Posted by BGB on April 3, 2008, at 23:00:47
I started taking Trileptal on Tuesday. I am taking 300mg in the morning and at bedtime. I am also tapering off of Depakote ER. I started at 1,500mg and am down to 1,000mg now.
This morning at work, I started hallucinating visually. I had double/quadruple/or more vision and I saw things moving when they were actually still. I also had uncontrollable eye movements. I had to have a co-worker drive me home.
My hallucinations subsided about 5-6 hours after they started. Should I keep taking the 300mg, and wait for the visual disturbances to go away? It's the weekend so I could take Friday-Sunday off. I read that the double-vision was a side effect but I don't know if it's going to go away or not. And will it suddenly come back, just like it came on? If so, I'm screwed because I drive to and from work, and would prefer not to kill myself or anybody else.
Thanks to everyone for your advice!
poster:BGB
thread:821483
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20080330/msgs/821483.html