Posted by Oppycat on September 18, 2006, at 6:52:09
In reply to Trileptal, posted by Millies on September 14, 2006, at 10:43:07
> How has everyones experience been with Trileptal and its overall effectiveness in treating their Bipolar II?
> Does it even offer any Antidepressant type of benefits? Did it prove helpful in controling irritabilty? Has it kept your moods leveled?
> Not alot of information out there. Hear conflicitng reports with Trilpetal. Anyone on Trileptal as a monotherapy as well?
I've never been diagnosed at BP II or bipolar at all. However, recently I've begun to think that I might be BP II. For the past 25 years or so, I've been unable to tolerate any antidepressants, except MAOIs. Although most other ADs have produced a positive response, at the therapeutic level or below they caused extreme nervousness and discomfort. It was sort of like a continuous panic attack. In any event, my pdoc added Trileptal to my drug regimen about 9 months ago. Although I didn't think it was doing anything for a long time, I've finally concluded that it was offsetting this intolerable hyperstimulation. I concluded this after I was able to tolerate Remeron up to 45mg daily. Once in the past, I couldn't tolerate it at 30mg for than 3 days. As far as any Antidepressant benefits, I don't think so and I never tried it as monotherapy.
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