Ugh I just lost my whole reply! Anyway...

I'm actually on trileptal & latuda... Trileptal 900mg, latuda 20mg- both daily @ bedtime. Have been on trileptal since fall/winter & it has treated me pretty well. Haven't had to increase the dose as frequently as other anticonvulsants. No apparent weight gain either- always a plus. I haven't felt like a slug as I did with depakote. HOWEVER, I'm not stable (thought I was getting there & then a manic phase/cycling hit me-read on...) & we've been working with the atypicals quite a bit. Which leads me to latuda. I've been on that for about 1 1/2 weeks. No apparent side effects except for the midnight munchie monster has been hitting me... BUT I work 3-11 & that just happens sometime, so that's a big variable. I'm sleeping a more appropriate amount now that my seroquel has been cut down (100mg @ bedtime)... Still cycling but not as drastically & episodes are less intense. Mind you, I was rapid cycling at the time I started it (was hypomanic then thought I was crashing & surprise! Things got real crazy real fast... Wasn't expecting that as its not my norm)... Only other tidbit I can add is regarding foggy brain, hand tremors & dyspraxia. At first I thought it was the trileptal as it can cause hyponatremia & symptoms seemed like they were heading that way. Now it's apparent that it had been the seroquel, they're decreasing since the dose has. Now that I think about it, it was way worse in the morning. I kept forgetting to tell pdoc, so I never did have labs. What I'm getting at is that my original speculation of hyponatremia was just that (speculation), but keep in mind that it is something that can happen with trileptal.

Hope this helped. Sorry if this is terribly disorganized. I feel as though I'm rambling. Happy medicating!