Lamictal and losing hair ?

[sweet1]

Looking for anyone out there taking Lamictal or has taken Lamictal . And has hair lose? My daughter poor thing it seems to be one thing after another for her. I took her in to see the Dermatologist today 10/3/2006 to find out what is going on with her hair and face. She also has had lots of truma over the summer I was told it could be this too . 33 days in the hospital.

[Matt A]

I've been taking 600mg Lamictal for over 3 years now. Even being a 47 year old male, I still have a full head of hair with no loss.

Hair loss is not one of the side effects of Lamictal, but every medecine affects every person differently.


Here is a link to an excellent web site to check up on medecation, what it does, what it's for, and the side effects.

Medline Plus

[DBG]

I didn't have hair loss with Lamictal but I definitely have it with Keppra and had it with Topomax and Zonegran. It's one of the more frustrating side effects for me.
Christine

[NTruro]

Yes, my hair thinned from Lamictal. The drug company considers alopecia to be an "infrequent" side effect. I have read of other people losing hair because of Lamictal. Most epilepsy meds can cause hair loss.

[ian]

i get hayfever (flu like symptoms) .. lives etc ... i am on 100mgs in the morning and at night

[debinaz1]

No hair loss for me. I'm on 125mg twice a day. I did, however, have tremendous back pain and lots of simple partials every time I upped the dose. Good luck - it's a good medicine.

[bon]

HI! It did other nasty things but hair loss wasn't one of them. bon

[Birdbomb]

Selenium is an excellent suppliment that helps hair to grow back and also washing your hair with Selsen Blue. I was on a medication about 15 years ago that made me loose 50% of my hair! It came out in clumps. The seleium and the shampoo brought it back to normal.

[petunia]

Yes, I have hair loss on Lamictal. It has keep me seizure free for about a year, but my hair is so thinned I'm going to have to go off of it. I have bald spots on front of my head.

[westcoast]

I'm 50 years old and have a full head of hair. I take 450mg of Lamictal everyday. Some memory and def some sleeping probs. No hair loss tho