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Re: trileptal

Posted by e503 on April 12, 2003, at 10:07:34

In reply to Re: trileptal » e503, posted by Ritch on April 11, 2003, at 23:11:12

> > I decreased Ben's trileptal last Saturday (6 days ago) from 1800 to 1500 mg./day. THere was an immediate (next day) difference in him. He was MUCH happier. Even though he is happier, he still is a little "manic". Do you think I should cut the dosage down again?
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> Elise, What does his doctor say about all of this?
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Ritch- I spoke to the doctor on Monday and told him how much less agitated he was. He told me to keep the dose at 1500 mg/day for a little while, which I did. He Also mentioned something about cutting down to 1200 mg. Ben was better on 1500 mg., but still seemed a little manic to me....self-talking at times. Since it is the weekend, I decided yesterday to cut back to 1200 and see if it was/is any better. I don't know yet..... I guess I know that 1500 mg. wasn't the "perfect" place for him...and it seemed that 2400 mg. made him sooooo agitated, so it only made sense to me to cut back....but I really don't know WHAT I am going to do if he gets MORE hyper on 1200. Maybe trileptal just isn't the right med for him? Or do I try and increase it SLOWLY back up? If that happens I will call the doctor again on Monday or Tuesday. What do you think??????
elise


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