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My doctor just added trileptal for my cycling as of Monday.
So far I've had nausea, bad flatulence, and flu like symptoms Will all this go away... I can tell I feel more stable but I feel sick __________________ ~ how faint is the heartbeat that constantly craves..never satisfied..hungry..racing thoughts..waiting for the storm after the calm~ ME Diagnosis: BPD 2 with mixed states, Cyclothymia, GAD, Trichotillomania and Skin picking disorder, some OCD tendencies Meds: Abilify 30mg ,Lithium 600 per day, gabapentin 600mg, Zoloft 100 mg, remeron 7.5mg |
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Out of curiosity, did the flu-like symptoms include chills? And just some achiness? Because I think I've been having that side effect from Trileptal. It seemed a bit constipating the first week or so, too. Have you had any psychological side effects? I think it might be making me more depressed...
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I had some achiness. Still a bit constipated but getting better. I did notice depression which led to more negative thoughts however I didn't take as much trazodone
since I had the trileptal Now that I'm taking the dose of trazodone I was taking it's a bit better with the depression It's weird the depression would still hit me cause I take 80mg of Prozac? The medication balance is such a crazy thing __________________ ~ how faint is the heartbeat that constantly craves..never satisfied..hungry..racing thoughts..waiting for the storm after the calm~ ME Diagnosis: BPD 2 with mixed states, Cyclothymia, GAD, Trichotillomania and Skin picking disorder, some OCD tendencies Meds: Abilify 30mg ,Lithium 600 per day, gabapentin 600mg, Zoloft 100 mg, remeron 7.5mg |
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Hi, I'm on 900 mg Trileptal. I have not noticed any particular side effects from it. I also don't notice that it does much...maybe takes the edge off my anxiety...Maybe?
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My p-doc said because we're using it as a mood stabilizer, it would probably take some time to tell if it's helping or not. Because it's not as simple as "did it help my depression." It's more like, "Have I been able to cope better over the past few months in general?" and/or had fewer or less severe episodes of depression or what I think is hypomania. Might contact her today, just because I'm concerned about the possible depression side effects. (I can deal with some sleepiness, less so with increased depression.)
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I took lexapro for a short amount of time in Decenber 2015.., nausea was the main side effect I had (the other was severely dialated pupils). I didn't stay on it long enough to find out if the nausea went away or not
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