Serimarie Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Joint pain (knees) while on 100 mg Lamictal??? Anyone know of any other drugs that work just like lamictal without the side effects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bueler Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 What are you taking it for? Trileptal is another AC that tends to be used for mood stabilization. I've never had joint pain from my lamictal... are you sure it's definitely the lamictal and nothing else could be the cause? How long have you been taking it? Lamictal is one where you usually have to wait out the side effects, and they usually go away, or at least they did for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) I've never had joint pain with Lamictal, and I've been on it for years. If you have just started taking it, I'd give it a little more time to see if the joint pain goes away. It might just be a side effect, like Bueler said above. Edited September 4, 2014 by melissaw72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiaB Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I've heard of it, but not personally experienced it. My pdoc actually mentioned it yesterday as a possibility now that I've reached my target lamotrigine dose. Unfortunately we can't help with more suggestions unless you give us more information - why are you taking it, what else have you been on in the past, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBQuick Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 A buncha years with Lamictal. No joint pain (other that those from bone spurs, arthritis (I mean, seriously, WTF!), ruptured discs, and now a torn medial meniscus, discoid lateral something or other). Any way you can narrow stuff down? Eliminate other possibilities? Joint pain so just sucks in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 I had a lot of joint pain titrating up on Lamictal, and I know others here have as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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