Need help with Trileptal...

Posted by sheilac on September 23, 2012, at 16:41:27

Ok - Lamical kept making me hypomanic. It helped with depression, but just wasn't helping with stability.
Added 300mg a day of Trileptal and felt great. Nice, even and not depressed.
BUT - I am having terrible sweats and hot flushes. I didn't have this before when I took Trileptal. This happened a long time ago when I took Trileptal.
What can I do? I really want to stick with Trileptal.
How to I get around this awful side effect? It's keeping me up at night.
Should I cut down to a very low dose and slowly work up? Do I tough it out and it will go away?
I don't want to drop Trileptal because I REALLY need it for stability.
If I fail, my doc will put me on Depakote, and I don't want to do that.
Any suggestions?

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Need help with Trileptal... sheilac 9/23/12
Re: Need help with Trileptal... » sheilac phillipa 9/23/12
Re: Need help with Trileptal... » sheilac SLS 9/23/12
Trileptal sweats... Sheilac 9/24/12
Re: Trileptal sweats... » Sheilac SLS 9/24/12
Re: Trileptal sweats... » Sheilac phillipa 9/24/12
Scott sheilac 9/24/12
Re: Need help with Trileptal... phidippus 9/26/12
Doing much better - Trileptal... sheilac 9/29/12
Re: Doing much better - Trileptal... » sheilac phillipa 9/29/12

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