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Lamotrigine: Side Effects

Fri, 09/08/2017 - 22:38
Has anyone experienced the side effect of compulsive behavior? Meaning increase in eating, shopping, etc? Thank you in advance.

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Hypomania is what I've

Submitted by Drinkie on Thu, 2017-09-14 - 00:09
Hypomania is what I've noticed . Followed by depression, anger, and sleepMy libido also increased, and i'm sure that is from the Lamictal . 

My side effects on lamictal

Submitted by jesgal on Wed, 2017-11-08 - 15:58
My side effects on lamictal (AKA lamotrigine) are terrible.  If I am daydreaming, my mind will wonder, then I have an outburst where I say, “Eeeeeii” or “I am OK.”  If my blood plasma levels drop, I have emotional outbursts and cry.  It is so hard, but I am seizure free. FWIW:  I have my first seizure when I was 13.  I have complex partial seizures of the temporal lobe, caused by poly-microgyria of both the left and right temporal lobes.  It took 31 years of tests and medications to find this diagnosis and I have been seizure free for about 5 years on Lamictal ER, 300 mg in AM/300mg in PM. 

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