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Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegretol?

Mon, 08/13/2007 - 13:19
Hi everyone, For anyone who is or has been on lamictal, what has been your experience as far as weight changes or any other side effects with lamictal? I tend to gain weight very very easily and am looking for another med to try. I'm currently on Topamax and while it has been great as far as the weight loss, I just can't stand the side effects anymore. I'm constantly sick and cannot eat not anything. I'm also looking for a med that I can safely be on if I happen to become pregnant and this looks to be like one of them... Or how about Tegretol? Do any of you have favorable results with Tegretol as far as fewer side effects? Thanks :-) Elizabeth

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Re: Re: Re: Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegretol?

Submitted by Seruzies on Sun, 2007-09-09 - 23:36
Phenobarbatol is one med I've never tried. I wonder why after all this time of having E, no one has ever tried this one on me. How bad are the side effects of phenobarbatol? I'm currently on Lamictal and hate the side effects and have been putting on weight. Dilantin doesn't seem to bother me much. Depakote just seemed like a worthless drug as far as my E is concerned.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegret

Submitted by pan06 on Mon, 2007-09-10 - 22:09
I have had VERY bad weight gain with my lamictal. It seems that everytime I have a seizure (and my meds get increased) I gain more weight, without eating the food. I hate it. I was on Dilantin and all it did was make my thyroid lower and made my meds less effective, causing me to increase my dose. I hate taking all the meds b/c they make me EXTREMELY tired.

Re: Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegretol?

Submitted by memaw1 on Mon, 2007-09-10 - 23:21
Hello everyone, I hope its okay to join in on ya's conversation about the meds. and weight gain stuff. Well I am 42 and have had grand mal seiz. since I was 16 years. I have tooken just about everything there is out there I am sure there a a few that I haven't took but as of this point I am on Keppra,Deppakote ER, Lamictal,now that last one I just started 4 weeks ago. And with all those other meds I went from weighing anywhere of 135 to 145 in my early twentys to now of 220 to 228 up and down and I really try to watch how much I eat and what I eat I have never been a big sweets eater or chocolate and I am not a big eater period but my weight has totally doubled and my height is 5'8". I have for years tried to talk to my doctors I say doctors because I have switched a few times but none of them even act like I know what I am talking about they litterly just blow off the weight thing and tell me to start exercisiing more and walk, well they just go on this long list of things they beleive I am not doing and should be doing it really upsets me but no one will listen. Even now my husband will go along with them when they are saying this stuff. I will however admit the last time I went to my family dr. my husband did bring that topic up himself and said he wanted to know why my weight has changed so much. Well lets just say that family dr. stunk as well he just made jokes of my symtoms of why I was there and get this (to my face even) I just don't get it. I will also say I have not had a seizure since starting the lamictal (4wks ago) and for me that is totally awsome! and looking good.

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