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Aug 27, 2017, 09:25 AM
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I have Bipolar 1 or Scitzoeffective effective disorder and have been on large doses of Depakote for years, I also have some other things but I need to know is Tegratol better then Depakote for mood stabilizing, Will I lose weigt on that where the depakote made me gain so much weight, Lithium is not a option, Made me a basket case, It didnt agree with me at all, If any one is on this please let me know what you think
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Aug 27, 2017, 05:16 PM
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I've taken it for years and find it good.
 Depakote made my hands shake terribly!
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Aug 28, 2017, 01:24 AM
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Aug 28, 2017, 02:01 AM
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I'm not on it, but my daughter is. She was originally put on Lamactical (sp) while IP but they were too aggressive with the dosage and she got the rash so had to come off of it. They then put her on Tegratol. It has worked well for her for mood stabilization. Not sure on the weight part of it. She's also on two Anti Depressants so it's hard to say.
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Aug 28, 2017, 06:35 AM
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I'm on Trileptal for a mood stabilizer which is supposedly similar to Tegretal, I switched from Depakote and have lost a lot of weight doing so
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Sep 19, 2017, 03:13 PM
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Sep 19, 2017, 03:15 PM
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Sep 19, 2017, 04:33 PM
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i take trileptal. my psychiatrist says its a lot like tegretol, but there's much less blood work involved. i had an acquaintance on tegretol back in the day. she had to do blood work a good bit and there were drug-drug interactions that affected dosing of her other medications.
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