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Losing Weight After Lamotrigine

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Londonderry, NH

Hello, I've been on lamotrigine and I've gained weight quite quickly, I'm being weaned off of it to try another med. Does the weight come off after you stop taking it? Even if slowly?
Thanks

January 21, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have been taking lamtrigine for years and haven't had any problems with weight gain. If you look on the website for lamtrigine it says it doesn't cause weight gain or loss. But people are different and meds react different to different people.

January 22, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have gained so much weight and recently started taking Ozempic for my type 2 diabetes and so far the hungar has subsized..praying it off sets the weight gain and I brought an elliptical machine to work out on and some hand held weights

January 21, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

They never took me off of it so I don't know, they just keep adding more and more pills for me to take.

January 21, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

5% of people taking it gain weight. And unfortunately I'm one of them.

January 25, 2023

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