Posted by tygereyes on May 4, 2005, at 12:03:46
In reply to Seroquel200Sleep;Trileptal300MornEve;Question, posted by Corafree on May 3, 2005, at 23:47:26
Trileptal works on the sodium channels in the brain.
Basically, a nerve impulse is transmitted by action potentials, which cause the sodium channels (& other channels) to open. Epilepsy occurs when action potentials fire, one after another after another. This is thought to be a problem in bipolar disorder, too.
Trileptal, then, prevents the action potentials from firing too rapidly & prevents the neurons from becoming overexcited.
Antipsychotics work in completely different ways. They work on the actual receptors themselves, blocking dopamine and serotonin receptors so that endogenous dopamine and serotonin cannot bind.
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