Weight gain on Lamictal

[90Nine]

I know that they say Lamictal should not cause weight gain, but I've gained about 15 pounds since I've started taking it.

However, I have stopped taking Wellbutrin at the same time which actually made me lose about 50 pounds when I started taking it. So maybe that is what is causing it.

Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen with the Lamictal.

Thanks

[joan]

My son is on Lamictal about 3 years. He hasn't gained any weight from it and if anything, I think, It has lessened his appetite. He tends to run very lean. He is 20.

Good luck,
joan*

[Nakamova]

"They" are wrong. Lots (and I mean LOTS) of people gain weight on Lamictal. I've gained 15 pounds since going on Lamictal last fall. Especially in the late evening I would crave food, so that seems to be part of it. I think my weight has stabilized now (knock on wood). Either that or the heat & humidity have killed my appetite.

Best,
Nakamova

[Chris515]

I'm in the same boat everyone! I've put on about 20 pounds while on Lamictal. That feeling of craving something (usually chocolate...) around 9:00 is very annoying. If I just stopped buying chocolate maybe it would fix the problem...

[Junebug]

I had the same thing when I was put on the Lamictal. 20 lbs in just a few months and still eating the same diet. My friends all thought I was trying to get more calories while nursing (I just had my 1st child,) but I wasn't nursing at all because of the meds.

I say it is all a conspiracy with the medicine trials. If someone is on a medicine that says
'little to no weight gain' and then they add another that has the same lable there is definately more of a chance to gain weight, even on the same diet as before.

[Meetz1064]

I haven't gained any, and I've been on Lamictal for over 3 months now....

Years ago, I was on both Depakote and Lamictal at the same time. My levels were off the wall, so the neurologist took me off both of them, but I also gained over 100 pounds then.........

[brain]

I didn't gain any weight on Lamictal
(Lamotrigine) - and had been on it
for quite awhile before the allergy
developed.

But it is my understanding that weight
LOSS was an issue with this medication,
but I guess it's different with everyone.

[Loopy Lou]

I've lost about 2 stone (28lb i think) in the last two months. I put it down to trying to diet (my first serious diet/exercise thing in years) though lol. I'm on Lamotrigene too. Mind you, if it is due to the meds, i'll be quite glad to lose more!

[kmcc]

Can someone please tell me if the same is for Tegretol.

I think Im clutching at straws here.

I'll think on this over a Pint tonight.

[donding]

I was on Lamactal for a long time...never gained any weight. Then I went off lamactal for about a year then went back on it. I've been back on it for about 8 months now and at first never gained. But in the last three months I have gained....my guess...about 40 pounds. Went from a size 6 to a size 10 and still growing. I'm on no other meds so it's got to be from the lamactal or some other health condition.

[Nakamova]

I've gained 15 pounds in the year and a half since I've been on Lamictal, so yeah I think it's definitely the cause. No fun.