{"id":331,"date":"2008-08-16T16:06:35","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T16:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/08\/16\/bipolar-meds-lamictal-lamotrigine-side-effects\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:02:12","slug":"bipolar-meds-lamictal-lamotrigine-side-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-meds-lamictal-lamotrigine-side-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Meds: Lamictal (Lamotrigine) side effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/med-question2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6356\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"med question\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/med-question2-258x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\">Hi,\u00a0 Julie. I know you have been on Lamictal a long time. What side effects do you have? Regina<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hi Regina,<\/p>\n<p>I call Lamictal my wonder drug. It gave me a much more normal life. It can have some intense side effects though.<\/p>\n<p>Lamictal side effects can be there from the beginning- literally from the first week- in the form of a stiff neck, clenched jaw or some mild breathing problems. I had these for quite a while and then they went away.<\/p>\n<p>There is definitely a rash associated with Lamictal- one, called Stevens Johnson Syndrome\u00a0is serious the other benign. My coauthor Dr. John Preston said that most of the rashes from Lamictal are very mild and not of concern- but I also know one person who had\u00a0the rash from head to toe.\u00a0 No matter what, see your doctor if you see a rash. This does NOT mean you have to stop the drug unless there is a serious rash. People do learn to manage the itchiness. Talk with a doctor who really, really understands Lamictal.\u00a0All psych drugs have potentially serious side effects, so don\u2019t throw Lamictal out too soon!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been on Lamictal for three years. My side effects come and go. It\u2019s frustrating, but I need this drug so I deal with them.\u00a0 I have a stiff neck that makes it hard to get comfortable at night and I\u2019m now experiencing extremely intense itching- without a visible rash.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve talked with my doctor.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty bad.<\/p>\n<p>So, it\u2019s always a tradeoff with psychiatric meds like Lamictal. Can you live with the side effects? Are there ways to make things easier such as massage, chiropractic help and ice packs? That\u2019s what I do.\u00a0 If I get a bad side effect, I stay calm and do what it takes to deal with the side effect.\u00a0 This determines if I can stay on a med or not.<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/med-question2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6356\" style=\"margin: 25px;\" title=\"med question\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/med-question2-258x300.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>Hi, Julie. I know you have been on Lamictal a long time. What side effects do you have? Regina<\/p>\n<p>Hi Regina,<\/p>\n<p>I call Lamictal my wonder drug. It gave me a much more normal life. It can have some intense side effects though.<\/p>\n<p>Lamictal side effects can be there from the beginning- literally from the first week- in the form of a stiff neck, clenched jaw or some mild breathing problems. I had these for quite a while and then they went away.<\/p>\n<p>There is definitely a rash associated with Lamictal- one, called Stevens Johnson Syndrome is serious the other benign. My coauthor Dr. John Preston said that most of the rashes from Lamictal are very mild and not of concern- but I also know one person who had the rash from head to toe. No matter what, see your doctor if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-meds-lamictal-lamotrigine-side-effects\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12223,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331\/revisions\/12223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}