Posted by brazilnut on April 28, 2006, at 16:02:24
In reply to Re: Tegretol/Trileptal Withdrawal Symptoms » bogeydune, posted by joeytdog on April 23, 2006, at 0:27:31
> > I have been off tegretol for 2 days now (from a 600 mg dose) and I feel very amped up, and am having difficulty sleeping. I would say yes... how long will this last?
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> -I am currently on a hard cutoff of 600mg dose a day as well, actually i cut down to 300mg the past few days but I am having difficulty sleeping as well, how long will it last? Please advise Thanks
>Hi Joe!
Are you talking about tegretol or trileptal? I had tegretol for a few months and nothing happened in spite of an abrupt withdraw (I was not aware of such things then). Two years after that I was put on 600mg/day Trileptal, for supposed panic attacks (actually w/d symptoms from other medication) and then I had a big problem to quit. It took me about 6 months to completely wean off.
The hardest part was the final, when I reached a fragment of about 1/6 of the original 300mg pill. I was very anxious and simply could not sleep. But somehow I resisted and in a few weeks more things started to improve slowly. Probably the fact that I was taking mirtazapine too helped me to get back to sleep. But this is not a solution, because mirtazapine itself may have very severe w/d symptoms, including the lack of sleep.
Good luck!
Bob
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