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Reviews for Lamictal to treat Bipolar Disorder
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My 16 year old daughter was first diagnosed with depression and all the typical medicines made things worse. She was finally diagnosed with Bipolar I Mixed and was put on Lamictal (25mg)for daytime and Seroquel (100mg) at night to sleep. Within a day there was a significant difference in her mood. She was not as irritated and only had 1 suicidal thought. Day two she actually said she felt good (which never happened). We had to up the dose of seroquel to 150 mg since she started to wake up a couple of times at night again. So far so good.
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Started on this 6 months ago. My own personal miracle drug. I had never known peace or stability before Lamictal. I hope to stay on it forever, and also hope it continues working this well.
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I have been on Lamictal for 7 months now. I noticed a drastic difference when the medication hit full potency. It was like night and day. I am still scared to death I might have a low. I don't think I could make it through another.
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I have been taking Lamictal for only 1 month and I notice a huge difference. I am finding joy in the things that I couldn't for years. My patience is so much better and the outbursts of anger have stopped already. I only hope that I don't start experiencing the side effects that I have heard about.
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I have taken Lamictal for over two years now and I have noticed an extremely huge change in my outbursts of rage. I also take Paxil CR and these combined have helped me out a lot. A warning to those taking Paxil: DO NOT allow yourself to run out of medication.
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Wonderful. I've tried other drugs for bipolar and never knew what "stable" was until I was prescribed lamotrigine. I'm more productive, and my Seroquel has been reduced from 1000mg a day to 600mg a day. Great medicine.
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Lamictal is one of the best drugs I've ever been on. It has been amazing. Being on it has made me feel so much more level. Before taking it I never really knew how I was going to feel or how much things would affect me. I am currently on Lamictal in addition to many other medications, but adding Lamictal made me so much more sure of my emotions. I felt so much safer. It has really been wonderful.
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I was worried that Lamictal would make me boring or unable to be creative, but the opposite is true. I have much more control of my thoughts and behavior, but not too much control. My memory has gotten a lot better too, even though that's not listed as a side effect.
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This medicine along with wellbutrin has stabilized me and helped me become happy again. I've also quit taking anything for "ADD."
Compared to what I've experienced while bipolar, most difficulties I have, now seem trivial. Just keep trying every day and when you feel like giving up tell yourself you haven't even started to fight. Keep a sense of humor about things too.
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I have bipolar disorder and have been using Lamictal for 3 months. No more thoughts of suicide, no anger and I am happy again. I am back to being me again.
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I began taking Lamictal for lower body spasticity due to an injury to my CNS. My neurologist decided to try Lamictal in order to prevent these seizure-like episodes from occurring daily, and it worked; however, it made an even bigger impact on my mental and emotional state. At 19, I've dealt with depression, severe anxiety, and irritability for approximately 5 years now, and the stability I gained from taking this medication (for convulsions!) has absolutely changed my life.
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I have been on medication for 9 years now. I have tried over 30 medications for my bipolar, axiety, PTSD and have found Lamictal as the only medication that helped me. I am very medication sensitive so I did get the rash with Lamictal and still took it for 4 years until the rash ended up being to much. I have now tried 6 more medications and have not found any that help without huge side effects. I would say it was a miracle medication for me and I truly miss it.
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I can't praise this drug highly enough. At the age of 59, I'm finally leading a level life - without quiting jobs in a rage, moving my family 1,400 miles to a house I'd never seen. Due to troubles with sleeping, I also take Seroquel.
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I take this medication for bipolar. it is the only thing that has worked for me. i am so very thankful i came across this because it makes me normal and i can live my life with my husband like a normal person...
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I have had Bipolar Disorder for over 15 years and have had seven hospital admissions. I was put on Lamictal about 4 years ago when I had a transplant as my previous meds interacted with my anti- rejection drug. Lamictal is the best medication for Bipolar Disorder I have ever been on. Since I've been taking it my mood has been very stable and I feel like I have all my normal emotions back. I've also kept out of hospital even with all the stress of my physical problems and no side effects.
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Im up to 200mg per day, and honestly, I really dont know how much its helping me. I seem to be a lot better, but I think the Clonopin does a lot more for me.
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It keeps me very stable. My only gripes are that there's a really bitter taste if it gets stuck to your tongue, the shape is ridiculous to swallow (It's like a pentagon lol) and my psychiatrist didn't know that there is more and more info coming out that suggests that it interacts with the birth control pill. My little one is 2 weeks old and she definitely wasn't planned. I took the pill perfectly too. Just a heads up :)
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have been taking lamictal for two months and this drug has had NO side effects whatsoever. has erased all thoughts of constant fear of death and scariness from my life every day that were consuming me for no reason. am NOT depressed but had consuming fear. i feel reborn and have tried anti depressants before that have not worked..many of them. this is definitely a mood stabilizer at it's best.
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I'm bipolar with severe depression & anxiety attacks. I've been on Lamictal for 2 yrs. Since then my anxiety attacks have almost stopped. I do not have the rages of anger like I used to. Lamictal has hugely made my life better.
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