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Re: Can trileptal cause depression or make it worse? » TriedEveryMedication

Posted by Shes_Initforthemoney on November 19, 2011, at 6:08:26

In reply to Can trileptal cause depression or make it worse?, posted by TriedEveryMedication on November 17, 2011, at 18:39:22

> started trileptal about 5 days ago, 150mg at bed time, as a trial for ADD (or whatever I have)
>
> past two days I've been feeling super depressed in the afternoon. An odd sort of depression that feels drug induced.
>
> pretty sure it is the trileptal. Will it go away at higher doses? my doc instructed me to take it once a day, but the literature says BID. hmmm.

A mood stabalizer like Trileptal should be used with an antidpressant as mood stabalizers have been shown to cause bad depression. What exactly are you being treated for?

Jay


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