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Re: Help - Trileptal/Heart racing

Posted by lepus on June 7, 2004, at 2:17:09

In reply to Re: Help - Trileptal/Heart racing » lepus, posted by psychosage on June 7, 2004, at 1:55:11


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> Trileptal is usually titrated very slowly, so >did you start for a few days on just one 150mg? >That may have helped you become accustomed to it >unless you have experience with anticonvulsants.

No, my psychiatrist started me out 300mg. I think she was trying to knock me out because I hadn't been sleeping for a long time. Funny thing is the Trileptal is not knocking me out and I feel like it is actually making my sleep worse. I do sleep but usually from 4am until about 2pm. It is delightful.

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> Does your heart race in any other circumstance >while sedated on other meds or alcohol if you >drink?

YES! How odd that you bring that up! I was started on 100mg of Seroquel by an idiot psychiatrist once and ended up in the ER with heart palpitations. Alcohol makes my heart race whenever I have drunk it and therefore I don't drink at all. What does that mean? I did OD on Tofranil during a suicide attempt and I wonder if that has had more lasting effects than the doctors said it would. But alcohol and other sedatives made my heart race long before that incident so I am not sure how relevant it is. These days I am finding myself wishing that suicide attempt had worked. I just can't seem to find any relief and it seems like things have gotten worse. Okay, I will quit rambling about that now and move on to answering the rest of your reply.
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> There are no cardiovascular issues that I've read of.

I read of tachycardia being a side effect although rare. Perhaps I am just having one of the rare side effects. Wouldn't be the first time I get a side effect that only .1% of people get.

> Could it be sodium related?

I am not sure. I have been finding myself craving salt. I have been eating a lot of spanish olives! Also, a lot of foods taste strange. I ate a boiled egg tonight, a food I usually love and it tasted very strange and I didn't enjoy it.

> Good luck finding out and share with us your >conclusion.

Thank you. I just don't know if I should stick it out with this drug or not. I do seem to running out of options. There are few drugs I haven't been on. I do seem to have that "drunk" feeling of which you spoke. My gait is a bit unsteady. But you think this is just a problem of being started on the drug too quickly and perhaps it will subside? I do want to give it a chance.

Thank you for your help.



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