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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
Lamictal in my case is for
Submitted by Roadcan on Thu, 2018-03-29 - 18:31
Lamictal in my case is for depression , hellpra. No way :) I just had an RNS implanted. We willl see , I’m intractable with status. This started a few years ago and I’m no kid ♂️
I have used Lamictal for a
Submitted by annagebert on Wed, 2016-06-08 - 17:39
I have used Lamictal for a year and have developed problems with memory, concentration, disorientation and anxiety. Does anyone have experience if these symptoms get better after getting off the med or is the damage permanent? I feel like my brain is becoming less and less functional.
I've been on Lamictal for 9
Submitted by Marie Morgan on Sun, 2017-10-22 - 13:58
I've been on Lamictal for 9 years I just started noticing side effects I've been having here lately like Tremors upset stomach runny nose sore throat headaches dizziness double vision weakness I told my doctor what was going on and she said I was going to have a little bit of trimmers is okay but it's not okay it has gotten worse and I told her that and she seemed like she didn't want to change or change the medication so I decided to take myself off of it I have not had it in 2 weeks so right now I'm going through tremors some headache still and dizziness I'm a hairstylist I cannot work and I hate feeling this way about my life nauseation I've been having nauseation everyday for now on every medication I get for my doctor I will be looking it up and doing my own research if I see is long-term side effects that I know are going to harm me I would not take it right now I'm suffering short-term memory it's a lot of stuff I have been able to remember like my passwords to my account pin number to my accounts so I am getting ready to detox my body of every one of those drugs and start my life over that's how I feel I'm going to my herb stores and talk to them to find out things that I can help myself to for focus and memory it has to be a better way besides making doctors and the medication companies more Rich every day off of people like us.