LAMICTAL CD Reviews (LAMOTRIGINE)Average Rating: 3.1 (135 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LAMICTAL CD with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LAMICTAL CD | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bipolar/depression | felt tired in beginning but helps me from going into adepressive episode and helps stabalize my moods blurry vison though maybe a little weight gain | F | 32 | 1 years | 2/26/2007 | 1 | Pain from lower back injury | This is the WORST medication ever. Period. I was given the "beginnner pack" where the doses are increased over time. After 48 hours I suffered terrible vision problems and headaches. I called the doctor's office. I was told there was no way possible that it was the meds and to continue taking them. I was told it would reduce my pain significantly. HA. It reduce everything BUT my pain level. On the fourth day I was experiencing comatose symptoms for the first 4 hours. Then followed by 4 hours of hallucinations, ranting, raving, pacing, and uncontrollable crying....not to mention severe insomnia. I know what it feels like to be litterally losing your mind. My husband called the doctor to tell him of my side effects. The doctor told him there was no way that could happen and to take me to our local psych hospital. Funny...never was psychotic prior to taking this med, and even funnier, wasn't psychotic when I took myself off. It wasn't me. It was the pills. Listen | I would NOT ever recommend this drug to ANYONE. Ever. Period. | F | 42 | 5 days | 2/24/2007 | 5 | Bipolar | I have joint pain and sweat a lot. No rashes, no noticable increase in forgetfullness (I think). Weight gain? | Despite any possible side effects which I can't blame just on Lamictal, this is the best drug I have been on. I have been able to stop Lithium and I'm more stable than I had been. I wouldn't trade it for any other. | M | 52 | 2 years | 2/9/2007 | 4 | Epilepsy | a little sleepy | Have anyone taking this medication suffered from arthritis or severe joint pains? I'm wondering if this is a long term effect of Lamictal. Arthritis does not run in my family. | F | 30 | 7 years | 1/30/2007 | 4 | mood disorder | water retention and painful breast during period, loss of words | seems to be helping...negative thoughts are reduced and more controllable. I feel more optimistic. LOVED Topamax, made me lose weight -- untill i got the severe red eye problem, which is very dangerous. Tried Tegratol, which worked well, but made me FAT!!! | F | 43 | 3 months | 1/29/2007 | 4 | mood disorder | water retention and painful breast during period, loss of words | seems to be helping...negative thoughts are reduced and more controllable. I feel more optimistic. LOVED Topamax, made me lose weight -- untill i got the severe red eye problem, which is very dangerous. Tried Tegratol, which worked well, but made me FAT!!! | F | 43 | 3 months | 1/29/2007 | 4 | mood disorder | water retention, memory loss | F | 43 | 3 days | 1/29/2007 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | NONE | This drug has helped me immensely. I went from wanting to kill myself every minute of everyday to being much more energetic, able to concentrate more easily. This is the first time in my entire twenty four years that I can say I am whole and happy!! Awesome drug. Start up is slow but stick it out it will help you. | F | 24 | 3 months | 1/21/2007 | 5 | Depression | A little hard finding the right word at first and a couple of strange dreams. The side effects have gotten much better as time passes. No other side effects so far. | I was diagnosed with medication resistant depression about 5 years ago. The depression was so deep I was suicidal at times. I have tried seven anti-depressants, Wellbutrin twice. They would kind of work for a short time on the maximum doses but then the depression would fade back in. My doc talked me into trying Lamictal 7 weeks ago and this is the first time, in a long time, I can say "I feel Good". The depression lifted after taking Lamictal for 4 days. I feel I can focus better at work and have more energy. I am taking 50mgs morning and night and 200mgs of Wellbutrin SR. This is working for me but if it doesn't for you, don't give up. There is one or a combination of drugs that can help. As a good friend says "Better living through Chemistry" Thank God they are still finding new ways to approach our problems. | M | 57 | 7 weeks | 1/17/2007 | 4 | bipolar | None. I vame up very slowly from 25mg per day, increasing 25mg every week. i.e., week-1 25mg daily, week-2 50mg daily, week-3 75mg daily, and week-4 100mg daily. | I have been taking this drug for one year. I started with Wellbutrin XL 300mg for moderate depression & work related stress, then several months after starting the Wellbutrin, my doctor added 100mgof Lamictal. I recently wen to 200mg per day. Lamictal made a very big difference in my mood and ability to deal with stressfull situations. Prior to Lamictal, a stressfull situation, at work or home, frequently would trigger internal rage, and the rage would ruin my day, put me in a faul mood, etc. Lamictal really helped. I did not want to think that I was bipolar, afterall, I am 43 years old, a succesfull executive with a wife and three childres, a scout leader, etc. but, based on the positive change this drig has made in my life, I guess I must be bipolar. The only reason a I gave it a 4 rather than a 5 is because after about 12 months of use, I had to double my dose from 100mg to 200mg per day, as I slowly started to feel my rage-reaction creeping back into my life. | 43 | 1 years | 12/16/2006 | 1 | mood disorder | I had to be hospitalized after taking medication for less than one month. did okay on 25 mg but got ill as soon as dosage was upped to 50 mg. Caused congestive heart failure anemia, and liver damage. | F | 50 | 20 days | 12/7/2006 | 1 | mood disorder | I had to be hospitalized after taking medication for less than one month. did okay on 25 mg but got ill as soon as dosage was upped to 50 mg. Caused congestive heart failure anemia, and liver damage. | This s a good medicine for someone. It is most definitely not for me | F | 50 | 20 days | 12/7/2006 | 1 | bipolar | prolonged psychosis | my nurse practitioner refused to admit there could be any correlation between my symptoms and the drug | M | 38 | 1 years | 12/1/2006 | 3 | bi polar disorder / depression | Confusion, insommnia, extreme joint pain | At 175 mg. a day, I become confused, couldn't type or finish a sentence. Max dose I can take is 150 mg. which isn't really enough to relieve the symptoms, and some confusion remains. It helps quite a bit with the depression, only "sort of" with the mania. I have recently developed extreme joint pain. I forgot my meds for a couple of days and the pain completely disappeared. When I resumed the meds, the pain came back. My suspicion is that Lamictal is causing the joint pain. | F | 65 | 4 years | 11/24/2006 | 4 | bpd 1, depressive episode | sleeping all day and can't get to sleep at night(could be from depression, stomach pain at each increase as well as blurry vision, horrible vivid dreams, overall groggy feeling | lamictal got me out of a suicidal depression because antidepressants make me manic (while still being depressed), and anxious..i am still in a depression however and am at 250 milligrams. i have mixed state at nighttime however. | F | 30 | 3 days | 11/7/2006 | 3 | manic | F | | 11/6/2006 | 2 | depression possible bi-polar | headaches, cold sores, flu-like symptoms, sore throat ,body aches , irritability, anxiety, itchy eyes | did fine on 25mg. for first two weeks. I noticed problems as soon as the dose increased to 50 mg.s on 19th day dr. said stop taking it | F | 41 | 18 days | 10/31/2006 | 1 | epilepsy | Free floating anxiety, shortness of breath, forgetfulness, insomnia, intestinal pain, difficulty urinating. | Trying a new anticonvulsant drug made me realize how much pharmicists don't know about the human condition. I am not a spiritualist or even a religious person, but this drug had a way of sucking my soul into the netherworld. I am so happy to fall back on the drug I had been taking for 24 years: Dilantin. | M | 43 | 40 days | 10/20/2006 | 1 | bipolar | WARNING - IF YOU GET *ANY* RASH, DISCONTINUE IMMEDIATELY. THE RASH ITSELF IS NOT LIFE-THREATENING BUT IT IS *INDICATIVE* OF SOMETHING POORLY UNDERSTOOD BUT POTENTIALLY LETHAL GOING ON IN THE BODY. (OK if you get a little heat rash, that's one thing....) I CONSULTED THREE PHYSICIANS ABOUT DELETERIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS (psychiatrist, internal med doc, dermatologist) WHO ALL NEGLECTED GSK'S FRONT PAGE WARNINGS. WHEN THE PHYSICIANS WERE SHOWN THE EXACT BOLD-PRINT WARNINGS SPECIFIED BY GSK THEY ALL DISREGARDED THE WARNINGS AND ADVISED I CONTINUE ON THE MEDICATION. AS A RESULT THE DRUG NEARLY KILLED ME. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT NO ONE IS ABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE A GOOD RASH FROM A BAD ONE. PHYSICANS ARE IN GENERAL POORLY TRAINED AT IDENTIFYING DRUG-RELATED PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY AUTOIMMUNE ONES. I KNOW BECAUSE I AM ONE. WE ARE SPOON-FED NEW MEDS AND FALSELY TRUST IN WHAT HAS BECOME AN INSUFFICIENT DRUG SAFETY TESTING SYSTEM. WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO EXECUTE DRUG SAFETY TESTING | | 9/22/2006 | 1 | Bipolar rapid cycling | slow buildup of severe autoimmune problems that went undetected by three different physicians. first I started getting rashes and boils. I developed asthma. Vertigo. Open sores on my scalp. Severe allergies. In the last six weeks of taking it I developed an ulcer in my bladder and suffered a sinus infection that beat out some of the strongest antibiotics known. Sinus infections that keep swelling and keep beating antibiotics This drug would have likely killed me if I didn't have the professional expertise I have to determine the source of my problems. | Various autoimmune-like symptoms continue even 18 months after discontinuing lamictal. I still suffer asthma attacks and rashes. No history of asthma, rashes, sores, etc., before the drug but they are all part of my daily life now. Other minor chronic problems I had before taking the lamictal (urinary/bladder, allergies) have been permanently exacerbated it seems. Discontinuing the drug did cause the sinus infection and inflammation to go away--within 36 hours. Lamictal was incredibly effective for bipolar disorder for me, particularly because it induced no cognitive deficits and I have a mentally highly-demanding job. The stuff works. But it is also dangerous to the point that it is deadly. Word has it that the manufacturer of lamictal is internally and secretly investigating claims that it causes asthma. Anyway, killing a patient is not the best way to rid someone of a disease. It sort of defeats the purpose. Before the drug I was basically a very healthy person with bipol | F | 35 | 15 months | 9/22/2006 |