| Posted at 8:25 AM on Aug 21, 2009 by cranberrytwisted65, #43894 |
I can relate to your post a lot. I too have researched this drug as much as humanly possible and this site is finally the first to confirm what I've suspected - that the Lamictal may be responsible for my hair loss, weight gain, crazy and embarrassing short-term memory loss, trouble spelling, and problems with my eyes and vision. I also get dizzy extremely easily.
Every doctor says its probably not from my meds and its normal and will all pass or just disappear. I didn't believe them.
Now, since reading your post, I'm positive they're wrong. Your doctors are telling you the same thing - that its normal. But they attribute this "normal" to your age... and the thing is, I'm 20 years younger than you. I experience the exact same things.
This site is the only place I've found where people actually GET IT, and are in the same boat. I just wish the medical experts would believe us. Then maybe we could start figuring this out, since its obvious to everyone here that these strikingly similar testimonies mean there's an issue for sure - and it needs to be acknowledged by doctors.
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