I have been taking trileptal for a year, I'm up to 900mgs, I have bipolar II. supposedly.
recently I became extremely depressed as winter typically does that to me, my living situation isn't amazing, and most importantly I've been working a 3am-11am shift at workThe sleep deprivation is literally causing me to hallucinate with anxiety. Twitch, have ( Read more... )

After a series of recent "attempts," I was hospitalized. Trileptal doesn't seem to do much any more. Depakote makes me feel like everything's underwater. In high dosages, Topomax was making me skin and bones, so that's been decreased to just headaches. Now I have this bottle of Lithium for the weekend to "see how that does." Do I have the right ( Read more... )

I've been a little absent lately. Not many posts here.

I'm working a lot, going to school a lot, and sleeping very little or way too much.

I've come to the decision that after 6 months of being unmedicated, I need to go back on meds. I can handle all of the mood swings, and I am able to get myself out of intense lows, but the mania is getting to me ( Read more... )

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This is my first post here, and I was wondering if anyone could help me out., I was diagnosed about a year and a half ago with bipolar. I barely survived my first major manic episode. I am taking 900mg trileptal, 300mg effexor, 50mg seroquel, and .5mg clonazepam in the morning. Afternoon/evening I am taking 1200mg trileptal, .5mg clonazepam, and ( Read more... )

Has anyone here on Trileptal switched over to the generic? The generic came out like a month ago, so I had to switch to that (I don't know if it is like this everywhere, but here in MA, if there is a generic, you are forced to have that, unless your doctor processes paperwork saying you need the name brand). I was taking Trileptal 300mg/3 times a ( Read more... )

 Who do you all tell when you feel manic or depressed? I see my therapist once a week (if I make myself go...) and my perscribing doctor is across the country, although we have a very good phone relationship. I hate to admit to anyone that I am manic. When I do tell someone how I am feeling, I can tell there is that hesitance when they freak out in ( Read more... )

So I went to the doctor a few days ago and he was appalled at the meds that my psych had me on. Now, the reason I went to my physician was that my insurance changed and I can no longer afford my visits to the therapist/psych.

I went to my physician and showed him my pill bottles:
0.5mg Xanax
150mg Trileptal
10 mg Ambien
150mg Effexor XR

He looked at me ( Read more... )

I haven't posted on here for a long time. I kinda feel a little out of control.

Type your cut contents here. I'm supposed to be on like 4 different medications: Abilify, Trileptal, Prazosin, and Seroquel. The only medication that i take is Seroquel, and that is so i can sleep. I haven't taken the other medications for at least 3 months. Everything ( Read more... )