Posted by clint878 on November 30, 2006, at 18:51:13
In reply to Re: Lamictal and cognitive / memory side effects » clint878, posted by Quintal on November 30, 2006, at 11:47:47
There were no tests, but most of these reports also don't have any tests to back them up. Perhaps another cause is to blame?
For example, word-finding difficulties have been described in mania. When mania resolved, the word-finding difficulties also disappeared. I had a similar experience with antidepressants. At first, I was so depressed that I couldn't care about anything. As I recovered enough from the depression, I noticed that my memory was poor, that I had aches and pains, and so on. I attributed them to the medication, but they eventually resolved when I recovered fully from depression.
It's easy to place blame on medications for all of life's ills, but there are many cases where the original condition or some other cause is to blame.
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