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Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegretol?
Mon, 08/13/2007 - 13:19Comments
Re: Lamictal side effects/weight changes? Or Tegretol?
Submitted by Kybo on Sat, 2013-02-16 - 17:12
Hi There I have been on tegretol topomax, valproic acid. Tegretol worked for me except for the fact of ear hearing if you are a musician this can be a problem as if you hear a c note it becomes a b note down a semitone.
Other than that I was quite pleased with it. I still had seizures one every 6 months so my doctor wanted to put me on a more stable pill. so I went on Valproic acid or epival.
I was 160lbs and over the years I am now 230lbs.And i just eat regularly. I am now going to ask the doctor to put me back on lamacital. that worked great for me but I still had a seizure about every 6 months so I am going to ask him to increase the dosage and maybe top it off with some keppraxr.
Best of Luck
Hi There I have been on tegretol topomax, valproic acid. Tegretol worked for me except for the fact of ear hearing if you are a musician this can be a problem as if you hear a c note it becomes a b note down a semitone.
Other than that I was quite pleased with it. I still had seizures one every 6 months so my doctor wanted to put me on a more stable pill. so I went on Valproic acid or epival.
I was 160lbs and over the years I am now 230lbs.And i just eat regularly. I am now going to ask the doctor to put me back on lamacital. that worked great for me but I still had a seizure about every 6 months so I am going to ask him to increase the dosage and maybe top it off with some keppraxr.
Best of Luck
Re:Lyrica side effects/weight changes?
Submitted by STARSHINE15044 on Mon, 2009-07-27 - 07:28
Lyrica!! I started to take this after other meds just was not working. Meds work different on everyone. But after approx 6 or 7 months of taking Lyrica, i GAINED a total of 50lbs, i am 5ft3inches, and my vison got so messed up i could not focus, and , and can not stand any types of bright lights. I am back on Gabapentin but my doc's raised the dosage. I weighed 130lbs, and now i am 180lbs, i am not a big eater, even when i was pregnant with my babies, i only gained 26lbs with them and i dropped it all off, and was back to normal. Being this heavy really depresses me. My doctors said for the most part all the meds i am taking will put weight on me, and they all have side effects, some patiences have no side affects, others have alot. Bingo that is ME, and it makes me very depressed and sad, And it does not help when you haven't seen someone in eons and they make a comment i wasn't sure if that was you, because you sure beefed up. I just ignore the remark and go home with my man and cry. When i first started to take Lyrica the didn't have all the warnings they do now on TV, and it is True!! Good luck. When people have their health they sure do not realize how lucky they are.
Hi i just wanted give you all some insight, on
Lyrica!! I started to take this after other meds just was not working. Meds work different on everyone. But after approx 6 or 7 months of taking Lyrica, i GAINED a total of 50lbs, i am 5ft3inches, and my vison got so messed up i could not focus, and , and can not stand any types of bright lights. I am back on Gabapentin but my doc's raised the dosage. I weighed 130lbs, and now i am 180lbs, i am not a big eater, even when i was pregnant with my babies, i only gained 26lbs with them and i dropped it all off, and was back to normal. Being this heavy really depresses me. My doctors said for the most part all the meds i am taking will put weight on me, and they all have side effects, some patiences have no side affects, others have alot. Bingo that is ME, and it makes me very depressed and sad, And it does not help when you haven't seen someone in eons and they make a comment i wasn't sure if that was you, because you sure beefed up. I just ignore the remark and go home with my man and cry. When i first started to take Lyrica the didn't have all the warnings they do now on TV, and it is True!! Good luck. When people have their health they sure do not realize how lucky they are.