Posted by Minnie-Haha on January 16, 2005, at 13:21:20
In reply to Re: Bipolar ll: Trileptal vs. Tegretol » zero, posted by Ritch on January 13, 2005, at 10:23:49
> Hi, sorry to switch gears somewhat, but you brought up a very interesting topic about the difference between Trileptal and Tegretol. I've only tried Tegretol once (a long long time ago) during a bad depression (as a switch from Lithium) and it didn't seem to help the depression ... but I only tried switching for a couple of weeks and then went back to lithium. Anyhow, I've been on Trileptal for a few weeks in the last few years and found I couldn't tolerate it due to bad nausea...
I have NOT taken Tegretol, but have taken Trileptal. (In fact, I'm on it now.) What others have posted here about watching your serum sodium levels is important. I live in Arizona and drink a lot of water and I have to watch that my sodium level doesn't go *below* normal. You should have it checked periodically on Trileptal. My pdoc always told me to make sure that every third beverage I took was something besides water. Trileptal helps me from getting extremely depressed, but isn't effective monotherapy for depression. Depakote made me fat.
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