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Long Term Lamictal Use and Side Effects
Mon, 08/14/2006 - 23:08Topic: Medication Issues
Hi All,
who among us has had to give up Lamictal after taking it a pretty good while? When I went on it around two years ago, I thought it was just the right med for me. Now I've started to struggle. My short term memory has gotten so bad, it's cost me two jobs. I'm always so dizzy, I feel as if I've had four or five beers. I've gone from the local Tabasco Kid to a diet so bland it would bore a baby. Go ahead and add in absentmindedness and clumsiness. Top it off with some plain old profound disorientation and major depression. In four or so months I'm a mess where I was a model. My new neuro just wanted to throw some Dilantin back in the med mix. (I'll die before that happens!) Help me out here folks. Anyone had Lamictal go sour on them? Or was it last years' brain surgery taking me for a roller-coaster ride?
It's been a long time gone for me. I hope my Family of Buddies are all doing well. I'm happy to be back. Peace- marko
Comments
If anyone is interested, I
Submitted by jasonvet1973 on Tue, 2018-03-13 - 19:15
If anyone is interested, I manage a Facebook page to support those who are discontinuing Lamictal. I was on it for 14 years and suffered from many withdrawal symptoms. The members consist of those who took the drug for both epilepsy and bipolar disorder. Please click this link if you would like to join. Thank you. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lamictal.theroadback/
Where do you start, and how
Submitted by Bosco on Fri, 2017-04-07 - 18:33
Where do you start, and how do you prove it was the drug that caused the symptoms
Hi! I have been on Lamictal
Submitted by ambercsmith on Wed, 2017-12-27 - 16:07
Hi! I have been on Lamictal since July - recently, since November, I have been having side effects that keep getting worse - once I decreased my dosage to 100mg 2x a day, they got a little better - but I insist on going off of the medication - my pharmacist and family doctor advised me how to slowly get off of it, but of course my neurologist won't allow it. I have been approaching a ketogenic diet, and am pursuing some herbal routes as well! I want this stuff out of my system too. My neurologist thinks I am crazy because I didn't initially have any skin reactions, and now I do, but also the entire time since July I have felt drunk, clumsier than usual ( I used to run 5 miles a day and now I just walk because I have no energy and fall) and I can't remember things. My husband and I own a business and it is really affecting my ability to do anything. How are the herbs and such working for you now? I would love to hear how you are doing!