Posted by AMD on June 1, 2004, at 19:43:49
I was on Trileptal for about two weeks, quickly titrating up from 300 mg daily to 600 mg bid. After three days at 1200 mg I began to feel zonked, and then quickly started dropping the dose, 300 mg per day, until I was off it for two days. By yesterday I felt so jittery that this morning I took a 300 mg to take the edge off, so to speak.
I had read that you can induce a seizure by quitting Trileptal too abruptly, but my understand was this would happen only after having taken it for several months. But was my jitteriness a sign of seizure? Can Trileptal /give/ you epilepsy or a permanent seizure disorder on its own? Or cause permanent disfunctioning of the temporal lobe?
I plan to take 150 mg tomorrow, and prehaps for a few days, and then finally quit.
I'd appreciate some opinions on this.
Thanks,
poster:AMD
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