Hello, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone tell me if this is a side-effect of lamictal. i am always over-reacting to things because i am so paranoid still over that rash business. Well, to try not to be too gross, it feels like there is a sore inside my nose in my left side. Is it possible it is from that? Because, i know it said stuff about mouth sores, but i dont remember if it said something about nose... or is it just that i've had a cold recently? im gonna try to find something to tell me if its a possible side-effect or not... i just don't know what i did with the handy dandy pamphlet... Thanks

Hi Curls,
Well, if you could get a sore in your mouth, it does seem possible you could get one in your nose--I mean, they're both lined with mucous membrane. If I can just be even more icky, it is possible to get a pimple-like sore inside your nose, particularly if you've just had a cold. I've had them several times and they get really sore!
Don't panic until you check your pamphlet. Again, sorry for being gross.

Hello, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone tell me if this is a side-effect of lamictal. i am always over-reacting to things because i am so paranoid still over that rash business. Well, to try not to be too gross, it feels like there is a sore inside my nose in my left side. Is it possible it is from that? Because, i know it said stuff about mouth sores, but i dont remember if it said something about nose... or is it just that i've had a cold recently? im gonna try to find something to tell me if its a possible side-effect or not... i just don't know what i did with the handy dandy pamphlet... Thanks




It never hurts to consult yor doc, but here is my experience. When you get a serious reaction to Lamictal, it would not generally involve your nose. I know the info about serious rashes is scary, but when I had that reaction (and had to go off it right away), the rash was all over.

I hope that helps.

Angie

Hey guys, thanks for responding. i put a call into my doctor earlier, and another doctor called and told me to go off of it. he said that if i was prone to seizures to ween off of it, but his gut feeling was for me to just stop it right away. i guess it is like the ones in your mouth. i dont know. its all pretty scary if you ask me. so ive been flipping out about this all day. like, what are they going to try me on next? i just want to go off all of it. for real. all of it. this just isnt worth it. im supposed to have a date tomorrow night, how am i supposed to explain to him that i have these painful open sores up my nose and im in some wacked out mood so i just can't deal with some new boy kissing up to me?????? OOHHHHHHHHHHH WHYYYY DO WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THIS?????????? Alright, i'll stop now. i am just in one heck of a mood.

That's a bummer about your reaction. The only side effect I was aware of was the rash stuff... I've been on Lamictal for over a year now, and have loved it. I have no side-effects, and day-to-day, I don't even notice the medication.

Lithium was brutal on me. It drowned me out, and I just felt kinda rusted or something... that's the best description I can give. So I switched to Depakote after taking a "medication vacation." It was better, and I felt much better for a while. It really helped with my downs. But then I started putting on weight... 30 pounds in a year or so. And I felt exhausted all the time. I went off of it, but managed to do fine for over a year...

Now that I'm finally settled in, I have a regimine of taking stuff once a day, loading my Lamictal in the morning, which seems to work (I have a hard time remembering to take afternoon/evening meds). I honestly don't even notice it. It's like taking an allergy pill. As far as withdrawal, I get butterflies in my head & feel disoriented if I miss a day. Otherwise, if any of y'all are really struggling w/ harsh meds, it might be something to look into.

That's a bummer about your reaction. The only side effect I was aware of was the rash stuff... I've been on Lamictal for over a year now, and have loved it. I have no side-effects, and day-to-day, I don't even notice the medication.

Lithium was brutal on me. It drowned me out, and I just felt kinda rusted or something... that's the best description I can give. So I switched to Depakote after taking a "medication vacation." It was better, and I felt much better for a while. It really helped with my downs. But then I started putting on weight... 30 pounds in a year or so. And I felt exhausted all the time. I went off of it, but managed to do fine for over a year...

Now that I'm finally settled in, I have a regimine of taking stuff once a day, loading my Lamictal in the morning, which seems to work (I have a hard time remembering to take afternoon/evening meds). I honestly don't even notice it. It's like taking an allergy pill. As far as withdrawal, I get butterflies in my head & feel disoriented if I miss a day. Otherwise, if any of y'all are really struggling w/ harsh meds, it might be something to look into.

Grantophus,
Did you lose the weight after being put on Lamictal? My psychiatrist has been talking about switching me from Depakote ER to Lamictal. I too put on weight with the regular Depakote, but have since lost weight now that I am on Depakote ER. However, I have also adjusted my eating and exercise habits, so that might be why I lost weight.

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It's been a couple years, and that whole period is kinda hazy in my mind, but I believe I was on Depakote ER as well. A lot of the weight came because I started to feel slugish in general on it, so my activity level decreased, plus I started eating more... eventually I went off of it cold turkey which added another 5 or 10 pounds b/c of depression, drug abuse, and binge eating.

I really crashed hard, but I started to lose the weight after I bailed out. One of my biggest problems is feeling like everything is hanging over my head. Once I start to fall behind, if I can't catch up soon, it becomes a chain reaction. Bailing out and starting over is my way to get myself back on track, despite the fact that it's not the most responsible thing to do. As soon as I bailed, I started to just live a little healthier and the weight started coming off.

Finally, I'll answer your real question... Once I got on Lamictal, I started to shed the pounds. I'm finally back down to where I was before the Depakote, although I'm still probably 15 pounds over what I should be. I've lost about 40 pounds since summer 2002, probably 30 of which have been since I got on Lamictal around Thanksgiving 2002. I would say that part of it is the Lamictal, in the sense that I'm not prone to packing the pounds on, and I'm able to lose the weight. But as far as actually losing it, it's probably been because I'm being more active, eating healthier, and just living better in general. Of course, the reason for this is that I'm finally happy with where I am, namely due to the Lamictal. I'm just more stable, and because I don't mind taking it, I'm really consistent, which affects all areas of my life.

I'm not saying that the Lamictal is the wonder drug. I'm also on Wellbutrin XL & Adderol for day-to-day lows and ADHD respectively, but that's all another story. I was already on the Adderol with Lithium and Depakote, so that probably wasn't a major contributor to the weight. I'll probably bore y'all with it at some point, but I don't want to hijack this post.

*note* Just for clarification purposes, I'm a big guy at 6'4", big frame, 200 plenty pounds... so the 40 pounds is bad, but not as bad as if I was smaller.