Ugh, lamictal. I'm sorry I ever heard the word. I was dx'ed incorrectly a year ago as bipolar. So, the quack gave me lamictal, took like almost 3 months to get to a full dose, 300 mgs. Did squat for me - probably because I didn't need it in the first place (I have PTSD, I needed an SSRI and probably a Benzo for anxiety).

Didn't have any good effects. Caused me a lot of problems -- itchy skin, especially on my face, that started right away, within a few weeks. Later, after about 2-3 months on the full dose, I started to get a pretty severe tremor, nausea, dizzyness, and it caused my red blood count to drop into the moderately anemic range. And, coming off of it has been awful -- we tried too fast, and I had severe withdrawal symptoms, kind of like hypoglycemia. Now, I'm withdrawing at a schedule that will take me about 9 months.

The new Pdoc I have is great, she absolutely said there are other things out there that will do far more for me without the side effects -- I'm on good old fashioned dirt cheap prozac now. I'm about halfway done with the lamictal. Good riddance when it's gone.