went up on the Lamictal Friday.....boy, it is kicking in with side effects!! i feel awful today.....ears ringing....head is all goofy. the Pdoc told me to take it at night to avoid this and when i did, i had the most horrible nightmares i've ever had.....pat

[jenniferever]

I had some wicked side effects on Lamictal the first time I was on, when I went from 150mg to 200mg. I had cognitive difficulties and vertigo (yeah VErtigo).
It sucked. I could not walk down a flight of stairs! I quit taking it. Started on it again like 2 months ago, but was to stay at 150mg. I quit again though, it was making my skin all gross. Gee, do you think my doctor loves me or what...

you made me giggle! and that's doing something today......my head was driving me nuts......

going to bed now and will get up and do it again tomorrow. i'm small and i cannot see getting past 100mg.....75 really helped me a lot, so i'm hopeful that 100 will finish me up........pat

[dorsey555]

Hey...
I've been on lamictal for about 2 years now, maybe longer. I take 300mg! At first I never felt that stable emotionally in years. It doesn't help with mania and that's been an issue lately. I never had side effects except sleepiness, so i take it at night. one of my pdoc's called it the miracle drug because he saw so many positive effects. I heard that it's either great of horrible. If we could just find the right cocktail...
I wish you the best my friend,
dorsey

[Direction]

I'm up to 200...low side effects...tend to agree that it doesn't help much with mania...spent a bit too much money in the last 30 days...oh well...

We talked before about the all over pain are you still expereincing any of that?

i'm still having the body pain, Direction. not nearly as BAD though.(i'm very sore.)....... i'm thankful for that. i'm having bruises show up all over me.....i bruise easily, but these are in places (like under my arm) where i would never hit anything......it started after i went up to 100mg...

i do have one positive bit of news. it no longer effects me sexually. how is everyone else doing in that "arena">>>>>>