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Taking Lamotrigine
123 Patients currently take Lamotrigine
12 Patients stopped taking Lamotrigine
young-and-poz
Mental Symptoms: mild
Physical Symptoms: mild
Advanced Symptoms/Infections/Cancers: none
549
VL < 50
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young-and-poz
Lamictal, 100 mg daily since Mar 01, 2007
wallo1
Depression: 2
Emotional: 1
Compulsion: 2
Anxiety: 2
Mania: 1
Physical: 1
External Stress: Severe
48 M
Function: Moderate
Distress: Moderate
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wallo1
Lamictal, 100 mg daily since Apr 22, 2008
mountabora
Depression: 2
Emotional: 2
Compulsion: 0
Anxiety: 1
Mania: 1
Physical: 1
External Stress: Severe
24 F
Function: High
Distress: Low
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mountabora
Lamictal, 300 mg daily since Jun 17, 2006

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Brand Names: Actavis, Lamictal, Lamitor, teva 25mg dispersable tablets

Lamotrigine is an anticonvulsant and mood stabliser used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder. It may also have some antidepressant properties. Read more...Click to read more below


What we've learned

Why Patients Take Lamotrigine

slow my disease's progress
slow my disease's progress: 100% 92
Other
Other: 17% 16
Depression
Depression: 4% 4
General health
General health: 3% 3
Not indicated
Not indicated: 3% 3
Emotional lability
Emotional lability: 2% 2
Pain
Pain: 2% 2
Balance issues
Balance issues: 1% 1
Stiffness/spasticity
Stiffness/spasticity: 1% 1
Disease-related symptoms
Disease-related symptoms: 1% 1

Patient Dosages

12.5 mg daily 12 mg daily 25 mg daily 35 mg daily 37.5 mg daily 50 mg daily 62.5 mg daily 100 mg daily 125 mg daily 150 mg daily 175 mg daily 200 mg daily 225 mg daily 250 mg daily 300 mg daily 333 mg daily 350 mg daily 400 mg daily 500 mg daily 600 mg daily N/A
1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 11 Number of Patients: 11 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 16 Number of Patients: 16 1 Number of Patients: 1 23 Number of Patients: 23 2 Number of Patients: 2 21 Number of Patients: 21 1 Number of Patients: 1 34 Number of Patients: 34 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5 14 Number of Patients: 14 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 10 Number of Patients: 10 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 7 Number of Patients: 7  

How Long Current Patients Have Been Taking Lamotrigine

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
4
21
11
13
30
40

Why Patients Stopped Taking Lamotrigine (multiple reasons could be selected)

Did not seem to work
Did not seem to work: 100% 7
Side effects too severe
Side effects too severe: 100% 7
Doctor's advice
Doctor's advice: 86% 6
Other
Other: 71% 5
Personal research
Personal research: 29% 2

How Long Patients Took Lamotrigine Before Stopping

< 1 month > 1 month > 3 months > 6 months > 1 year > 2 years
2
3
3
2
2
1

Average: 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star Lamotrigine Ratings

4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars
4: 100% 8
3 stars3 stars3 stars
3: 100% 8
2 stars2 stars
2: 38% 3


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