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Re: Trileptal 600mg - How much higher can I go? » SLS

Posted by 4WD on June 19, 2005, at 23:18:34

In reply to Re: Trileptal 600mg - How much higher can I go?, posted by SLS on June 19, 2005, at 11:04:19

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> > I am leaning in the direction of staying on 600mg until I see my doctor a week from now. It seems like the logical thing to do. It just requires a little more patience, which, unfortunately, I don't seem to have a lot of.
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> I went ahead and popped 900mg. It just felt like the right thing to do. I see my doctor in a week. I'd like to see how I react to the higher dosage so that I can bring in more information with me to make decisions upon. I didn't want to waste another week at the same dosage I had been at for many weeks. I increased my dosage yesterday evening. I feel more stable today. So far, I haven't been hit by the waves of depression that I experienced at 600mg. Whether or not I actually improve is another story.
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> Still a believer.
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>
> - Scott


Scott,

I think that's a good idea. This way you'll have more of an idea what an increased dosage will do. If you'd stayed at 600 til your visit, he'd just tell you to increase it and then you'd have to wait for your next appt. to tell him how that's going.

I'd go ahead and ask for a backup plan while you're there, though. I mean, ask about raising it further if necessary. And/or what to do if the improvement isn't (perish the thought) sustained.

I hate it when I go to an appt. and my doc makes some very minor change and then I have to wait another month for another very minor change. I want a plan and a backup plan and a second backup plan.

Marsha


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