Meds Question

Posted on September 18, 2008 by bipolarlawyercook| 9 Comments

Any­one tried trilep­tal?  After a hypo­manic surge at 200mg on lam­ic­tal, what I hoped was my old standby, and con­tin­ued mild migrain­ous symp­toms at 100mg, it looks like I get to hop the new meds roller­coaster for a while.

Please feel free to email me offline, bipo­lar­lawyer­cook AT gmail DOT com.  Thanks, all.

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9 Responses to Meds Question

  1. Mike Golch | September 18, 2008 at 4:12 pm |

    I used it briefly and had a bad reac­tion to it. it might work for you though.

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  2. nyjlm | September 18, 2008 at 4:38 pm |

    oh sweetie! much love to you.

  3. amy | September 18, 2008 at 5:16 pm |

    I am no help here– but I am here. you know where to find me if you need an ear. xo

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  4. Jenn @ Juggling Life | September 18, 2008 at 5:55 pm |

    I hope you find the combo that works soon.

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  5. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! | September 18, 2008 at 6:26 pm |

    Con­sider my cyber-arm hugs to be your seat belt on the rollercoaster.

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  6. Sara | September 19, 2008 at 12:54 am |

    Why not just reg­u­lar tegretol?

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  7. Cheri @ Blog This Mom! | September 20, 2008 at 11:45 am |

    Hey Sweet BLC,

    Just check­ing in and drop­ping some love.

    Love, BTM

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  8. Just Me | September 21, 2008 at 12:44 pm |

    Of course I have.….I tried it when we had reached the con­clu­sion I couldn’t han­dle lithium with­out tox­i­c­ity. It made me so, so sleepy. I kept mess­ing with cut­ting pills to get a dose that worked, but didn’t suc­ceed and my doc­tor took me off of it quickly. It did seem to help the mood symp­toms, I just could not tol­er­ate it. But I was on my other huge doses of seda­tives, and I’m always at risk for hyper­ac­tive responses to meds.

    Any­way, after a month I was off it, and even­tu­ally went back to tak­ing a touch of lithium and a lot more depakote, then even­tu­ally seroquel.

    Have you tried Sero­quel? It truly is good stuff. I fought it and dreaded going on it because my antipsy­chotic expe­ri­ences were so bad, but it lets me sleep like a nor­mal per­son, think nor­mally, etc. It works where noth­ing has ever worked before.….…

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  9. thordora | September 21, 2008 at 4:35 pm |

    Tried it. Didn’t do bubkiss for me.

    That sucks about the Lamit­cal. I know peo­ple it’s worked for. I can’t remem­ber if you’ve tried Risperdal for the mania’s-I was on it awhile for “irri­tabil­ity” (i.e wall smash­ing rage) and it really helped.

    Hugs girl. I wish I had more to say. It’s worth try­ing to see if it helps you.

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