Posted by katrina on June 22, 2001, at 10:38:51
In reply to Re: Tegretol/depakote start-up issues??? » Sunnely, posted by chloe on June 22, 2001, at 9:50:48
> > Hi Katrina,
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> I can only share my experience. I was on a small dose of Depakote, like you are, when I added Tegretol. The Tegretol knocked me out! I was unsteady, tired and had terrible heartburn. I slowly over time, was able to adjust to the both of the meds. But I think that the Tegretol, for me, was very difficult to take. Though I felt pretty "normal" after a month or so, I always had heartburn and anorexia, and tended to feel unsteady on my feet.
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> After 2 years on Tegretol, I lost too much weight to continue on it. The GI symptoms for me were unbearable. So I switched to Trileptal, a "cleaner" form of Tegretol. It is much gentler on my stomach, but I do have a little more trouble with my rapid cycling. But I will take Trileptal anyday over Tegretol. Tegretol is a great drug, but in my case, the side effects made it too tough for me to function.
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> I hope you are beginning to adjust. Keep us posted!
> Chloethanks...I do not have the GI probs., but I am just going up to 200mgs. Did the tegretol help with depression, too. It has helped the rapid cycling and squash some of the hypomania, but I have had some horrible depression...my doc says to hang on and give the teg/dep. a try before we do more...
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