trileptal woes

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-19-2004
trileptal woes
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Fri, 11-11-2005 - 5:48pm

is anyone here on trileptal?


does anyone have any encouragement for me to get past these first side effects?

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-18-2003
Fri, 11-11-2005 - 6:11pm

beth,


i've been on trileptal for quite a while now. i've worked my way down to 300 mgs a day and am finally not feeling the effects of fatigue. for quite a while i was on 1200 mgs a day. i started sleeping a LOT once i started the depakote, so i stopped the trileptal cold and the fatigue went away, but the rage came back. so i had to go back on it. i told pdoc and we changed the way i took my meds first. then, when that didn't work, i dropped back to 900 mgs. then

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-19-2004
Fri, 11-11-2005 - 7:47pm

hi traci...


i'm on 1000mg of depakote, and just started trileptal a week ago.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-18-2003
Sat, 11-12-2005 - 7:38am

are they weaning you off of the depakote? or is the lamictal in addition to the depakote? they may need to further reduce the depakote. it sounds like that might be the problem. you've got too much of something in your system? just a thought. i hope you get it worked out though. i know how lousy it feels to have a bad reaction to a med. i had one w/ geodon. thought i was going to die - or wished i would - the next morning when i woke up. i was sick as a dog. pdoc took me off it right away.


hang in there and keep us posted.


hugs & love,
traci