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dry mouth, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, diarrhea; fever, sore throat, runny nose; drowsiness, tired feeling; back pain; or
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Lamictal
Anorexia nervosa is a severe mental illness with a high rate of mortality and morbidity
Lamictal, like several other antiepileptics, may cause rare, but very serious reactions that begin with a rash
May be taken with or
He said that Lamictal is an Antiepileptic but also used as a mood stabilizer and that is acts more as an antidepressant, bringing your lows up and balancing your mood
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Lamictal, the brand name for lamotrigine, is an anticonvulsant medication used to control and prevent seizures
Increased risk of suicidal thoughts and/or behavior: This warning accompanies the whole category of antiepileptic drugs
This may include measuring your height and weight Eating disorders appear to occur more frequently in individuals with bipolar disorder
You can minimize the weight gain as you have done, but the metabolic changes are going to
1 percent per decade, and the standardized mortality ratio is 6 percent
Tremors or shaking
Antidepressants linked to weight loss include Prozac (fluoxetine) and Wellbutrin (bupropion)
The most common side effects include dizziness, headache, vomiting and rash
Personally, lamotrigine has been much more effective in preventing my hypomania than my depression
This medication can be used to reduce the occurrence of mood episodes in people with bipolar disorder and to control seizures in people with epilepsy
Weight gain can be a side effect of medications used to treat serious mental illnesses, but Lamictal doesn't necessarily fall into that category
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder that causes extreme shifts in a person's mood and energy level
Muscle spasms in your throat that make it difficult to breathe ( laryngospasm )