Posted by SLS on June 21, 2011, at 7:42:58
In reply to Trileptal kicking my butt!, posted by sheilac on June 21, 2011, at 7:05:03
> I was taking 450mg of Lithium with a blood level of .4 My doc wanted me up to 600mg with a higher blood level, but I just couldn't tolerate that. I was gaining weight rapidly and losing my hair (actually I started losing my hair on 450mg of Lithium!)
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> I am now doing a trial of Trileptal. Supposed to take 150mg at night. I have only been taking 75mg along with 1.5mg of Klonopin and it does make me feel mellow and fall asleep. During the night I sweat and get restless. Then the next morning I just feel drugged, even after coffee and Adderall.
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> I have had to increase my Adderall.
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> I am thinking that Trileptal is not the drug for me? It seems a lot stronger than Lithium.
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> If I have to increase my Adderall to function on Trileptal, possibly this is not the med for me?
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> This is crazy. I am considered soft bipolar II. I am not depressed. I just get irritable.
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> Maybe I am looking at the wrong class of meds. I just don't know anymore.
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> Would a low dose of Lithium along with Klonopin curb the irritability without making me fat and bald? Maybe I don't need a .8 blood level for soft BPII? I mean if I'm just trying to curb the irritabiity?
It is sometimes worth being patient with the startup effects of drugs in that they often mitigate over time. I would consider not self-medicating based upon how you feel hour-by-hour.
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