trileptal?

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Registered: 11-19-2004
trileptal?
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Wed, 09-28-2005 - 12:48pm

does anyone know anything about it?


thanks!


beth

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 09-28-2005 - 12:51pm

hey u...i was on trileptal (of course, what HAVEN'T i been on) for quite some time...it worked for a while, as they all do...for a while...but know some people it works really well for...i didn't have any side affects on it...and i know at the hospital i was at, my pdoc said it was one of the better newer psych meds out.

xo

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Wed, 09-28-2005 - 12:53pm

forgot to mention, its one that my pdoc now said we may try again if topamax and lamictal combo doesn't cut it for me...she says my ptsd stuff may have been what made the bp meds "fizzle out" for me all those times...

??

but anyway, wanted to throw that out there, that trileptal is my next option...

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Registered: 11-19-2004
Wed, 09-28-2005 - 12:56pm

WTF?!

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Wed, 09-28-2005 - 1:01pm

same thing here...why did i have to go on lithium? cuz the other meds didn't work after a while...its all trial and error...some people have side affects with some meds, some don't...sucks...

why am i not losing any more weight on topamax and some people do??? sucks too.

it all sucks, ya know?

go read the other post...

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Registered: 07-08-2003
Wed, 09-28-2005 - 2:33pm
I've been taking trileptal for about a month and it helped stop the racing thoughts. I've recently had alot of tragedy in my life which triggered an awful manic episode and I could NOT stop the racing and "wonderful" ideas in my head. I say "wonderful" because I was planning some extreme, and extremely reckless, things to get myself out of pain. I gave the trileptal about a week and although it made me a bit tired, that was it. No weight gain or anything else. Good luck! Love, Mo.

mo 7-18-10

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Wed, 09-28-2005 - 5:06pm
It worked great for me for a while... I started having constant headaches that were blinding and tremors. It happened after about three months... everything seems to stop working for me :) While it was working it was great!! I lost a bit of weight too!
Good luck!!
Bren
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Registered: 07-21-2005
Thu, 09-29-2005 - 2:58am

I was on trileptal for about a month, and I had horrible side effects from it, it worked fine but the side effects were terrible. But Lithium works great for me, so its all in how your body reacts, I am sure your pdoc knows what he is doing, so you will be fine.

Rebekah

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Thu, 09-29-2005 - 9:22am

beth,


i've had success with trileptal. pdoc started me on that before the depakote, but now i'm on both......or rather, should be.....along with wellbutrin, seroquel and trazodone.


i know the trileptal helps with my rages, but don't see what else it may or may not be doing 'cause i'm on so many other freakin' meds! but if your pdoc says go for it, then give it a try. like others have already said, it all depends on your body chemistry. and i hope that it works for you!


hugs,
traci