past with stress and/or depression, and the acne has continued where the depression hasn't and the stress has lessened (if not gone away). | I was miserable on depakote (fatigued, miserable, lifeless). I've been on Trileptal for a while and was doing great 'til I got depressed and that started getting bad, so my dr. added lamictal, low dose. I didn't expect much but had an effect within days. It was odd, because I almost _wanted_ to be depressed. I thought I should be miserable, but I just wasn't. The difference was dramatic and so very appreciated. I felt _normal_, and it was wonderful. Oh, and it still is. It's only been 3 weeks, but it's been all good despite situational life problems that would normally get me depressed. | F | 35 | 3 weeks | 6/8/2005 | 5 | Bipolar II Depressive Episode | when titrating the initial the dose up, i noticed strange facial tics around my mouth and experienced excessive drowsiness. this stopped within a couple of weeks. after about 3 months my mood lifted and i am fine since my first break in 2000, that fortunately was my only break and i swear i am going to take Lamictal till the day i die! no jokes i don't want to go thru the hell of hospitalization and all the baaaaaaaaaad things that happened ever again if it can be hepled by me | current dose: 75mg AM 100mg noon 50mg pm. no problems with any rash. but i do find that it disturbs my sleep so i take the smallest dose at bedtime | F | 45 | 5 years | 6/8/2005 | 1 | Seizures | Onset of new seizures, skin-crawling, vision problems, hyperactivity, nervousness, sleep problems, suspect hallucinations, new frontal lobe EEG abnormalities, rash, sores in mouth, mood changes, extreme clumsiness/off-balance | Made my son (and me) crazy -- turned my happy 2 year old into a whiney miserable ball of nervousness in 6 short weeks while trying to slowly increase dosage (never got anywhere near a theraputic level) -- son was grabbing for things in the air that did not exsist and was trying to climb through walls. New onset seizures since going on lamictal, and EEG abnormalities of the frontal lobe when all previous EEG's were normal. | M | 2 | 6 weeks | 6/8/2005 | 4 | partial complex seizures | M | 10 | 2 years | 6/7/2005 | 4 | Bipolar | None, until hitting 200 mg then, lower back, neck and joint pain. Short term memory problems, itching skin but no rash, metallic taste in mouth, irritability (could be from not feeling well), sleepiness, dizziness, occasional nausea, cough, sinus and nasal congestion. | I have gone back to 150 mg for the time being, hoping to relieve some of the side effects, hopefully I will be able to go back up to 200mg. Lamictal has been a wonderful mood stabilizer for me. My anxiety, depression, social anxiety all seem to be under control. I am still skeptical because I am a rapid cycler and have been on numerous drugs with no long term relief. Despite the side effects I am hoping this will work for me. The cost is in my opinion astronomical (no prescription coverage) and I am on a fixed disability income. | F | 53 | 4 months | 6/4/2005 | 5 | Depression | Night Sweats | After 20 years of depression and going through many SSRIs this medicine has really helped (in conjunction with parnate 30mg a day). The only side effect so far has been the night time sweating which began after uping the dose to 200mg a day. I found this site while searching for info. regarding this. I will be asking my doctor about it as if it continues the lack of sleep caused by the sweating may make it difficult to continue. Hopefully its temporary or I can lower the dose. | F | 40 | 2 months | 6/2/2005 | 1 | seisures | I was in lawschool and decided to switch from Dilantin to Lamictal because my Doctor said that lamictal did not create the drowsiness associated with dilantin. The Doctor was dead wrong. I went off the medication after just 4 months because I was always sleepy and my brain ceased the ability to concentrate. I had to read the same sentence over and over again just to understand a single sentence, but under Dilantin, my reading comprehension was extremely high (I could read without re-reading sentences) as evidenced by my above average grades and high LSAT scores. My average dropped from a high B from previous semesters to a pathetic C-. Once a went back to Dilantin my cognitive function improved, and I went back to making B's (which in lawschool is pretty good). Also, Lamictal made me indifferent to the world around me, not good if your competitive. | This medication might make your brain slow down and cause you to be indifferent to anything that happens to you. Do not use this medication, especially if you think it will help your cognitive abilities and you are in a competitive academic field. | M | 4 months | 6/2/2005 | 1 | seisures | I had a seisure under this medication because unlike many other epilepsy drugs this drug cannot be monitored for drug levels. Instead, you find out whether you have the right dose by whether you have a seizure or not! My initial dose was too low, so I had a seizure. Also, this drug made me extremely sleepy and slowed my brain functions down considerably. | Slows down brain function, makes you tired, can't be monitored=BAD! | M | 5 months | 6/2/2005 | 4 | Bipolar 1 | Irritation to people around me | Well so far it has worked pretty well no complaints | F | 15 | 25 weeks | 6/1/2005 | 4 | Bipolar/depression | Night sweats; sleep disturbance | Seems to reduce depression; the side effects are relatively minor as long as you don't see a rash; it takes a long time to increase to the effective dose (about 200 mg) because you are supposed to watch out for the rash. | M | 33 | 2 months | 5/27/2005 | 3 | Mood Swings/Depression | Congestion, Dry Mouth, Headaches, restless sleep, bad dreams and intrusive thoughts. | Started very low dosage, immediately got congestion and flu like symptoms which lessened after two weeks. Increased dosage to 25mg for two weeks, felt good, very stable no mood swings, however some anxious intrusive thoughts that I couldn't shake. Increased dosage to 37.5mg, congestion worse, sleeping bad, bad dreams, headaches, depression and intrusive thoughts constantly. Also I have noticed I can't spell sometimes, and can't think of words that I used to use all the time. Is it possible that I am now on too high a dosage? I am seeing my doctor this week but have already gone back to taking 25mg. I started taking it because I had been on Prozac for ten years and it wasn't working for me anymore, also I was tierd of sexual side effects. I am still taking the prozac, but was supposed to be going off it once the Lamictal kicked in. Now I don't know what to try!!! | F | 39 | 9 weeks | 5/23/2005 | 4 | bpd, depression | Only 2 side effects; stiff legs, vivid dreams. | Tried many anti depressants, anti psychotic, and anti manic meds for bpd with depression. lamictal seems to be keeping my mood steady, without any bad side effects.So far, very impressed. Gonna try 5htp with it for a serotonon boost, will post again in 2 weeks. | M | 27 | 2 weeks | 5/21/2005 | 5 | seizures and mild tbi | manic, aggitated but I can think clearly now. some problems with lymph glands swelling and my tongue feeling fat with increased dosage at a fast rate so we had to increase the dosage at a very slow pace. | Since my head injury three and a half years ago, I was left with partial, tonic-clonic, absence, myoclonic and atonic seizures. I can not transfer short term memory into long term memory. And I could only handle one thing at a time without causeing a seizure. The lamictal has improved my thinking 90% but the side effect is my thoughts race and I can become very aggitated quickly. I sleeep four hours a day unless I take another medication to calm me down and help me to sleep. I have very few breakthrough seizures on the lamictal. They come from over doing it which is easy on the lamictal since the drugs makes me so hyper. I can process more information but I will still loose it if there is too much stimulation around me. Once we found out the lamictal was causeing me to have a personality change and I become aggitated so quickly (which can turn into a huge family fight). I can become very violent, irrational and refuse to take medication once I am too manic on the drug. We have set up a every 2-4 hour check in where I can talk to a family member or friend and calm down or vent. Trileptal has been helpful with the mania and so has the clonapin. I can also ride the bus without seizures and go into a store to shop now. Just be careful if the check out lines are too long. hehe. | F | 48 | 9 days | 5/20/2005 | 3 | Cyclothymic Bi-polar | I have this | F | 40 | 10 days | 5/20/2005 | 2 | Bipolar II | Vivid Dreams, Really negative and agressive, Hopelessness, Irritable | M | 41 | 1.5 months | 5/20/2005 | 3 | BPII, mostly depression, fast cycle | Very fine rash (like a heat rash) on arms when I started the meds at 25 mg. Went back to 12.5 mg and upped dose by 12.5 mg/wk until I was at 200 mg. With slow increase, no further rashy problems. | Now increasing from 200 mg/day, cutting back on lithium dosage, as I have more depression than hypomanias. (I also take Prozac 40mg/day--for 10 years) Lamictal is much easier for me to tolerate than Depakote, which caused hair loss, weight gain, excess sleep. Huge difference? Noticed one when I started lithium, less so w/Lamictal & gradual increase. Am hoping higher dosage adds more energy, motivation! | F | 45 | 1 years | 5/18/2005 | 1 | Bipolar | severe aniexty, depression, sadness, shakiness,dizziness.. This went on for many many months.. I trusted my Dr. I kept thinking it had to get better.. I wanted to get better. I thought it had to. it lead to suicidal thoughts.. i was monitored monthly by a Dr. I told him what was going on, he kept upping my dosage.. I was up to 400 mg.. He put me on respirdal with it, and 2 weeks later, I was inpatient with suicidal thoughts and ended up at 4 winds Mental Hospital. I am not on topamax and doing very well. some meds dont mix well with everyones brain chemistry. | this medicine is not for everyone | F | 36 | 8 days | 5/16/2005 | 5 | partial seizures | Short term memory loss and now after being on it for 9 years I have some long term memory loss. Chunks of time gone. Severe night sweats began in my late 30s. Easily bruise. Slower to process things. Keeps me on an even keel most of the time emotionally. | It has given me my life back. Depakoate was horrible, but I love Lamictal and inspite of the side effects, I will continue to take it. | F | 42 | 9 years | 5/13/2005 |