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Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegretol?
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 13:19Topic: Medication Issues
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
Comments
lamictal side effects
Submitted by kimcove3 on Fri, 2007-12-07 - 16:53
i was on depakote for years and the weight gain was normal. well who knows cause i started it when i was 13 and played soccer alot!
i am getting old enough to have children (27 years old) and decided to switch of Depakote even though o was used to it controlling my seizures.
Now i am on Lamictal (250 x 2) and Keppra (200 x 2). Keppra works for grand mals but they put me on lamictal as well to help my moods in case going of the depakote would change my neutrality (lamictal and keppra are mood stabilizers). even though i am not bipolar they think being on a mood stabilizer for so long can change the chemistry of the brain.
ANYWAY, if you have grand mals, its hard to choose a medication just for the side effects. you have to control the seizures because the risk is high of injury or death. and we dont wnat that, do we?
if you are on lamictal, go on keppra as well so that maybe if you are going to gain weight you can counteract it with keppra that causes weight gain. i have lost 10 pounds. my parents almost thought i was anorexic! haha!
I'm on lamictal I started
Submitted by shvesther91@hotmail.com on Sun, 2020-05-31 - 08:50
I'm on lamictal I started from 96 pounds I'm over 115 I'm short. I'm 4" 9 half... Love how lamictal helps me with my moods.. Which is why I take it. I don't have bipolar though... Bpd....
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