Seizure Drugs Linked to Increased Suicidal Thoughts-Lamictal, Topomax, Gabapentin Keppra & more

[fed-up]

glad I just stopped the lamictal and yes, increases thoughts of suicide here, running out the door for psych evaluation, will add to this later

http://news.google.com/news?client=safari&rls=en&q=lamictal&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wn&scoring=n

Epilepsy Drugs Double the Risk of Suicidal Thought
InjuryBoard.com, FL - 22 hours ago
The drugs, which include Depakote, Lamictal, Topamax, Keppra, Lyrica and Neurontin, are sometimes prescribed for chronic pain and headaches, as well. ...
Antiepileptic Drugs Linked to Increased Risk for Suicidality
Medscape (subscription) - Feb 1, 2008
... felbamate (Felbatol, MedPoint Pharmaceuticals), gabapentin (Neurontin, Pfizer, Inc), lamotrigine (Lamictal, GlaxoSmithKline), levetiracetam (Keppra, ...

Epilepsy Drugs Linked to Suicidal-Thoughts Risk, FDA Warns
eFluxMedia - Feb 1, 2008
... Gabapentin (marketed as Neurontin), Lamotrigine (marketed as Lamictal), Levetiracetam (marketed as Keppra), Oxcarbazepine (marketed as Trileptal), ...
FDA Finds Increase in Suicide Symptoms for Patients Using Seizure ...
New York Times, United States - Jan 31, 2008
A spokeswoman for GlaxoSmithKline, Mary Anne Rhyne, said its analysis of clinical trials of Lamictal found “general trends that were similar to those seen ...
Neurontin, Lyrica linked to suicide risks, regulators warn
Dallas Morning News, TX - Jan 31, 2008
Risks for the drugs, which also include Johnson & Johnson's Topamax and GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Lamictal, were seen in clinical testing as soon as one week ...PFE

Seizure Drugs Linked to Increased Suicidal Thoughts
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases, Canada - Jan 31, 2008
Some of the more popular anti-seizure drugs currently on the market include: Topamax, manufactured by Johnson and Johnson, Lamictal, manufactured by GSK, ...
FDA Warns Epilepsy Drugs May Raise Suicide Risk
Forbes, NY - Jan 31, 2008
... Gabapentin (marketed as Neurontin), Lamotrigine (marketed as Lamictal), Levetiracetam (marketed as Keppra), Oxcarbazepine (marketed as Trileptal), ...
FDA Finds Suicidal Behavior in Studies of 11 Epilepsy Drugs
MedPage Today, NJ - Jan 31, 2008
... Tegretol, Tegretol XR), felbamate (Felbatol), gabapentin (Neurontin), lamotrigine (Lamictal), levetiracetam (Keppra), oxcarbazepine (Trileptal), ...
US warns of suicidal actions with epilepsy drugs
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Jan 31, 2008
The medicines include Pfizer Inc's Neurontin and Lyrica, GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Lamictal, Abbott LaboratoriesInc's Depakote and Johnson & Johnson's Topamax. ...
Suicidal-Thoughts Risk Is Linked To Drugs Used to Treat Epilepsy
Wall Street Journal - Jan 31, 2008
The drugs include Topamax by Johnson & Johnson and Lamictal by GlaxoSmithKline PLC. Some of the drugs are also approved to treat migraines and certain pain ...

[EFerrari]

1. Wow. I was on Lamictal for exactly three days and all my alarms went off.

And, I stopped it and called the doctor.

Thanks, fed-up. Check back in if you can when you get back.

:hug:
:grouphug:

[fed-up]

2. in and out today-this am was Social Security disability mental health exam

"liscensed psychologist" said I probably wasn't bipolar, more like had anxiety and depression

said I wasn't bipolar :"because I sat in the chair the entire interview"

but now my neck is killing me and I have a horendous headache from having to sit in the f*cking chair for 2 hours on top of still feeling slightly crappy from the lamictal poisoning

in what manual is sitting(or not) for an interview part of the criteria for bipolar?????
not one question related to what my highs or lows were like (or even if I had them) or to try and distinguish mania from hypomania

mostly it seemed like an intelligence test

word definitions
copy figures by drawing them
remembering stories
finish the picture/pattern with the right choice of 4 or 5 samples
saying why two things were similar-table/chair fly/tree etc
and a few other tests

I think I did okay on the definitions, similarities and logic, but sucked at the memory tasks

nothing like having to see firsthand that your short-term memory is full of gaping holes...

[EFerrari]

3. Remember that these people are looking for the rightest box to check

not exactly evaluating your situation. You sound a lot like me. I have a lot of bi-polar stuff going on but no one would ever DX me that way. Instead, it's always anxiety and depression. I guess I'm not good enough at it. :dunce:

Good for you for getting through that. :hug:

[fizzgig]

4. interesting

i've found that i feel a shit of a lot more stable while on lamictal, but my suicidal thoughts have only subsided a bit...it's just easier to keep them at bay

[easttexaslefty]

5. Danny, my son's friend ,brought me this report last week

Danny was on Tegretol for almost 20 years for Dystonia.

[Forkboy]

6. Oddly, Lamictal is the only med I take (non cancer related) that I like.

I have had no increase in my suicidal thoughts, mostly because increasing them would be tough, and partly because it seems very mellow to me. I've had some bad anti-depressant adventures, but the Lamictal is the only one I can;t complain about.

I think this illustrates how different all of us are, and why one drug may work fine for one and not the other. I hate every med BUT the Lamictal. Even my thyroid meds piss me off (different story for a different forum :P) :shrug: