Posted by chemist on July 12, 2004, at 19:15:05
In reply to Question for psychosage, posted by linkadge on July 12, 2004, at 17:34:57
> Was it you who was on a trial of trileptal ?? How is that going. I have my reserves about anticonvulsants but I really want to know what others thing. Havn't heard from you in a while.
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> Linkadgelinkadge, psychosage, please pardon the intrusion...i took trileptal not long ago, when the latest dx was bipolar II (we have since reverted to depression, anxiety, and putative adhd: what's next?). my regimen was 300 mg bid, on top of 30 mg dexedrine in divided doses (15/15), 10 mg diazepam bid, and 10 mg ambien hs. this was quite satisfactory for me as my mood was more of a problem than my depression and anxiety: although i am not a fan of the growing grey area around bipolar disorder, i think that at the time i was best characterized as mixed hypomanic, dysphoric, and anxious - not panicky. my girlfriend at the time - and several good friends and colleagues - noticed a profound difference, as did i. i even backed off on the valium, and rarely took more than 20 mg of dexedrine. about 6 months into this course, i developed what is best described as a pesky case of eczema. i was living in a part of the u.s. where humidity is low (which i was not used to), and there was considerable stress at work. numerous visits to the dermatologist at the local medical school were fruitless. i switched to topamax, 100 mg bid, and kept the rest of the meds mentioned above. things went downhill in a hurry, and i lost some pounds i didn't need to lose. but the main thing was, trileptal worked for me (in conjunction with the other meds) over the course of time it was needed. in retrospect, i should have been more objective about my (at the time) dermatological condition that i attributed to trileptal: these things do not appear - as a rule - 6 months after instigation, rather 6 days or a few weeks. again, please forgive my intrusion on your (directed) post, but i did want to relay that my trial with trileptal, although brief, made me even-keeled (although the other meds were a bit excessive, but when the only variable that changed was topamax for trileptal and my condition worsened, i think it's safe to say that the trileptal was indeed working in its own right). besides, it's a safe drug, is metabolized by a different pathway than tegretol, and does not require liver function monitoring. again, apologies for my jabber, but i figured perhaps this might be of use......all the best, chemist
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