Posted by Elizabeth on July 20, 2002, at 1:38:50
In reply to trileptal: headache/dizzy vs. memory/slurrd speech, posted by muzzie on June 23, 2002, at 9:10:47
Hi. I'm a bit surprised to read of these difficult side effects that people have been experiencing with Trileptal. I take it (1200 mg/day) for seizure prophylaxis, and I haven't noticed any side effects at all. Hearing of other people's reactions to this drug is of particular interest since it was hyped as a safer, better-tolerated cousin of the closely-related carbamazepine. It's also supposed to be safer, lacking serious (but rare) potential adverse reactions that Tegretol has been known to cause, such as blood dyscrasias and...hyponatremia!
Trileptal was also touted as being less prone to pharmacokinetic interactions with other drugs than the older anticonvulsants are. If your reaction turns out to be an interaction with the Adderall, it could be that this was an exaggeration (or that Trileptal simply interacts *differently* than Tegretol et al.).
Good luck with the gabapentin (or is it Gabitril?). Well, anyway, let us know how you do on it. There's hope yet, eh?
-elizabeth
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