Lamotrigine may make you feel very drowsy or sleepy when you start taking it. It may also make it difficult for you to get to sleep. If these symptoms carry on for a long time, or if this is difficult for you, talk to your doctor or pharmacist about other medicines you could take.

You may experience quick and uncontrollable movements of your eye, clumsiness, and lack of coordination. High doses of Lamitor may cause problems with your balance, changes in heartbeat rhythm, loss of consciousness, fits (convulsions) or coma. Even if there are no signs of discomfort, seek immediate medical attention of a doctor or nearby hospital.

Lamotrigine (Lamictal) is an inexpensive drug used to control seizures in adults and children with epilepsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. This drug is slightly more popular than comparable drugs. It is available in brand and generic versions.

It is important that you inform your doctor if you are already on any other antiepileptic medicines. The reason being, taking Lamitor with some antiepileptics (like valproate and carbamazepine) may increase the chances of developing side effects. Also, the dose of Lamitor may need adjustment if taken with antiepileptic medicines such as oxcarbazepine, felbamate, gabapentin, levetiracetam, pregabalin, topiramate or zonisamide.

Lamitor can be taken with or without food. Continue taking Lamitor in the dose and duration advised by the doctor to get maximum benefits of Lamitor.

Yes, you can take Lamitor if you have depression symptoms. In fact, Lamitor is used in preventing depression. But, do not self medicate. Do not start or stop taking Lamitor on your own, unless otherwise advised by the doctor.

Conclusions. There appears to be significant improvement in cognitive abilities in PBD patients treated with lamotrigine that is most prominent in the areas of working memory and verbal memory and that occurs along with mood stabilization.

Lamotrigine is a medicine used to treat epilepsy. It can also help prevent low mood (depression) in adults with bipolar disorder.

Though it varies from person to person, your symptoms may take about 6-8 weeks to improve.

Studies on the human population do not show any effects of Lamitor on pregnant women or her fetus. However, it is advisable that you inform your doctor immediately if you become pregnant or are planning to get pregnant while taking Lamitor. In case therapy with Lamitor is considered during pregnancy, your doctor may prescribe the lowest effective dose.

There have been reports where patients developed serious rashes within 8 weeks of starting Lamitor and were hospitalized. Sometimes these rashes turn into severe skin infections and may endanger the patient’s life. Therefore, it is advised that if a patient develops rashes after starting Lamitor, it should be stopped and should not be restarted. Use of Lamitor is stopped even if the rashes are mild and non-serious. It is because of this that your doctor changed the medicine.