Lamictal vs Seroquel
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| Lamotrigine is used alone or with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It may also be used to help prevent the extreme mood swings of bipolar disorder in adults. | Seroquel is used to treat certain mental/mood conditions (including bipolar disorder, schizophrenia). Quetiapine is known as an anti-psychotic drug (atypical type). It works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (neurotransmitters) in the brain. | |||
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| Add Lamictal review I started losing hair being a female this is very concerning. I have researched this of course the co denies this as a side effect I found many people having the same problem and months after stopping they are still losing hair. I did read somewhere if this happens it usually starts about 4 months after starting well I have been on it 7 months and my hair loss is horrible weaning myself off of it ... Going on week 7 of use. Am now up to 150 mg and my p said that's where I'm going to stay for a while to see how it goes. I have noticed my glands are swollen a little in my neck, and I got a small mouth sore on my gum but it went away on its own. Yesterday I had severe muscle spasm in my legs on the verge of complete muscle failure in the calves more specifically. The headaches went away in week 2 ... I have lost much of my ability to smell things. I have never written a review of anything in my life but I can't say enough about this drug and I wanted other people who are bipolar to benefit. You can start at a low dose and work your way up gradually. Lamictal prevented me from backsliding further into my depression and brought me out of it. I am not depressed and feeling stable for the first time in five months. Please try this drug and ... Took it briefly; experienced swelling in feet, as I did with Lyrica. Have stopped it. | Add Seroquel review It relaxes me when im anxious and helps me sleep when my insomnia is bad. No one told me that I could experience dramatic weight gain taking this med. It wasn't on the paperwork that I was given when I got it. We're talking 100lbs here. Now I can't seem to lose the weight. helped me feel better, but weight gain++ and have developed type 2 diabeties. For me, this med was a disaster. It was prescribed for me initially by a pill pushing shrink who made a snap judgement that I was bipolar II after my wife filed for divorce and I asked for help. I had been on and off anti-depressants for years, usually after failed relationships. It made things worse, not better, and I ended up in and out of the psych ward six times over the next three years, a ... | |||
