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Re: Quitting Trileptal » AMD

Posted by Chairman_MAO on June 1, 2004, at 20:57:37

In reply to Quitting Trileptal, posted by AMD on June 1, 2004, at 19:43:49

I quit Trileptal 900mg/day "cold turkey" after six months of use with no adverse effects except slight, pleasant hypomania as it wore off and perhaps some agitation for about 24 hours. I am not a neurologist nor even a degree-holder, but I suspect you'd have to have an underlying seizure disorder for withdrawl convulsions to occur.

That said, the brain usually takes at least four weeks to become dependent on a drug. One could quit, for example, high-dose pentobarbital (this statement comes with no warranty) "cold turkey" after only two weeks of use with no convulsions. Are you sure what you're experiencing isn't related to the illness for which the Trileptal was prescribed?


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