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#1
Apr 03, 2016, 02:19 PM
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I know trileptal and tegretol(sp?) are in the same fam but what IS the difference? I ask because I'm on trileptal now and after about 4 months it has lost its jazz. I have an appointment with the nurse tomorrow and I want to go in with some idea of what I want to try next and I thought of tegretol.
So if anyone has experience with it or knows the difference then please enlighten me! Also any ideas of what I should try next would help. My biggest problem right now is depression. Also tried lithium and lamictal before too and that's not an option. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Apr 03, 2016, 02:29 PM
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Hi Rx,
Being in Lamotrigine an Lithium myself, I can't share a personal experience. However, I have a friend that eats Latuda from btrakfast to bedtime as monotherapy. Smokes a lot of pot too. He's doing all right. I'm thinking about it. I mean, the Latuda. |
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#3
Apr 03, 2016, 05:42 PM
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Oxcarbazepine vs. Carbazipine.
Just a little tweak as in a slight change in the chemical structure. An added oxygen molecule. |
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#4
Apr 03, 2016, 05:43 PM
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I think you need to get blood tests on tegretol. That's why I refused to take it one summer when I was manic. I said I wouldn't take the time to go to a lab. I also didn't want the mania to end so I was refusing to take anything though.
I'm not sure what the difference is though.
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Apr 03, 2016, 07:07 PM
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Quote:
 Although my pdoc that initially prescribed it had me do blood tests before, and the next pdoc one every six months. But I no longer do. So I only had about three tests. |
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Apr 03, 2016, 08:11 PM
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Yea I needed labs with trileptal too. Only one within the whole time though. No big deal for me unless toxicity is common. That's a deal breaker and why I won't do lithium again
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