What Happens if You Take Lamictal for 10 Years? | Long Term Side Effects and More 

Lamictal has saved my life ❤ no side effects . So grateful .

Just watched this because my diagnosis was changed from schizoaffective disorder bipolar type to schizoaffective disorder mixed type and my psych just put me on Lamictal 🤞🤞🤞praying it helps me.

Just started 2 days ago. So far no side effects to speak of. Cheers for this, hope you stay well!

I've been on 200mg for a month now. My experience has been similar to yours. I'm also taking Wellbutrin. My depression is extremely intense. What's interesting is the word finding you're describing is something I've struggled with even before starting any psych meds. I don't notice much of a difference on lamitcal.

In sweden Lamictal is often used as a medicin to combat cravings in addiction. I was offered it for that reason, I declined though because of a very specific side effect (erectile dysfunction).

Lamotrigine has helped w/ my seizure disorder. …. Is that why I constantly forget words or things? Or could it be meds I take for my depression/ anxiety……bi polar? Tired, horrible sleep. Meh…. Are we superheroes because we can achieve certain things and know how to appreciate them rather than others?

I am on Lamotrigine now, still tapering it to the goal of 100mg. It really does help with mood swings, and I am glad my official doctor prescribed it (even though I still have no official diagnosis of BD, but I've visited a foreign psychiatrist after I started Lamotrigine, and he diagnosed me with BD II). I speak fine, but I've noticed that I now do a lot of typos, and sometimes struggle with correcting my typo right away, or have some difficulties with remembering the next letter to type (even though my usual typing speed is quite high because I use 10 fingers). Also, for some reason I started type some words closer to how they sound ("faund" instead of "found", e.g.). Perhaps, it's a side effect too (I hope so). It's good I do not earn money with proof-reading.

I was just prescribed this for PMDD. I take my first dose tonight. I thank you for sharing your experience with it.

It's hard to find the right combination of medication, it take years.

Me: wow that truck is towing a big boat (Truck): towing porta potties 😂

Thank you for sharing your experience with 10 years on Lamictal. It was cool to hear about both the side effects and the overall effectiveness, especially over such a long period of time. The word-finding side effect definitely sounds annoying, and I'm glad that you've found ways to deal with it since it hasn't gotten better over time. I love that you had a case in point in this video & left it in. And I thought your "look at all those birds" story was hilarious! (I'm picturing deer with wings now LOL) The sleep pattern issues sound like an even more annoying side effect, especially since caffeine doesn't help. But yay for sleeping pills and then later zinc fixing that! I'm also glad you haven't had any other long-term side effects, & I hope you don't have any in the future - or if you do, that they're not too bad. It was interesting to learn about your whole journey with Lamictal and how it's helped you over time. It's awesome that Lamictal stopped the rapid cycling and depression after you were first prescribed it and gave you your life back. It sounds really rough that things got worse later, and I'm sorry that lowering your dose of Lamictal didn't work after you got on Lithium. The depressive episode that followed that seems like it was awful. It's a relief to hear that your depression and rapid cycling have stayed manageable since you went back to the higher dose of Lamictal. Fingers crossed that it helps keep everything stable for you going forward! Thanks again for a great video - I enjoyed learning more about Lamictal through your experience with it!

I was on Lamictal for 10 years too. I was tired all the time, and for reasons unknown I didn't tell my Dr. I didn't know it was a side effect. Thank you for your videos, they are helpful.

I started taking Lamictal about two months ago and I've never felt better. I've had no side effects, and the rapid cycling I've experienced for years stopped immediately. Life finally feels worth living again. The medication primarily helps with my depression rather than mania. Initially, taking it at bedtime kept me up for about four hours, so I switched to taking it during the day, which has significantly improved my mood. I've experienced bipolar 1 symptoms since I was 8 or 9, which worsened at 14 and continued to escalate. I'll be 26 next month, and after trying various medications, this is the first time I've felt an immediate improvement. Lamictal is giving me the chance to truly live instead of just exist ❤

I heard about that weird experience when you try to get off the drug you either have the worst manic episode you've ever had or the worst depression episode you've ever had it's called rebounding

Oh it was great for my restless leg that I had severely with my chronic fatigue syndrome - it is actually prescribed for ugly btw and migraines. Which I also used get in the early days with CFS but the lamotragine definitely helped that too.

I’ve been taking it for 20 years for nocturnal epilepsy. My mental health is completely f*cked from it. I don’t even know if i’m actually me, or just the medication. Weird.😂

I’m on Lamictal because I have Epilepsy and from what I know Lamictal may also be a Anti-Convulsion medication and I’ve been taking Lamictal since I was 3 years old back in 2005 I’ve not had a major convulsion since I was 8 years old back in 2010 I still have Partial seizures which cause me to panic and think that my brain is feeling “Jumpy” because how I describe a seizure is like the electrical signals in the brain all flying in lots of directions at once And for me those seizures happen at least twice monthly And that for me is the reality of living with a combination of 3 Neurological disorders (Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and Hydrocephalus)

It worked for the first 100mg. I now take 400mg a day, I'm weaning off. I have a doctor and a psy working together on me. Seen my doctor yesterday and he's thinking Abilify but he wanted to talk with the psy. I haven't had any real side-effects other than being tired after 2 energy drinks and the speech thing is terrible. I have a hard time with conversations.

I've been on Lamictal for 20 years. I was tired for the first few days, but that's it - no other side effects.

I take lamictal, bupropion, and Zoloft for bipolar 1. I honestly can’t tell you how it’s affected me because of the other meds, but I guess it’s working since the Zoloft is causing me to fly off the handle. I need to have a talk with my psychiatrist the next time I see him. I think I’m overmedicated.

The thing is, as always, you'll never know what would've been the outcome if you'd never taken the medicine.

I mixed booze with shoes but literally brought a cooler full of shoes to a party 😂

❤️ thx so much for this video 🙏 i have bipolar II and my Dr give me Lamictal😊 and now after 1 month’s of this it’s like giving me headaches, hard time to sleep 😴 but it’s maybe take some time before it’s working good.. that only thing thats worrying me is if you can get liver failure?? But I am in my low episode 😢 so thx for your video you are amazing 🤩 take care regards// J 🇸🇪

I also recognised such an cognitive error - I'm confusing semantically similar words like shoes-boots, blanket-rug etc

Is it good for very bad depression

I do take lamictal, but for a different reason, alone it does almost nothing for me. My miracle drug that gave me my life back is depakote, i was taking a dose of it that i did not like. It turns out that lamotrigine will double the effectiveness of depakote when taken together, so i halved depakote and added lamictal. And this combo works great for me.

Nice Gollum - Smeagol moment 😂😅

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when she is talking about how many pills, just remember that's time wasted in the day. i take a long-acting injection for schizoaffective disorder and i have to worry about 12 shots in a year basically. every 28 days.

I would rather issues with moods all my life then be on anti antidepressants medication after what I have been through with them all. I do not want to live my life like a humanless robot with zilch personality, no emotions whatsoever. Just a flat monotonous expressionless zombie. I would rather learn to cope with my emotions in healthy way and if during a difficult situation, there is a crisis. Shit happens! Otherwise, when you are on these pills you will lose all the sense of the sense of who you are, you no longer want watch your favourite movie because you can’t get excited, emotional at scenes at anymore it’s just bland and gray. Music sounds gray not interesting, neither does your job, courses, love, all these things become bland boring p, unexciting, unappealing. Your partner or family member gives you a hug, a normally you react like “ that’s so lovely” and cuddle them back. Now they might as well cuddle a stone wall or the lamppost beside me. You get a dog, you love and normally you spend lots of time with him/her taking Fido out for walks. Now you barely just walk him when you are on the pills. These pills change your brain chemistry so you don’t care about anything at all, so you don’t have interest in life. They do not make make you happy, they make you all of the shades gray. Same colour as typing screen on my keyboard. Also these pills make it wrong, to feel emotional when you should feel emotional by taking these people are essentially numbing their minds and problems but not dealing with underlying issues and associated feelings head on. We are not taking ownership of own mental health and we are not saying it’s okay to not feel okay, we are saying here’s a pill to swallow when you feel angry, upset or frustrated, it’s wrong to feel this way and it’s wrong to feel happy to. It’s wrong to be human being. People need to accept their mental health conditions as it is part of them as if is diabetes, you learn to manage and cope rather than look for cures.

I've been taking lamictal for 9 years and honestly feel it saved my life, but gosh, I don't want to be on it forever. I'm thankful it has worked for me.

I haaaaatee Lamictal so much I wanna cry. I wish I never had such therapy. Lamictal made me a cognitive vegetable. even when taking it I had speech issues either. my 'favorite' one is when I mixed parts of one words. like well dressed - drell wessed. I want to quit Lamictal so so so much 😭😭😭😭

Appreciate your research, experience and candidness. You’re brave, mature and an honest resource for bipolar schizoaffective disorder. Here’s to your channel being alive and well for a LONG time. Keep GOING! You’re amazing.

Lamictal worked for me for approximately 1 year (all whilst receiving changing med mg upwards throughout the year.) *THEN* it stopped working and I gently came off from Lamictal with my PCP. Coming off felt like a war going off in my head 24/7....it worsened my mental conditions tenfold...that is the best way I can describe it. I have trouble mixing words or forgetting words altogether. After years upon years of taking different meds I finally had two therapists tell me what I already knew: I am drug (med) resistant. You name it, I have been on it. In the USA (where I live currently) my health insurance doesn't pay for Ketamine Infusions, which I truly believe (after much research) would help me. Unbelievable. No clue what to do. I have a TBI, Complex BPD, Bipolar 2, Anxiety out the ***, MDD, OCD, Chronic PTSD and ADHD. Oh yeah, my life is so much fun.

You’re so articulate! It’s hard to imagine you have bird finding issues! I mean word finding.

I've been on Lamictal for Bipolar for about 13 years. It saved my life! Honestly so grateful for my meds. The word issues are so true!! Also, before taking lamictal I NEVER confused Left and Right. Now I almost never get it correct on the first try. I always have to pause, make the L-shapes with my hands, then say it.

Very grateful You shared your story. I've had lamictal in my life for two and a half years and it's been a complete game changer. I wasn't living before. Now I have the power to determine my future. Thanks again.

I'm on lamotrigine and it's honestly helped me SO MUCH. It's been more effective than any antidepressant I've ever taken. I was wondering if you could do a video on dating / disclosure with schizoaffective disorder? I just started dating someone and I'm scared to tell them I have it. Wondering what your experiences have been with this?

Zinc worked awesome today it helped with fatigue a lot thanks much for your channel

As a bipolar and on Lamictal it has helped me but being a non compliant I would slowly ( important) decrease my dose… but let me add I was feeling better where I thought since I’m feeling better I no longer need to take the Lamictal… wrong I was heading down the path of depression and anger and just not doing well. I’m back on Lamictal and feeling better but not totally. I also was put on a low dose of Prozac but antidepressants combined with Lamictal can cause a manic episode so a low dose has to be prescribed. In any case I have to say lamictal has helped me , it has kept my moods manageable. Trying different medications (many) this is after 25 years of depression and irrational behavior , Lamictal worked for me. This video could not have been better. She was knowledgeable and honest. Yes Lamictal does help (me) but every patient is different . Please do not stop taking any meds unless your doctor advises you to. Lamictal needs ttitration before starting and discontinued. Thank you for the video it will help others who are on Lamictal and others who may be starting on it.

I take lamictal and it saved me from a deep depressive bipolar crash after having a very long time of hypomanic. I had gone off of lamictal for 9 months under the care of a doctor because we thought I didn't need it. I got into a worse hypomanic state without it and I was scared. I began to realize that I was on such a high for a long period that I couldn't relax. I wasn't me and I knew something was off. As I mentioned, the depression crash was so bad that I started to not be able to function, but I had to work. A new doc titrated me back on lamictal and I was doing well and back to a semi -managable state again. It's working for me.

This is a side observation but I think how you set up the color pallet of your videos is really well done 👍

I've had bad luck with psyche meds. I'm about to go back on...not to excited about it.

I've been on it for 15 or 20 years. I'm at 450mg x2 per day. I feel like I'm finally starting to feel side effects.... especially fatigue... I take it for Epilepsy and I rarely have seizures. If I can keep my driver's license and the episodes damn near free and clear that is great. However the past 2-3 years my fatigue. Also not wanting to be active during the day and the other pill I take is considered higher dose. I've only recently started to do research on the pills because of different things happening. Ideation was very common effect. Which isn't great when most people don't deal or are comfortable talking about death. Such is life.

You have an incredible youtube presence. You have the ability to talk coherently for such a long time without interruption. I wish i could do that!

Caused suicidal ideation, cognitive decline, memory problems, teerh grinding, light sensitivity, visual depth problems, severe chromic fatigue and total destruction of sleep architecture. Withdrawal from this,was horrendous. My life is now finally improving, except ny eyes.

I've been on Lamictal (400mg/day) for about 2-3 years and Lithium (1500mg/day) for I guess 5 years. Honestly, I can't tell a difference at all, I have kept a baseline mood of up for around 6 years then it cycles down for around 6 years, I call it going from Superman to Scapegoat. Although my baseline is up or down I still cycle and bounce all around, like an arrythmia on an EKG monitor. So daily I bounce from Tigger to Eor. my hyomanias depend on if my baseline is in the up position, likewise my depressions are lower when my baseline is low. I still want to cry daily and I always feel like a fool and an annoyance. I just started taking Cymbalta and I think it's the best medication I've ever used. It does make me tired and it did zap my sex drive and I have no passions or interests, but at least the sickening deep hurtful sadness is gone and it zapped my appetite as well. Bipolar is a cruel, cruel disease.

Taking it for 4 years. The best medication so far for me for treating epilepsy. But my neurologist prescribed clonozepam on top of it , that’s when hell broke loose. Now I’m in the process of tapering off of clonozepam( which is different story, in one word- hell) Lamictal by itself will not do this to you, unless you are taking other meds, like me with clonozepam. I hope you are doing well. Much love💕

WHAT DOES LAMICTAL DO FOR BIPOLAR ?

I’ve been on lamictal for about 8 years. Only thing I really notice is the being so so sleepy one minute then awake the next! But I’m also on seroquel, depakote, and invega plus other meds for a physical disability so that might be why

Thanks for this information.. info always helps me with my BP. Some days with BP is lonely.. and not understood by those who aren’t BP.. these videos give people hope & information ❤️👍 I’m on 100mg in morning & 200mg at night on Lamic.

Ashwagandha helps me with word finding and memory issues, and my doc recommends it also....

Thank you for this video. I’ve been prescribed 200mg of Lamotrigine and had taken it for 8 or so months before I started to lower the dose (which had almost ended my marriage and I had to drop out of university). Today I’m back on the normal dose, so hope things stabilise lol. These videos help a lot of people such as myself so thank you once again

You should know that lam has pretty wicked withdrawals including depression. I'm not saying that that's what it is but be careful if you come off of it. Withdrawals are a real thing.

Same disorder here. I take Lamictal (lamotrigine) with a combination of Abilify (Aripiprazole, which i started recently). I cannot explain in words how appreciative I am with lamictal (taken for 2 years now). I haven't had any major side effects, if not any. I feel like the abilify needed to be added.. it's what helped put everything into place. Thanks for your story!

YOU'RE TALKING SO FAST-20 TO THE DOZEN AND ON TOP OF THAT YOU'VE ADDED AN IRRITATING IRRELEVANT STUPID BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR WHAAAAAAAAAT?? GAWWWD!! I SWEAR!!

I am 40 and just got diagnosed and I miss words and forget my thought mid sentence all the time. I only say this cause maybe it is the lamictal but maybe it isn’t? I’ll report back k and I’m titrating up right now

I never knew word finding had a name!!! 5 years here, varying doses, and that us EXACTLY what I've described to every psych I've had.

Thank you so much! Finally somebody tells me why I can't seem to find the right word. I might say box instead of bag, or container instead of box sometimes I can't find the word at all and I have to describe the item: the square thing that holds stuff. Your story has help me to know that I'm not just getting older and losing my vocabulary but it's the fact that I've been on it for over 20 years thanks again

Oh my heart goes into triumph hearing your success story swerving through the fluctuating line of control and psychosis in your battle for control over your life/self. How are you today and where’s the research taking you while you seek answers for emotional stability. I’m in the midst of a job hunt and want to return to using psyche meds to make transitioning back into work more feasible. To hold a mature discussion with my neurologist and psychologist I’ve been writing and taking serious notes about my inhibitions about certain medications and want to be firm in my choice of what prescriptions I chose. Love, hope your channel grows and you make a niche for yourself. More content please!

I have also been using it for about three years and it has made me feel so much better and my biggest thing is my sanity. I was very foolish before, now I have grown wiser and whatever I speak, I speak with understanding. Lamictal(lamotrigine), because of this medicine I got my life back ❤❤❤

I was prescribed lamictal for anxiety, with Elvanse for my ADHD, but after reading about the Steven-Johnson syndrome at the prospect, or the Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) by the Internet, makes me think that my, already high anxiety, mixed with hypochondria (the Internet should censor forums about medicines 😂😂) will kill me of a heart attack before having any symptoms (oh dear! 😂😂). Seriously, I don’t know if start with the half pill and think that any mosquito bites are a starting symptoms of Steven-Johnson, or just have valerian and passiflora 😅.

I was on 200mg Lamictal 2x daily and had a word finding problem, but I always thought that was just me because I was so tired and in pain all the time.

I’m on Lamictal for 1 year, I feeling much much better than it was before. I don’t have such extreme anxiety and depersonalisation right now. But I still have mood swings and light maniac and depression episodes. Sometimes I can cry for a 30 min and than I just write all my thoughts down and it works for me, just to remember what I feel and what I’m thinking about, just to be a little bit present. I have a good partner who understands me (he also on antidepressants). My ex was angry about my swings and that’s one of the reason why we broke up (that’s one of the best decision in my life). So yes, it helps, it cannot make you "normal", but it can help you to get better decisions in your life. Thanks god I live in 21th century and can use antidepressant and mood stabilators so I can live better life. (Btw I’m living in war time in Ukraine and life is really not the easiest one, before Lamictal everyday for me been like the last one in a bad way, I just thought about death all the time, now I’m trying to live just as i can to)

I had no idea word finding could be a lamictal side effect. I’ve struggled with it for years now, and I always thought it was neurological as I’m on lamictal for epilepsy. Interesting that it could just be a med side effect. It controls my epilepsy wonderfully, so it’s well worth it even with that. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Ive been on lamictal for maybe 15 years and I'm having a really weird problem. I started them as a teen for epilepsy actually. My moods have always been... unstable? But they kinda dismissed it as epilepsy and sleep issues. As an adult my parents have opened up about their mental health and... woo, the amount of bipolar and OCD in my family. My mother in particular was hospitalized. So now im wondering is my lamictal treating 2 things but just badly dosed for a mental health issue? I definitely have ocd but other mental health symptoms are scattered. Its weird and i haven't met others with this issue. Ive also been on keppra for a decade too. I feel I dont know my actual personality. Btw, that word misplaced thing is a real challenge and has never improved for me either

I have been taking 600 mg of Lamictal plus 200 mg of lacosamide a day for five years for my seizures. The seizures are under control, but I started having memory loss.

I was on Lamictal for about 17 years now and on Zyprexa for about 15 years. Lamictal alone didn't really do it for me, it did keep me from huge mood swings, but I was still "weird". However, in combination of Zyprexa and venlafaxine it gets the job done (I assume keeping mood swings away is its primary job) so I'm happy with that. I do catch myself saying wrong word on occasions but it's not that often to be a problem. I did get one other common side effect of Lamictal (5-10% of people get this) and it's skin rash. Both of my legs below knees now have quite a big patch of rashes, but it doesn't do anything to me other than it doesn't look very pretty. 1 in a 1000 people actually get serious skin reaction but thankfully it's not in my case. That's my Lamictal story, thanks Kit as usual for making these videos :)

Did any of you start developing acne issues while on Lamictal? My acne became worse and worse as my dose went higher and higher. I ended up having to lower my dose which lessened my acne. My doctor recommended me to taper down a little because of it.

Is forgetting words also a side-effect? Like forgetting what you have planned to say in mid-sentence, then having to repeat the whole sentence again because you can't remember the words. I have this problem especially when telling a joke, making me forget the punchline and have to say the sentence again, making the joke less impactful and feeling like an idiot. It's sad.

With dark hair you would look exactly like Natalie Wood (famous actress in the 1950s-70s :-))

I’ve been on lamictal for about 8 months so far and no side effects that I’ve noticed. I already had word finding issues thanks to a stroke a few years back but I don’t think they’re any worse thankfully. My symptoms are under control which I think is partly my meds and partly my low carb diet because they got a little better with meds (less intense but just as frequent swings) then a lot better when I moved to a keto type diet.

I just got diagnosed with cyclothymia and they prescribed me lamitrogine. I am very scared to take it because I kind of like my hypomania I like being energetic and feeling like I have the answers and being very talkative and social which only happens when I'm hypomanic and I don't sleep. But I am very tired of the emotional instability I'm tired of the crashes and the depression and breaking down or lashing out all the time... I'm really scared to try the meds but I hope it helps more than it harms.

Lamictal worked well for me, but I had this horrible cough, so I stopped taking it and went back to Epilim which works reasonably well. Recently I saw a news article on a woman who had respiratory symptoms which then turned to Stevens Johnsons syndrome which almost killed her. Very rare. I get the word loss whenever I’m depressed, so I think it is slowing down something in the brain. Stopping teaching stopped most of the embarrassment as I tried to find the word.

Lamictal 100mg for bp2, currently dealing with the worst depressive episode ive ever had.

Yes, I’ve taken lamictal (and lithium) for at least ten years and steady results. One time I had to go off it for a week and I really got reminded why I was taking it.

I take 300 mg for about 2 months I have word finding and saying things that are way off. I described somebody who is tall as somebody who is high as in a high bridge as soon as I say it I do recognize I have just said something odd and I have scrambled up complete sentences. The words are scrambled up and I’m experiencing memory short-term memory difficulties. Does any one have vivid dreams? When I have been on Elavil, and Paxil in the past, I always have vivid dreams, but Elavil caused them to be nightmares scary dreams, but Lamictal seems to just be vivid dreams, detailed dreams, and I remember them when I wake up.

i am on 3000 mg a day of levetiracetam for seizures and i am going to add 25 mg to the mix daily of lamotrigine and increase the dose says the doctor, my moods are not the best if i was a pit bull i would be a problem and need a muzzle and harness how ever those who know are used to it and if they want something looking after or protecting i am a good bet 😂 So my question is i am going to end up like a mindless zombie or will i stay sharp but without the want to fight the whole world

That first side effect seems to be pretty problematic for certain types of jobs. My job requires me to be careful either data and processing. I found this video because it was suggested by my psych

For me it’s word recall I have a hard time with. I’ll be talking and then I just can’t find the right words- agh.

My mom has s. and takes Xanax for sleep. I will recommend zinc to her.

Rapid cycling is soooooooo draining. My husband had that symptom as well before meds.

Your vision is affected. That's what happens.

Thank you so much for this video. I've been on for 7 years for bipolar II. I've tried to reduce dosage twice with similar results to yours--bad. But the WORD ISSUE. Oh my god, I didn't know that was a thing and I had a really powerful emotional reaction when you started talking about it. I am a writer, and I've seen my productivity dwindle since starting it. I think that may be part of it. Anyway, thanks for sharing your story.

You have a great, fluent and fast speech as a lamotrigine "user"....(epi user)

Yo, I can totally relate. Been taking Lamictal for 3 years now. I take trazodone for sleep. I still mess words up, but my depression isn't as bad as it was.

seroquel here but its going on 10 years.... i tried to go off it but now have gone down to 50mg

same with me, mania is the best feeling in the world but the aftertaste is something that I have to deal. Is like when you are drunk and do stupid shit but when you wake up the next day you regret everything. Same feeling with mania episodes. Lamictal prevents me go into the deep end but let me run free for several hours a day. Too confusing I know lol

I was on lamictal for years for my seizures and had no problem until probably year 6 I ended up with a rash. But I then switched to Zonisamide that’s where I noticed all these side effects. Plus major memory loss so now I’m back to considering taking this again 🤷🏼‍♀️

I can relate to the word finding issues but overall my experience with lamotrigine has been a good one.

Hair loss and regrowth anyone?

WHAT DOES LAMICTAL DO FOR BIPOLAR ?

Lamictal has been more effective for me than another antidepressants. I take 200mg but I wish I had another antidepressant to take with it because the depression is chronic. I don't get the rash or the wrong word thing. But I used to struggle with my speach when I was young because I had a speach impediment. But I took a lot of psychedelics that healed my speach. And I smoke pot so I have no problems expressing myself. Though like anyone, I think of things I could have said, or said better after the situation. Also I have experienced bipolar most of my adult life. (Lots of childhood trama)

Just started mine 25 mg I'm so scared of getting any weird side effects but here we go hopefully it is a godsend because this is really hard to deal with😢

لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله

Thanks for this! I'm suspecting I might have a mood disorder (probably bipolar 2) and I've started going to therapy. I'm thinking about meds also but I'm not sure I'm ready yet. My depressive episodes are painful but so far manageable, so I think I'm going to keep on my current path for a while. But it's really nice to know that if things get worse, Lamictal seems an effective and tolerable option.

Trouble with word finding was a problem for me before lamotrigine also!

Can i take lamictal for stress?

Day 2 today… finger tightly crossed

I've been on lamictal for over a decade and I have Schizoaffective Bipolar Type as well. Thanks for this information! I think I have a better understanding of how the medication works. It can be difficult when you take so many medications to understand their specific side effects.