Posted by Maxime on January 16, 2005, at 19:54:05
In reply to Re: Bipolar ll: Trileptal vs. Tegretol » Maxime, posted by Ritch on January 16, 2005, at 11:29:31
A hug for you Ritch (((( Ritch )))). It's not fair when these things happen. For instance I was on thorazine for a few and I thought I had finally found the answer. It was the best med I had EVER taken for my bipolar illness (yes, better than trileptal). But I lactated on it. Since you are male, I don't think you can know how much it hurts to have your breasts so swollen and sore that turning over in bed would wake me up. There is a made that can lower the prolactin level but it's not safe so I had to stop taking it. I still take it right before the full moon because I become hypomanic 3 days before the full moon.
Maxime
> > I know this will sound weird, but trileptal made me nauseous as well and someone on psychobabble said to take a bit of salt with it ... so I did and it worked. I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that trileptal lowers the sodium in your body.
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> Thanks for that advice. The nausea I experienced with it wasn't always constant, there were times when it got worse and then faded. I never got a serum sodium level before and after, so I can't say that was what caused it. It is promising that you note that after a couple of weeks it faded. However, in my case it seemed to slowly *worsen* with time and was dose-dependent.
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