Posted by Charles Simmons on August 16, 2005, at 1:33:40
I have been takin Lamictal 100mg for about 5 months now, & it has made my life a living hell along with cymbalta 50 mg & marijuana. This is my story! I have been having a high tempature flu-like symptoms, my epilepsy got worse, got a rash, dizziness, difficulty sleeping, feeling or being sick, feeling very irritable, aggressive, agitated, confused, loss of co-ordination when I walk, had unusual movements like jerkin of my arms & legs, itching, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, dry heaving, & not being able to have an orgasim. I treated my wife like a piece of me told her that I would choose weed over my family. Wasn't there for her when she needed me the most. Got into A verbal arguement with my cousin, which is like my brother, & hurt him more than any one could. I was basically hurting the ones I love the most. I love my wife more than anything else in this world! I love my family second, & third I love myself. Me & my wife are seperated because of the medications & the weed. I can never take back the things that I have did to everyone I love, but I also called everyone that hurt from all of this & tried to explain that this was the reason of the way I was acting. My wife thinks that I'm using it as an excuse, which I don't blame her. I wouldn't believe it either if I was in her shoes. But I would believe it if it was proven to me that is why I was! But my wife & I are seperated because of all of this, which I never meant to hurt her, I love her to damn much. But I am giving her her space so that she has time to heal & also myself time to heal. I am so emotionally scarred from all of this. And I never take back the things I did. But as of right now me & my wife are still friends & I pray that we will be back together soon. But it is messed up that my doctor didn't explain to me about the side effects from those medications. I stop smoking weed 2 weeks ago & want nothing more to do with it. I stop taking the cymbalta 50mg last week & at the same time I stop taking the lamictal 100mg. But after a couple day rolled by I started to take the lamictal again. Then today I was curious of the side effects of the lamictal 100mg & found out that exactly the way I have been feeling for the last 5 months. And now it is too late to explain why I have been acting the way I was acting. My wife right now believes that I'm using it as an excuse, which in all actualality it is the truth. So I want to thank the doctor for giving me a medication that destroyed my life. As soon as I found out that is why I have been acting the way I have been I threw those damn things in the garbage! But that is my story! Can anyone give advise on what I can do? I need all the help I can get! Thank You for reading this Ihope this sheds light on alot of people!
poster:Charles Simmons
thread:542291
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