Posted by katia on April 11, 2004, at 3:38:23
In reply to Re: Low doses of Trileptal? Success?, posted by Minnie-Haha on April 10, 2004, at 21:26:43
> I always seem to respond to lower doses than typical therapeutic doses myself. I am taking 450mg Trileptal right now, but I thought I felt pretty good at 300. My docs always seem to want to keep stepping doses up, I guess from that school of thought that you keep going up until you get bad effects, and then you back off to last dosage. Anybody out there able to explain this?
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> I think: Why not take the lowest dose that makes you feel better. Then, if you have to go up, you've got plenty of room to work with.
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Great! someone responded!
And you too had some sucess at 300mg. I think I have too. It's so hard to tell w/ mercurial moods! It's not like it's flat line and then boom! a med works. There are so many factors to put into place!!!!
What's been happening for you at 450mg? I'm thinking of going to that and NO MORE. after that. BTW, what is the max and min. therapeutic dose for Trileptal?
Are you on any other meds? Does anyone out there get funny feeling fingers - like they are bloated in a way?
thanks!
Katia
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