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Lamictal and depression: has this happened to anyone else?

Mon, 09/22/2008 - 15:04
Topic: Medication Issues
I started lamictal nearly a year ago and had very few problems when I first went on it. I was first on depakote but due to the idea that I may go away for college I had at the time, I went on lamical. For the a good few months I felt fine and like my old self. Back in the spring I had started to feel bad on myself which at the time I attributed to the fact I couldn't get the loan I needed to go to my first choice college but  recently I have been feeling so much worse. I feel like I am not worth people's time and and like I was never meant for anything in life. Life has just become a dull repeat everyday already and I don't know how to deal. I want to know if this happend to anyone else who has taken lamictal to help to determine treatment.

Comments

I hope everything worked out

Submitted by Phoenixstar88 on Tue, 2017-09-12 - 13:45
I hope everything worked out wonderfully for you and you're living a great, happy life now!!

Lamictal and depression: has this happened to anyone else?

Submitted by guji on Thu, 2009-06-18 - 20:07

People with epilepsy (like me) have deppresion,and anxiety.If you change your medication,it will be the same.

I took:Dilantin,Depakote,Topamax,Keppra,Lamictal.Carbatrol,Phenobarbitul.None of them helped my anxiety,

deppresion,and concentration.If 2-3 medication does not work,mostly the fourth,fifth and sixth one is not going

to work either.If your siezure come from Temporal lobe,you could be a good candidate for surgery.My memory

like other epileptic patient, is not working good,and having surgery MAY stop my memory get worse than right

now. If you want more information about epilepsy medication go to: www.rxlist.com

Good luck to you and others

 

People with epilepsy (like me) have deppresion,and anxiety.If you change your medication,it will be the same.

I took:Dilantin,Depakote,Topamax,Keppra,Lamictal.Carbatrol,Phenobarbitul.None of them helped my anxiety,

deppresion,and concentration.If 2-3 medication does not work,mostly the fourth,fifth and sixth one is not going

to work either.If your siezure come from Temporal lobe,you could be a good candidate for surgery.My memory

like other epileptic patient, is not working good,and having surgery MAY stop my memory get worse than right

now. If you want more information about epilepsy medication go to: www.rxlist.com

Good luck to you and others

 

Re: Lamictal and depression: has this happened to anyone else?

Submitted by Elvera on Fri, 2010-04-02 - 05:49
Good day all I have been diagnosed with TLE ('dejavu' type seizures)a week ago and I am on my 7th day of Lamictal meds. I have never in my life been depressed (yes, I have had an 'off' day once in a while ... like most people do), but I am finding myself thinking of suicide, how I will do it, what I will write in my suicide letter etc. At the same time while actually having these thoughts I am thinking to myself that I am not thinking rationally. I am blaming the medication for this sudden burst of depression. I know that the shock of realizing that I have TLE can have a psychological effect but I cannot think it will have an effect on my mood to this degree. I have sent an e-mail to my doctor to ask him if he is aware of Lamictal causing depression. Will let you know what he has to say on the subject. Good luck to all of you and thank you very much for asking this question as I was searching all over Google and could only find 'positive' writings on Lamictal's effect on Bipolar I depression. Elvera

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