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I too have been taking 100mg Lamictal for about a year for rapidl...

Posted at 7:29 AM on Oct 26, 2009 by irmeli, #45419
I too have been taking 100mg Lamictal for about a year for rapidly cycling Bi Polar, and am very concerned about my short term memory loss. I lose my train of thought in the middle of speech, can't remember what I did on the weekend when asked on Monday in conversation, and generally wonder if I have to put up with this somewhat debilitating and frustrating symptom just to have the plus of controlling my mood swings...Also recently have notice trouble spelling words - this was my pride and joy that I could spell pretty much any word and now that seems to be going too. Anyone know if these symptoms will dissipate if I stop taking Lamictal?
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Reply 23 days ago on Oct 29, 2009 by pippy, #24000

Hi I have been on Lamictal and I also experience bad short term memory it can be very embarrassing. This is a side effect and so I would expect once weaned off your memory would return to normal over time. I take it for epilepsy and have never tried to come off it so I cant say this for certain but would make sense to me.
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