Posted by girl1969 on December 31, 2003, at 8:41:10
In reply to Lamactil vs. Topamax for Bipolar Disorder, posted by Random on December 30, 2003, at 19:12:36
Random,
Welcome to the board.
I am Bipolar 1 and have been worked up to 400 mgs of lamictil over the past months. I have experienced no hair loss, which I did experience on Depakote.
I tried Topamax for a short while last year with awful results. I became very irritable and almost combative. I had to stop for these reasons. I never lost any weight.
I don't know if the lamictil could be making your hair fall out. Sometimes stress has that effect.
I know how disturbing it can be to see all that hair coming out. My doctor says he has never seen anyone go completely bald due to a medication, so that's heartening. Hopefully, this will stop at some point for you.I had trouble with lamictal while I was working up to a therapeutic level, but now I feel very good. You may want to give it another shot.
Take care and best of luck.
Girl
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