Posted by olysi79 on September 27, 2004, at 16:35:57
In reply to Re: Trileptal Anyone?, posted by AnxiousAndy on September 22, 2004, at 6:29:33
Andy,
Trileptal is either hit or miss, I love it personally... I am have mild BP II issue and use trileptal to control it. As far as SSRIs are concerned... I can't emphasize enough just how important they are for you in anxiety treatments over the long haul.... the problem is that they can literally take MONTHS to get used to with an increase in anxiety, restlessness, and agitation, after that though, they really are good medications, it's just that intial soemtimes up to 3 month period of getting used to them. Could you keep that trileptal in there and add an SSRI perhaps?> > > Hi all:
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> > > Was just wondering if anyone takes trileptal? My diagnosis is Depression with Anxiety disorder, but more anxiety than anything. I told my dr. I don't want to take any SSRI's this time, and he gave me this (along with wellbutrin which I am undecided about.)
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> > > Just wondering if anyone is on it, how much they are taking, and if it's helping. I know that's no guarantee for me, but I'd just like to hear what people have to say. Thanks in advance for any insight.
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> > > -Andy
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> > wellbutrin alone may cause irritability and therefore some anxiety.
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> > i was on both at the same time, and I am currently still on trileptal.
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> > i think the wellbutrin will counteract the sedating and cognitive dulling effect from the trileptal to an extent that may be appreciated or not.
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> > it has a great side effect profile. the side effects are pretty much common for everyone. i have written about the many times on this site. they tend to go away in a few days, but whenever you escalate the dose you will experience them.
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> > i tend to think it probably becomes "stale" after a while, so be receptive to dosage increases or maybe moving to lamictal which is similar in its therapuetic effect. i have never had it though.
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> Thanks for the info. I'm on day two of taking both, and like most all the other ad's I've taken, Wellbutrin IS causing the agitation, which is the part I can't stand about ad's. the first time I took these (yesterday), I felt better in about an hour - better than I had felt in months. I knew an SSRI doesn't act like that, so I figured it must be the Trileptal...
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> I don't know about Wellbutrin or the SSRIs for me - they all seem to make me agitated and increase my anxiety.
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> Thanks for the info!
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> -Andy
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