Posted by fluffy on October 10, 2003, at 13:02:59
In reply to Re: Trileptal » fluffy, posted by katia on October 8, 2003, at 16:38:09
Hello Katia (I guess you are the only one following now)
The weirdest thing happened last night. I took my night dose of meds (what I thought was 300mg of Trileptal and 100mg Lamictal). In about 30 minutes, my face felt really flushed, I felt dizzy, and my tongue went numb. I was really alarmed, and first I thought the flushed face was a panic attack coming on. But the numbed tongue just didn't fit the equation. I thought I might be swelling up, so my friend and I waited to see if maybe i was having a bad reaction to the Trileptal.
I decided that it was ok, since i didn't seem to be swelling or feverish. This morning, my tongue is still numb. I called my doctor (who hasn't yet called back!) to tell him my reaction, as I feared it to be allergic.
I was given sample pills of Trileptal to see if it was a successful drug before I got a prescription. All of them were supposed to be 150mg, and I was to titrate up to 600mg before my next appt. This morning when I poured all of the samples into my pill box, I noticed that they were different sizes. They aren't differnt colors or shapes to differentiate the doses. I realized that my doc (and his resident) had given me mostly 300mg samples, not 150mg ones. The sample bottles look almose EXACTLY the same--the same size, but the 150mg bottle has a white label, and the 300mg bottle has a pale, pale green label.
So I jumped from a 300mg dose to 900mg for the past few days. In fact, I may have been dosing all over the place (maybe 450 on day, 150 another, and 900 the next!!). So I don't really know what's up, but I'm upset with my doctor for not realizing his blunder and not calling me back.
I needed to rant. I'll let you know the outcome of this saga. I really don't want to be taken off of this drug, as it seems to have helped me. I don't want them to freak and fear a lawsuit or an allergic reaction. But I don't want to swell up and die either.
ARRRGHHH!
Katy
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