Does Lamictal help ADHD/ADD?

I would like to hear more people’s experiences on this topic, too! I was misdx w BPD2 decades ago as well as ADD Inattentive type, but I don’t know if that is a misdx or accurate.

Attention and mood are in the temporal lobe, which is where my simple partial seizures emanate from as well. Therefore, the lamotrigine, at 300 mg, which is a much higher dose than I was ever given it while being misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder, is not helping me with mood stabilization.

As far as attention is concerned, I don’t know what the effect has been on that because I have also been on 50 mg of Vyvanse this whole time. But, as I told my MHNP, I can prioritize tasks, but I can’t get myself to start them.

I have only been on the 300 mg of lamotrigine for a few months now, and the epilepsy is a brand new diagnosis for me—in my mid 50s!

So I’m wondering about this too!!

My plan is to transferr to the UCLA medical group or Cedars Sinai medical group so I can go to their Neuro psychiatric center to get myself checked out for REAL by a Neuro psychiatric team!!

Lamictal is an anticonvulsant and also used in treating mood disorders. There have been a few studies that suggested that it might also be effective for adult ADHD/ADD but these studies were done with patients who have ADHD/ADD in addition to Bipolar ll disorder and clinical depression.

I’ve been taking Lamictal since 2014, and while it was prescribed for seizures, I definitely noticed a small change in my ability to focus. That being said, I was also for a small time prescribed another med for ADD, which meant the Lamictal wasn’t enough on its own, so it probably varies from person to person.