Lamotrigine for Seizure Prevention User Reviews (Page 4)

Brand names: Lamictal, Lamictal XR, Lamictal ODT, Subvenite, Lamictal CD

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Anonymous
October 9, 2009

"My son has had seizures since his 4th birthday, he is now 20. He has been on all sorts of anti-seizure medications over the years, and all have had their ups and downs. But the experience with Lamictal and Dilantin together has been the worst! In addition to the common itchiness and dry mouth, he would become extremely violent during and after a seizure. The amount of force he had was unbelievable, punching and kicking uncontrollably, to the point that I could not control him, and I was afraid he would hurt me and/or himself. After, when he would wake up, he had no idea what happened. After stopping the Lamictal, these violent episodes disappeared."

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Taken for 6 months to 1 year
June 12, 2017

Lamotrigine "I've been taking Lamotrigine for close to a year now, as an alternate for my previous seizure medicine. I am able to continue using Depo birth control, and although there's a small chance I get slight insomnia, it works quite well for me. Two a day, 100 mg each."

10 / 10

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Taken for 5 to 10 years
October 7, 2022

"I take 200 mg twice a day for seizure disorder. Virtually no side effects besides minor headaches and nausea. My seizure threshold is now high enough that I can take seizure-inducing meds like Wellbutrin without an onset of seizures."

8 / 10

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August 31, 2009

"Lamotrigine has reduced the severity, migraines, and nausea associated with my partial seizures by 95%. The frequency of my seizures has dropped to once every 30 days, roughly, but the events are still disruptive, but not overly so."

8 / 10

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January 13, 2008

Lamotrigine "I have taken Lamictal for over a year. It helped with the seizures and the headaches and also my anxiety. Problems I had were memory loss and weight gain, but all in all, it was a good medication."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
October 28, 2009

Lamotrigine "I have taken Lamictal for 13 years. The day before I started it, I had the last tonic-clonic seizure I have had."

9 / 10

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jen...
December 2, 2013

Lamotrigine "With Lamictal and Keppra, my seizures are currently controlled."

10 / 10

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June 27, 2008

Lamotrigine "I had side effects from other anticonvulsants, including Tegretol and Depakote. I have had absolutely no side effects from Lamictal, and it has controlled my seizures for several years now."

10 / 10

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Taken for 2 to 5 years
October 19, 2013

Lamotrigine "I developed kidney stones on 2 separate occasions in 3 months, so I finally switched. Evidently, a listed side effect is 'propensity to develop kidney stones.' I felt drowsy, like I was in a fog."

7 / 10

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Anonymous
June 11, 2009

Lamotrigine "My daughter takes Lamictal. At first, the doctor had to increase the dose, but now she is okay, and no seizures at all for about nine months."

9 / 10

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luc...
January 1, 2008

Lamotrigine "I have been taking Lamictal for a month now. I do have headaches, cough, swollen lymph nodes, but with no fever. I have had no seizures, which is good."

9 / 10

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October 27, 2009

Lamotrigine "I got off to a bad start with this one (dose too high), but I've been seizure-free with it. As a bonus, it is also effective in treating bipolar symptoms. Relatively non-invasive too!"

10 / 10

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Anonymous
November 14, 2018

Lamotrigine "I take this for nocturnal epilepsy."

9 / 10

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Taken for 1 to 2 years
January 1, 2015

"I had a seizure in July and October 2013. In November 2013, my neurologist put me on Lamotrigine ER 50 mg once a day. Since then, no seizures, and no negative side effects. I like it."

9 / 10

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Anonymous
March 27, 2012

Lamotrigine "I love this medicine. Made it so that I didn't have to take my original Lamictal 150 mg morning and night, now I just take the XR 300 mg every day at lunch."

10 / 10

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Anonymous
April 16, 2012

"I have been on Lamictal for 4 months. The first couple of months I felt good. However, since then I have had confusion, headaches, dry mouth and lips, and insomnia."

5 / 10

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nas...
April 8, 2009

"Seizures got worse when using this drug and more frequent."

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Lea...
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 10, 2015

"Does not work as well as Lamictal, side effects are noticeable: shaking, poorer memory."

7 / 10

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Taken for less than 1 month
March 7, 2014

"My husband was in the hospital for a week. They saved his life with this medication. He has changed a lot and has no side effects, now his talk is happy 99% changed. Hope he continues like that."

9 / 10

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Sea...
March 21, 2009

"I take lamotrigine for a few months, up to 100 mg twice a day. I was having 4 or 5 seizures. At this dose for 3 weeks, my seizures have reduced to 3. So far, so good."

5 / 10

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