Lamotrigine for Epilepsy User Reviews (Page 3)

Brand names: Lamictal, Lamictal XR, Lamictal ODT, Lamictal CD, Subvenite

Lamotrigine has an average rating of 6.1 out of 10 from a total of 70 reviews for the treatment of Epilepsy. 44% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 31% reported a negative experience.

Reviews for Lamotrigine

Spiller
Taken for 1 to 2 years
January 28, 2018

"I have been on this medication for 12 months, I take 150mg per day, 75mg in the morning and 75mg in the evening. My side effects are memory loss, remembering peoples names, going into a room and forgetting what I went in for, my worst experience was forgetting to put any trousers on. I suffer from constipation, I have to take fibagel twice a day, I have blurred vision and suffer mood swings."

7 / 10

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Sam
Taken for 2 to 5 years
January 31, 2021

"I began taking lamotrigine 4 years ago after a couple of seizures. Initially when I went on it, I noticed increased anxiety but wasn’t sure if that was caused by the drug or simply that it was a very stressful time. I’ve always had some mood issues so for the last 4 years it’s been hard to know if the lamotrigine was a cause or not. I decided a couple of months ago I wanted to try coming off of it and switch to a different med to see what happened. Well, I didn’t like the new med so I had my doctor put me back on lamotrigine. I’ve been taking it for only 2 days at 25mg and my mood has been absolutely horrible. Severe anxiety, irritability and rage that comes out of nowhere. I have never had a seizure since taking it, so it has obviously worked well for that, but feeling this way is too great of a cost, so I will not be continuing."

2 / 10

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Music...
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
October 10, 2021

"It's a very calm medicine being diagnosed of ADHD after catching the virus of meningitis. It has been a very long 9 year journey for me. It helps with seizures, a lot of anxiety, hyper-ness, depression, and stress. I've been taking it for up to 9 months to 1 year. I'm currently a 23 year old woman. I became sick with the virus at 14 so yesss I've been in a good five through six medications throughout the nine years and this is a very good one !!!! It's also prescribed for bipolar depression."

8 / 10

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Derek
Taken for 1 to 2 years
July 26, 2021

"I was on lamotrigine for 18 months now was taking 150 2 times a day I decided to go take the full 200mg like the Dr said. Wow this is difficult. The 150mg had break through seizures but man this dose has me feeling depressed. I would give the depression a 5 out of 10 rating but man this really is such a big change it feels. Everything isn't so important as once use to be. I have a so what character now but only been on it 5 days have to give it a chance. The 150mg dose had to many break through seizures"

4 / 10

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Mya
Taken for 6 months to 1 year
October 16, 2021

"I've been on lamotrigine since February, 2021. It's helped control my seizures. But doesn't help with my anxiety, bi polar or anything else it's supposed to do. Though I still recommended lamotrigine to others, prescribed by a doctor."

10 / 10

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Scott
October 25, 2020

"My doc switched me from tegretol to lamotrigine. 600mg a day. Combined with Keppra. It didn’t stop my seizures. I became light sensitive to the headlights of on coming traffic at night. And at night, when laying down I had issues breathing. So my doc finally agreed to take me off the medication. Switched it to clobazam."

2 / 10

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Richie
Taken for 5 to 10 years
December 7, 2021

"I was prescribed Lamotragine a few years ago now for an alternative drug for my epilepsy. This drug doesn’t seem to work either but is very good for giving me anxiety attacks and suicidal thoughts. I have already tried to take my own life once. This said, the Mental Health team subsequently asked me if (bluntly speaking) I would think of doing it again or actually do it again but I couldn’t give a 100% no. This along with my irregular sleep pattern, feeling depressed and next to no motivation and double vision from time-to-time makes me angry and frustrates me knowing that I have been prescribed drugs for a condition that seems to unearth others that have pretty much always been dismissed let alone even thought of. Anxiety is the worst. I’m constantly on edge. I just finished a course that deals with anxiety and it’s early days but if I’m honest, doing the methods learned I can say they will probably not work and inappropriate to do in public without stares from others."

2 / 10

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Water...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
February 1, 2020

Lamictal (lamotrigine) "I developed Tardive Dyskinesia after less than 2 months on lamictal for depression"

1 / 10

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Yuck
Taken for 1 to 6 months
January 24, 2022

Lamictal (lamotrigine) "Hives, dry mouth, dry eyes, vision change and dry patches of skin under my eyes. 150 mg for a few weeks. All these symptoms have been with me even a week after stopping this med."

1 / 10

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Sneak...
Taken for 2 to 5 years
October 22, 2022

Lamictal (lamotrigine) "It’s given me my life back. I have a sense of safety if I’ve taken my medicine routinely. I can go about my days almost as normal as everyone else."

10 / 10

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Alexis...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
April 21, 2019

"Of all the 4 medications I’ve tried, lamotrigine is the only one that’s effective for my epilepsy, I have no side effects either. Best of them all."

10 / 10

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Cycle...
Taken for 10 years or more
November 13, 2022

Lamictal XR (lamotrigine) "I’ve been taking it for 20+ yrs. I give it an A+ for me"

10 / 10

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Jack
Taken for 5 to 10 years
October 18, 2021

Lamictal (lamotrigine) "Lamictal caused rare horrendous side effects for me - massive appetite increase, significantly higher blood sugar (hyperglycemia) and muscle loss."

2 / 10

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Bluef...
January 31, 2017

"I have been on this drug since I was diagnosed epilepsy in 2001. It was a hard journey figuring out the dosage, but I'm seizure free on medication, so it's been wonderful."

10 / 10

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Chris
Taken for 1 to 6 months
February 11, 2021

"Terrible at high dose of 400mg 2 to 3 hours sleep per day. Constipation, then the skin crawling, could not even lay still, then the itching. Then I stopped. Would NEVER take again."

1 / 10

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Jess
Taken for 5 to 10 years
December 14, 2020

"On Lamotrigine for Grandmal seizures"

10 / 10

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Anon
Taken for 2 to 5 years
March 25, 2023

Lamictal (lamotrigine) "Lamictal 225mg with Keppra 1750mg and Topamax 300mg all twice daily. still, some breakthrough seizures. I find Lamictal has helped the most."

8 / 10

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Anonymous
Taken for 1 to 2 years
January 3, 2023

"This didn't work for my epilepsy"

1 / 10

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Okond...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
July 17, 2020

"Epitec brand of lamotrigine and it is good in controlling epilepsy in my case but it causes diplopia and visual problems"

5 / 10

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sajev...
Taken for 5 to 10 years
October 4, 2022

"Helps with seizures as an add-on with clonazepam at night with serequel 100 ."

7 / 10

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allan
June 5, 2024

"My son has been on this for over 5 years. It is an incredible medication! It has given us our happy boy back after being on Keppra! I would recommend this medication to anyone that needed it."

10 / 10

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AKA...
Taken for 2 to 5 years
July 9, 2024

"I have now been on this medication for more than two years. Prior to that, I was on Zonisamide, which was a horrible experience. I would definitely recommend lamotrigine."

9 / 10

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