Posted by cache-monkey on March 15, 2005, at 23:11:24
In reply to Scared to pop tegretol, posted by Slinky on March 15, 2005, at 22:02:57
Out of curiousity, how come your doctor prescribed Tegetrol? My understanding is that Trileptal (a modified version of Tegetrol) works almost as well, but with fewer troublesome side effects.
I've been ramping up on Lithium for the last few weeks and feel a little worse for the wear. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind... It made you more depressed? Did you notice that you felt better when you went off it? Also, were you also on an AD at the time?
Anyway, good luck with the Tegetrol. I hope that it ends up working out alright for you. Oh, it just occured to me that I didn't see Lamictal on the list of MSs that you've tried. That's supposed to have some nice AD properties in addition to mood stabilization... (I didn't have much luck with it -- too agitating, but others on this board have benefited from it.)
Best,
cache-monkey> Hello
> I was supposed to start a week ago but I'm scared tegretol will flip my mood into deeper depression like depakote and lithium did.
> I've been feeling ok-ish for a week.
> I'm usually not so scared to pop pills
> I take neurontin & paxil.
> I suppose I want my mood to elevate a little before the taming teggy ..I've been a l o n g time down.
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> Mitchie babe..hello darling..youre looking good to me .Hope you're feeling fizzy.
> I've discovered Sonic Youth ye old American band
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