Can Lamictal Cause Blood In My Urine (Top voted first)

I have been taking Lamictal ffor only 4 days so far. On the 3rd day, in mid afternoon, I started having pinkish color urine. As the day went on, the color of my urine got darker and darker until late evening it was a darker red. By 11pm, my urine was a dark red but I went to bed. Went I got up the next morning the urine was a normal color until about noontime it started a light pink color. As the day went on, my urine would turn from a light pink to a darker red by the time I went to bed. This morning I did not take the Lamictal because I wondered if this medic ation was causing the blood in my urine. Today, I did not take my lamictal and I have not had any blood in my urine at all today. Is anyone experiencing this same side effect as I have?

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I take 600 mg of Lamictal XR at night for epilepsy. Even when I drink enough water, my urine is almost always amber colored, sometimes even darker. It also smells strongly, but the odor isn't offensive. It's interesting that we have this and all take Lamictal. Maybe it should be included in the side effects.
My only other side effect is that I sometimes get so dizzy, with double vision, that I can't even walk. I take my pills at bedtime and always make sure to eat a good breakfast to counteract it.
Overall, I'm happy with it.

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Hello, I do have blood in my urine sometimes just a little (tea colored urine) when I went to the doctor they found that I had microscopic amounts of blood in my urine they checked for kidney stones, uriniary tract infection even had a uristoscopy when they put a scope in through your urethra (ouch) nothing. My urologist said sometimes people just have small amounts in the urine. So when I read that you had blood in urine and take lamictal like I do. I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Have you found anything out yet?

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Yes, Lamictal has been known to cause a change in the color of urine, according to FDA reports. Some medications do cause urinary, or stool discoloration, but in most cases, it is harmless, unless you are also experiencing other issues, such as pain while urinating, vomiting, back pain, and dizziness. However, on that note, just like Maria has done, it is always best to have it checked it, because it has also been known to cause unusual bleeding, so this is one of those case of better safe, than sorry!

Are any of you also taking other medications?

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