Reviewer: K33vin, 55-64 on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I took 25mg daily for a week. I think I was allergic. No sleep at all for five days. I had a headache that would not go away. I had body aches. Like the flu without fever. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Chills. Stomach pain. I developed 52 cherry angiomas in one week. I lost 11 pounds. Stopped med at one week

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I took 25mg daily for a week. I think I was allergic. No sleep at all for five days. I had a headache that would not go away. I had body aches. Like the flu without fever. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Chills. Stomach pain. I developed 52 cherry angiomas in one week. I lost 11 pounds. Stopped med at one week
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Reviewer: j, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I sleep just fine, I started at 25 mg and slowly went up to 100 mg currently. I'm tired and sleep great.no rash, no unbearable side effects.

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I sleep just fine, I started at 25 mg and slowly went up to 100 mg currently. I'm tired and sleep great.no rash, no unbearable side effects.
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Reviewer: PekoeGirl1985, 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)

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I did not get much sleep while on this medicine. The insomnia side effect is horrendous. Even with adding Ambien to the mix, I still would watch the sun rise. Also, the depersonalization side effect is pretty bad. I just didn't care about anything, and my passion for art was completely gone. I won't ever take this medicine again.

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I did not get much sleep while on this medicine. The insomnia side effect is horrendous. Even with adding Ambien to the mix, I still would watch the sun rise. Also, the depersonalization side effect is pretty bad. I just didn't care about anything, and my passion for art was completely gone. I won't ever take this medicine again.
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Reviewer: pearl , 13-18 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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only have been taking it for a few days and i’ve been lightheaded with drowsiness. it has made me feel extremely sad, more irritable, and unstable. legit started sobbing out of nowhere in one of my classes. i’ll give it a couple more weeks but so far, not a good experience. it’s only been an issue since they upped me from 250 to 300mg

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only have been taking it for a few days and i’ve been lightheaded with drowsiness. it has made me feel extremely sad, more irritable, and unstable. legit started sobbing out of nowhere in one of my classes. i’ll give it a couple more weeks but so far, not a good experience. it’s only been an issue since they upped me from 250 to 300mg
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Reviewer: 45-54 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)

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My response is to Susie! She began at a very high dose 100 mg. Lamictal has a black box warning. You need to carefully titrate up on it. Otherwise, you will get the famous Lamictal Rash. I cannot believe anyone would prescribe Lamictal like that carelessly to a patient!! I started out at 25 mg adding 25 each week till I got to my Theraputic Dose of 300 mg. Began when I was 45 and off and on ( I fe ... Show Full Comment

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My response is to Susie! She began at a very high dose 100 mg. Lamictal has a black box warning. You need to carefully titrate up on it. Otherwise, you will get the famous Lamictal Rash. I cannot believe anyone would prescribe Lamictal like that carelessly to a patient!! I started out at 25 mg adding 25 each week till I got to my Theraputic Dose of 300 mg. Began when I was 45 and off and on ( I felt better, so I stopped, good grief!) I'm now 64 and glad to be back on the drug. It's great. Takes awful, is my only complaint.
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