Posted by Minnie-Haha on March 19, 2005, at 14:54:41
In reply to Re: I'm tossing the trileptal » SLS, posted by Maxime on March 19, 2005, at 12:20:44
> Well, I am halfway through a month's supply so I don't need to refill it. I just have it. I am on a very low dose so it won't take me long to taper off. I only tahe 450 mg and most people take 3 times that as a mood stabiliser.
Maxime, I really feel for you. Hang in there. There's an answer for you somewhere and I know from experience how hard it is to be patient while you search. As for Trileptal, I only take 150mg as a mood stabilizer. The highest dose I ever took (about 3-4 years ago) was 450mg. In both cases, I split the dose for morning and evening. I found that even when I'm not on an antidepressant, the mood stabilizer keeps me from feeling suicidal. (Trileptal doesn't help much to alleviate depression completely, but for me it does at least that much -- keep me from seriously considering suicide. Depakote worked well for a couple years, but made me gain weight. Lamictal -- which was giving me some AD effect -- gave me a rash. Have you tried it? Some find it a brighter mood stabilzer. A few even use it as monotherapy.)
As for ECT, I responded to one of your earlier posts. Here's a link.
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050317/msgs/472856.html
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