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Lamictal and depression: has this happened to anyone else?
Mon, 09/22/2008 - 15:04Topic: 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.
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I found out I had epilepsy
Submitted by Gemma169 on Sat, 2020-01-18 - 10:10
I found out I had epilepsy when I was about 13 - 14 I think, i am now 22 and at the beginning of taking lamotrigine i used to feel a little sad now and then but then it went away. when i got older i was taking 150mg lamotrigine and 1000mg Kepra day and night. Only a couple days ago I was put up to 175mg lamotrigine day and night as well as the 1000mg kepra but even a couple days before that I started to get a bit down and but now it seems like every day I at least end up feeling down or crying my eyes out in the bathroom for no reason. Today I have been feeling the same again and ended up crying my eyes out again. I have been keeping this to my self but the other day my nan noticed I was very quiet. Is this nothing and should I just leave it be for now and see if it gets better or could it be the medication I am on?
I take it for epilepsy. I
Submitted by Eddie4ever on Thu, 2019-06-27 - 16:42
I take it for epilepsy. I have been on 100mg for several years. My doctor wants too take me off one of my medications, so he increased my Lamictal an additional 75mg. So I’m taking 175mg each night. I started feeling depressed about a week ago and my stomach hurts all the time. I think it’s from the Lamictal. I just want too sleep all day.