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I really, really regret ever having started Lamictal to begin wit...

Posted at 3: 0 PM on Sep 21, 2007 by tiredofdrugs, #23774
I really, really regret ever having started Lamictal to begin with. Even though lamictal has greatly helped me with my social anxiety/ocd/gad/whatever it is I have (lol), it has caused too many damn side effects. I started taking it sometime July and now it's September 21st, so it's been in my system for a couple of months now. When I first started on the starter pack, the 25 mg didn't have any effect on me- and then it started making me really, really anxious. I'd have super big physiological reactions to stress, but then I was advised to take it at night. Of course that started insomnia, and when I increased it to 50 mg I was really sensitive to light. It also caused my eyes to twitch and not stay closed when I tried to sleep- which was really, really annoying. When I was first doing the 100 mg, at one point I became manic (I couldn't stop talking, I had racing thoughts, energetic- felt like I was on top of the world) and then I crashed. It was really hard going from being manic to really depressed, but that's the shit that happens on lamictal lol.(for me at least) Anyways, so finally the 100 mg started to level me out- but I still have the rapid mood swings. I also feel incredibly spacey all the time and have trouble focusing/concentrating. Oh yeah, and my short term memory is shot. And my libido- which is really important to me. I hate having freakin' vaginal dryness and not really wanting sex- so irksome. My advice to anyone reading this: don't ever try lamictal- it's not worth it.
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Reply 5 months ago on Jun 21, 2009 by applebeehive, #20830

it's 2009, are you still there? i have been prescribed Lamictal and am wondering if i should take it, please if you are still there can you tell me how you are doing now?

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Reply 2 months ago on Sep 19, 2009 by fburt123, #23126

i like the person above have been on lamictal for 3 months just recently on the 100mgs and i can say i have had most of the symptoms above physically - not mentally as i was taking it for medical problems with nerves, my eye has started twitching, vaginal dryness ++, and finally mood swings! i am now coming off it and looking for an alternative
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