Lamotrigine for Epilepsy User Reviews (Page 3)

• Sco...
• October 25, 2020

"My doc switched me from Tegretol to lamotrigine. 600 mg a day. Combined with Keppra. It didn’t stop my seizures. I became light sensitive to the headlights of oncoming traffic at night. And at night, when laying down, I had issues breathing. So my doc finally agreed to take me off the medication. Switched it to clobazam."

• Spi...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 28, 2018

"I have been on this medication for 12 months. I take 150 mg per day, 75 mg in the morning and 75 mg in the evening. My side effects are memory loss, remembering people's names, going into a room and forgetting what I went in for. My worst experience was forgetting to put any trousers on. I suffer from constipation, I have to take Fibagel twice a day. I have blurred vision and suffer mood swings."

• Epi...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• February 25, 2025

"I've been taking Lamoctal XR for about 7 years after trying many different types of medications to control my seizures. The combination that works best for me is 400 mg daily (200 mg afternoon and 200 mg nightly) along with 400 mg of Vimpat. I was having several gran mal seizures a month, but they'd occur only at night. Approximately 2 years ago, I had surgery and only seldom get those types of seizures. OPC."

• Mus...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 10, 2021

"It's a very calm medicine, being diagnosed with ADHD after catching the virus of meningitis. It has been a very long 9-year journey for me. It helps with seizures, a lot of anxiety, hyperness, depression, and stress. I've been taking it for up to 9 months to 1 year. I'm currently a 23-year-old woman. I became sick with the virus at 14, so yes, I've been on a good five to six medications throughout the nine years, and this is a very good one! It's also prescribed for bipolar depression."

• Mya...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• October 16, 2021

"I've been on lamotrigine since February 2021. It's helped control my seizures. But it doesn't help with my anxiety, bipolar disorder, or anything else it's supposed to do. Though I still recommend lamotrigine to others, prescribed by a doctor."

• Mou...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• April 5, 2025

"I am taking 200 mg per day for temporal lobe epilepsy. I tried Keppra before, it was awful. Lamotrigine works great with light side effects (constipation, tremor...). Side effects are light and occasional."

• Sam...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• January 31, 2021

"I began taking lamotrigine 4 years ago after a couple of seizures. Initially, when I went on it, I noticed increased anxiety but wasn’t sure if that was caused by the drug or simply that it was a very stressful time. I’ve always had some mood issues, so for the last 4 years, it’s been hard to know if the lamotrigine was a cause or not. I decided a couple of months ago I wanted to try coming off of it and switch to a different med to see what happened. Well, I didn’t like the new med, so I had my doctor put me back on lamotrigine. I’ve been taking it for only 2 days at 25 mg, and my mood has been absolutely horrible. Severe anxiety, irritability, and rage that comes out of nowhere. I have never had a seizure since taking it, so it has obviously worked well for that, but feeling this way is too great of a cost, so I will not be continuing."

• Ric...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 7, 2021

"I was prescribed lamotrigine a few years ago now for an alternative drug for my epilepsy. This drug doesn’t seem to work either but is very good for giving me anxiety attacks and suicidal thoughts. I have already tried to take my own life once. This said, the mental health team subsequently asked me if (bluntly speaking) I would think of doing it again or actually do it again, but I couldn’t give a 100% no. This, along with my irregular sleep pattern, feeling depressed, and next to no motivation, and double vision from time to time makes me angry and frustrates me knowing that I have been prescribed drugs for a condition that seems to unearth others that have pretty much always been dismissed, let alone even thought of. Anxiety is the worst. I’m constantly on edge. I just finished a course that deals with anxiety, and it’s early days but if I’m honest, doing the methods learned I can say they will probably not work and are inappropriate to do in public without stares from others."

• Pur...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 6, 2018

Lamotrigine "I am currently titrating up to help my day and nocturnal seizures. I am at 50 mg morning and night. So far, it seems to have helped with the nocturnal but increased my seizures during the day. If you are in Scotland and it's the weekend, you can go to a chemist, and they can supply you with a week of medication to tide you over should you run out, so you don't miss any doses. They will sort out the paperwork and inform your GP that they have given you that medication. Take a repeat slip if you have one, and try to stick to a regular chemist, and obviously try to remember to order... easier said than done with multiple medications and memory problems. Your chemist can also order them and deliver if needed."

• Der...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• July 26, 2021

"I was on lamotrigine for 18 months. Now I was taking 150 mg 2 times a day. I decided to go take the full 200 mg like the doctor said. Wow, this is difficult. The 150 mg had breakthrough seizures, but man, this dose has me feeling depressed. I would give the depression a 5 out of 10 rating, but man, this really is such a big change it feels. Everything isn't so important as it once used to be. I have a so what character now, but I've only been on it 5 days, I have to give it a chance. The 150 mg dose had too many breakthrough seizures."

• Yuc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 24, 2022

Lamotrigine "Hives, dry mouth, dry eyes, vision change, and dry patches of skin under my eyes. 150 mg for a few weeks. All these symptoms have been with me even a week after stopping this med."

• Wat...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 1, 2020

Lamotrigine "I developed tardive dyskinesia after less than 2 months on Lamictal for depression."

• AKA...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 9, 2024

"I have now been on this medication for more than two years. Prior to that, I was on Zonisamide, which was a horrible experience. I would definitely recommend lamotrigine."

• Sne...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 22, 2022

Lamotrigine "It’s given me my life back. I have a sense of safety if I’ve taken my medicine routinely. I can go about my days almost as normal as everyone else."

• Ale...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 21, 2019

"Of all the 4 medications I’ve tried, lamotrigine is the only one that’s effective for my epilepsy. I have no side effects either. Best of them all."

• Jac...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 18, 2021

Lamotrigine "Lamictal caused rare, horrendous side effects for me - massive appetite increase, significantly higher blood sugar (hyperglycemia), and muscle loss."

• Chr...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• February 11, 2021

"Terrible at a high dose of 400 mg, 2 to 3 hours of sleep per day. Constipation, then the skin crawling, could not even lay still, then the itching. Then I stopped. Would NEVER take again."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 3, 2023

"This didn't work for my epilepsy."

• Blu...
• January 31, 2017

"I have been on this drug since I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2001. It was a hard journey figuring out the dosage, but I'm seizure-free on medication, so it's been wonderful."

• all...
• June 5, 2024

"My son has been on this for over 5 years. It is an incredible medication! It has given us our happy boy back after being on Keppra! I would recommend this medication to anyone that needed it."

• Jes...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• December 14, 2020

"On lamotrigine for grand mal seizures."

• Oko...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 17, 2020

"Epitec brand of lamotrigine, and it is good in controlling epilepsy in my case, but it causes diplopia and visual problems."

• Cyc...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• November 13, 2022

Lamotrigine "I’ve been taking it for 20+ years. I give it an A+ for me."

• saj...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• October 4, 2022

"Helps with seizures as an add-on with clonazepam at night with Seroquel 100."

• Ano...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• March 25, 2023

Lamotrigine "Lamictal 225 mg with Keppra 1750 mg and Topamax 300 mg all twice daily. Still, some breakthrough seizures. I find Lamictal has helped the most."