Posted by CareBear04 on January 13, 2005, at 14:07:22
In reply to Re: Bipolar ll: Tried it all! Nothing works-Need H » Michelle123, posted by zero on January 13, 2005, at 0:08:52
hey zero,
i too am a little confused about the difference between tegretol and trileptal and why trileptal shouldn't be better since isn't the same base drug, just newer and cleaner? is it an isolated active isomer or something, the same as teg without as many side effects?
someone else mentioned that teg/trileptal was useless for depression. that's what i've heard, too, though i've never tried either. i was on depakote briefly and didn't like it, so the drs say teg/trileptal is basically the same effect. i have much blacker depressions-- they are the bigger problem than manias-- so i've used lithium succesfully and recently, lamictal. i think the lamictal is pretty weak, personally. it may be doing something for the depression, but i've had handfuls of hypomanic episodes in the past two or so months, whereas lithium kept me grounded at both ends. interested in hearing about experiences like these.
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