Lamictal - switch to generic lamotrigine?

I am happy to be able to communicate with someone that can understand and knows how you really feel cheri wells I just wanted to let people out there know that I was on Lamictal, had some side effects of dizziness feeling neusous in the mornings but my seizures were getting better and I did not want to experiment with another drug at the time, because of insurance reasons I went on the generic drug, no more side effects, seizures not as often.

I didnt put two and two together for a few days, but after taking the 400 mg of the generic (I was taking the brand before) in the morning, I would become disoriented, eyes couldnt focus, nauseated, couldnt walk in a straight line, altogether a strange feeling.  My PCP saw nothing wrong and treated me for dizziness and the headache, which was overkill to me, plus I was overly groggy at that point. All kinds of labs, CT, x-rays, the whole routine and everything was normal.  Turns out mail order company (90 days supply) had switched me to the geneic Lamtogrine, which turned out to be the problem, my psych MD reduced it by half and now I am fine, although now he doesnt know if I am at a therpeutic level (take it for bi-polar) yet.  In any case, he's filing a complaint to the FDA.  In other words, I was overmedicating myself because the strengths differed so much.  Hope everyone would keep an eye out for the changes that can occur with this switch.  The symptoms would abate after a while, mostly into the late afternoon, but my Psychiatrist and I found the problem ourselves.  That after a day in the ER and a lot of money later.  Watch out... Dawn Marie

I know exactly how you feel, too, because it was within six or eight months I was switched to Lamotrigne and found my vision got blurry if I moved too fast and within three days of that happening my legs just buckled before I left for work.  My legs and mid torso were like  butter.  I couldn't move my legs.  Thank God my family was home because my sister had to take me to the ER.  I had to stay for a full day because the neurologist declared I had a toxic overdose.  Apparently Lamotrigne is stronger because the dosage was the same as the Lamictal.