ME/CFS
Severe → no benefit
Severely messed up with ME/CFS after lamotrigine and Ativan, no better eight months on
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Severe (mostly bedbound)
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Oct 2023
In their words
- At worst: Severe
still severely messed up 8 months later
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
I'm still severely messed up 8 months later
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Summary
A person in r/cfs said a doctor put them on lamotrigine and a daily benzodiazepine (Ativan); after a month they had a huge reaction, and eight months later they said they were still severely messed up and their eyes were screwed. They said they now hate doctors.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- lamotragrine · Much worse
Dr put me on lamotragrine and daily benzo (Ativan) - after a month I had a huge reaction and I'm still severely messed up 8 months later - my eyes are screwed
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Adverse events
- “I took some treatment for it and it wrecked my eyes (long story) but now I really hate Dr's” In context ↗ Side effects
- Lamotrigine (Lamictal)“Dr put me on lamotragrine and daily benzo (Ativan) - after a month I had a huge reaction and I'm still severely messed up 8 months later - my eyes are screwed” In context ↗ Side effects
- Lorazepam (Ativan)“Dr put me on lamotragrine and daily benzo (Ativan) - after a month I had a huge reaction and I'm still severely messed up 8 months later - my eyes are screwed” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Vision problems
my eyes are screwed
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