Posted by Ritch on January 26, 2005, at 0:05:35
In reply to Trileptal and Zoloft for Bipolar II, posted by stresser on January 25, 2005, at 14:48:17
> The psychiatrist just took my daughter off topamax and welbutrin, and put her on Trileptal and zoloft. She is taking 75mg of Trileptal at night, and 25mg of Zoloft in the morning. I have read some of the previous posts about Trileptal and know it can be sedating, but that's about all. Does it cause weight gain, or any congnative problems? I would like to hear from any of you that have taken it. Thanks.-L
I never gained any weight on Trileptal. Whenever I was taking 75-150mg doses in the daytime (150mg-300mg total per day) I noticed some cognitive sfx, but they weren't really bad. No worse than taking Neurontin or Depakote in the middle of the day. What I think would be nice to see from the Trileptal people is a high-tech 300mg, 600mg, and 1200mg XR pill that you can take once every 24hrs at bedtime.... There hasn't been one mood stabilizer that I've taken in the daytime that didn't make me a little cognitively flattened. I think a lot of that is peak blood levels occuring so rapidly during daytime hours. I was nauseated excessively from taking it, and that's why I'm not on it now.
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