Posted by Kar on July 18, 2002, at 18:26:05
In reply to Re: Anyone had good experience with Trileptal?, posted by MomO3 on July 18, 2002, at 15:12:25
Hey- I'm on 900mg and doing really well. Switched over from Tegretol, which I'd been on for a looong time. I'm bipolar and my doc wants to try a good trial of only mood stabilizers: No ADs. Been on one form or other of ADs since I was diagnosed and he says that for a bipolar person, it can be like "having your foot on the brake and the accelerator at the same time". Not manicky ever since I started the Teg, but bad depression. Not sure yet if I can attribute it soley to the Trilep but since the switch I've been cheerier and have more energy. Headaches at first but not now. I can retrieve words a lot better now and am pretty sure that the Teg was screwing around with me in that dept...
IMO it's worth a try just to avoid the possible side effects and long term damage of Teg...
Good luck :)
K
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