Posted by Christ_empowered on July 17, 2014, at 11:07:58
In reply to neurontin gapapentin tripletal, posted by iowamoo on July 17, 2014, at 8:37:21
I'd take trileptal. Neurontin--for me at least, and a few people I can think of--is good as an add on medicine if you have agitation in a mood disorder, but...its not so great as a stand alone treatment.
Trileptal helps my agitation, anxiety, lack of focus, hypomanic issues (I don't get full fledged mania very often, so I just need something for hypomania, kind of like you, I guess...).
The downside is that the first couple weeks its sedating. And you'll feel kind of dumb. That happens sometimes.
You'll need baseline sodium levels before you start and a follow up, I think within 12 weeks. After that, I think your doc just does blood sodium whenever...
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