130 patient evaluations for Lamotrigine

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Jun 28, 2011 (Started Jun 01, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for Unable to function)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for fatigue)
  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for anxious mood)
  • Effectiveness
    None (for excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence))
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for memory problems)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for tremor in hands)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for cognitive confusion)
  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for problems concentrating)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: get off of PHENATOIN PRODUCTS they are, old school, 45 years old.way too many side effects 50/50 good and bad for you.side effects aren't worth long term use!but rather for immediate controll over tonic/clonic only in hospital,only in injectable form for emergency room to inject. also,the other use is upper heart chamber fluttering-see heart specialist,it controlls,slows and lowers 'fiburulation?'.
  • 0 helpful marks

May 30, 2011 (Started Mar 01, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Other)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar I disorder)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (withdrawal effects)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: if you ever come off of this, go vvvveeeerrrryyyyy slowly. per advice of my md i cut doseage (400mg) in half one week, and eliminated it the next. i was massively confused, cloudy, didn't care if i lived or died, didn't show up for work, taking trazadone every 4 or 5 hours. it was really bad.
Side effects: withdrawal effects
  • 0 helpful marks

May 2, 2011 (Started May 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I manage my pill taking with a pill box which contains the appropriate dosage for each medicine in the morning and in the evening for each day. This cerifies and verifies I have taken the appropraite dosage of each medicine.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Dec 1, 2010 (Started May 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I use a daily, a.m. and p.m., pill box. I feel it has eliminated the auras which have preceeded seizures previously. The only issue I have encountered is forgetting to take my proper dosage due to another issue I have.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Oct 25, 2010 (Started May 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I keep a weekly pill box for all of my medications. The pill box has slots for AM and PM. I take my seizure medication twice a day.
Cost: < $25 monthly

Sep 27, 2010 (Started May 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily

Sep 26, 2010 (Started May 14, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 800 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I was on Lamictal b/4 Lamictal XR. The XR seems to have a more reliable effect.
  • 0 helpful marks

May 31, 2010 (Started Feb 21, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for Treat my mood condition(s))
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 50 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 25, 2011 (Started Jan 04, 2011)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Support mental / emotional health)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for bipolar I disorder)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: Could be the stress I am under or the fear of another manic episode but when I took it at night I was wiped dead the the world. So perhap I can get restorative slep.
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 18, 2011 (Started Jan 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for bipolar II disorder)
  • Effectiveness
    Major (for grandiose thinking)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 12, 2011 (Started May 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (anorexia (appetite loss))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I experienced rapid weight loss do to decreased appetite. Which makes it hard for me to eat. Thats the only real problem i have with it. I have been on keppra, triliptol, and tegretol. So far this has been worked the best for me.
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: anorexia (appetite loss)
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 1, 2011 (Started Jun 05, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 400 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: I enjoy running outside/inside. Outside I fear might injury another person because my equilibrium is a bit off. However, it should equal out with vimpat and lyrica. That is why my daily life is off.
  • 0 helpful marks

Dec 7, 2010 (Started Jan 16, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for seizures)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (night sweats, blood pressure decreased, spinning dizziness (vertigo))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Advice & Tips: I had SERIOUS problems with this mediation. When I missed so much as a single dose, I would start having serious chills and night sweats and felt like someone coming down off heroine or something. The neuro told me that could not possibly be a side effect. But it happened on three separate occasion after that - and again when I had to wean off of it to go on some other similar med. BEWARE!
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: spinning dizziness (vertigo), night sweats, blood pressure decreased

Dec 1, 2010 (Started Jan 16, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for epilepsy)
  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for seizures)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (night sweats, blood pressure decreased, spinning dizziness (vertigo))
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: spinning dizziness (vertigo), night sweats, blood pressure decreased

Jan 18, 2010 (Started Jan 16, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for seizures)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (night sweats, blood pressure decreased, spinning dizziness (vertigo))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 200 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
Side effects: spinning dizziness (vertigo), night sweats, blood pressure decreased
  • 1 helpful mark

Jan 20, 2011 (Started Jan 01, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for epilepsy)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (ringing in ears (tinnitus), diarrhea, loss of short term memory, headaches in morning)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 300 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: the stomach issue cramps,and very bad diarea. I am getting monatary help they are sent to me in the mail
Side effects: headaches in morning, loss of short term memory, diarrhea, ringing in ears (tinnitus)
  • 0 helpful marks
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