Posted by matt832 on January 28, 2009, at 1:44:24
In reply to Scared to try Lamictal - seeking opinions please, posted by Garnet71 on January 7, 2009, at 23:55:37
I'd say study it carefully and see if the potential problems outweigh the possible good. To date I've been on 28 different meds for depression, Lamictal was the only one that worked and only for about 8 months. Then it stopped. The Dr. stopped it and waited a few months to restart it but with no luck.
One side effect I've had is a very annoying tendency toward typos as has been reported on other sites. I first noticed it when I just started Lamictal, and I mentioned it to my Dr. at that point. It continues to this day and is getting worse and I've stopped
Lamictal over a year ago. Others have reported problems with handwriting and I too have noticed that too.For me these appear to be permanent. I would be less inclined to be upset if the drug was actually helping me, but it's not and I'm left with this problem. I will be watching to see if there are any law suits over this.
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