[MissCathryn]

Has anyone had success with taking Trileptal for BP depression??

IF not, how about Abilify??

Thanks for any help you can give

Prayers for all

Cathryn

[bioChE]

When I started having problems with Lamictal, my doc brought up Trileptal. I've been having success with Lamictal XR though, so I probably won't switch.

[scatterbrained04]

Trileptal has been great for me. Works better for me than Lamictal.

[ComfortablyNumb5]

When I was on a high dose of trileptal I ended up in the ER for neurological issues. I'm now on lamictal and doing great. Everyone's different though

[gina_re]

Like rx queen states, we're all different because I've been on both (at the same time, why, I don't know). I started with Trileptal and was fine with that for years. Polypharmacy began years later. I was on lamictal from 2015 to 2016 and I felt like an idiot. My memory was horrible, I paid for groceries and walked away on more than one occasion. When I saw a new pdoc while mine was on maternity leave, I asked to be off the Lamictal and I could remember things again.

[still_crazy]

trileptal helped with agitation, but it caused concentration problems. at one point, when the dose was too high, i even sounded drugged.

i dont think it lifted my mood any. im prone to agitated psychotic depression, so it was helpful in taking both the agitation and the psychosis down a notch or two when things got very bad. i still required additional drugs.

i was on trileptal and a low dose of lamictal at the same time for a while. good for 'symptom control...' bad for cognitive functioning. my personal recommendation would be lamictal over trileptal, just watch the dosage...too much=drug induced stupidity.

abilify was good for me, as tranquilizers go. i dont know why docs insist on using it for so many people with depression. im prone to agitated psychotic depression, so i needed a tranquilizer. i wouldnt say it really helped the depression itself, but it didn't seem to make the depression any worse or cause depression (seroquel did, for me).

[~Christina]

I am currently on Lamictal and Latuda and its working pretty well together. Lamictal just really works on the depressive end, I have found "for me" Latuda helps both up and down.

Hope you find a working solution for you soon

[hopeless2015]

I'm on trileptal and a low dose of Lamictal I have serious concentration issues. Think doc is going to ween me off the trileptal and increase the lamictal