Posted by Peter S. on December 11, 2002, at 21:15:13
In reply to Re: trileptal sleepiness? » Peter S., posted by Krysti on December 11, 2002, at 16:52:56
Hi Krysti,
I'm going to go back down to 75mg and see if I can work up gradually. My mood today was extremely lousy. I think this has more to do with sleeping so much than the meds. When I sleep a lot, it really worsens things. I'm restarting prozac and hoping that the combination w/trileptal and lamictal will finallly stabilize things.
Glad your doing well! How long did it take you to notice an effect?
Peter
> Hi Peter,
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> Wow, that's a really low dose. I'm taking 300mg in the morning and 600mg at night. The nightime dose does make me sleepy which is good.
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> From my experiences, just about every med I have taken has made me sleepy at first. It's supposed to go away after your body gets used to it. The Trileptal has helped my mood so much, I really haven't noticed the sleepiness. Although, my doc originally wanted me to go up to 600mg in the morning also and I haven't because I'm afraid it will make me fall asleep.
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> It will be interesting to hear what others have to say.
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> How's your mood?
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> Krysti
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