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Lamictal
Fri, 05/04/2007 - 00:19Topic: Teen Zone
Does Lamictal make you extremely tired? I am wondering if it is this medicine, I can sleep anywhere anytime. :) Depakote made me gain weight, Lamictal makes me sleep, what is going to work for me?
Comments
Re: Re: Lamictal
Submitted by dksimo on Sat, 2007-05-05 - 22:49
David is presently taking 450 mg of Lamictal a day. He is just so tired. I am just worried. thanks
ps if you dont mind what type of seizures do you have?
Kim
Re: Re: Re: Lamictal
Submitted by IloveHistory on Thu, 2007-06-14 - 19:11
Hi!
I used to take Lamictin (South African brand-name for Lamotrigine/Lamictal) and it made me SO tired that I had to stop taking it! :( It would make me so tired that I could not even do my homework when I got home from school because I would just collapse from exhaustion! :(
Keep well! :)
Re: Lamictal
Submitted by perfect life518 on Fri, 2007-05-04 - 16:20
Hey, I'm on Lamictal, and I don't think it's the Lamictal that makes you tired. I had my dosage raised from 50 to 75 to 100 to 150, and I had no changes in how tired I was, as far as I know. I don't know if you may be different though, it might be in the side effects.