Posted by Luka62 on February 1, 2003, at 19:09:45
In reply to Re: nervous bowel problems, posted by whitman on February 1, 2003, at 18:57:51
> Just curious. Have any of you been taking Lamactil. I Started taking it the first part of August. Labor day weekend I got sick with what I thought was the flu. Until it didn't go away. I would get better for a few days and then bam it was back again I would be on the toilet nonstop. I couldnt eat... We thought it could be IBS but after 2 1/2 months and 20 pounds later we decided to try going off lamactil and a week later it was gone and didnt come back. So your IBS me be linked with something else.
This is the first I've heard of that! I started taking Lamictal a little over a year ago, and it was a short time later I started having bowel problems. Sometimes it was so bad I'd have to take pain medication, because my sciatic nerve was being irritated, and the pain was unbearable.
A GI doc diagnosed me with IBS this past September.
I take Hyoscyam, and Citrucel tablets, helps a little. But going off the Lamictal wouldn't be an easy choice, because it's the first real effective mood stabilizer I've ever been on.
poster:Luka62
thread:137932
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20030130/msgs/138806.html