Posted by psychosage on June 7, 2004, at 1:55:11
In reply to Help - Trileptal/Heart racing, posted by lepus on June 6, 2004, at 22:52:26
> I am on 300mg of Trileptal taken 150mg at dinner and 150mg before going to bed. I have been on the drug about a week. The past couple of days I have been noticing my heart racing frequently. I don't see this side effect listed in any literature I have been able to find. Does anyone else have any experience with this side effect or with this drug? I will be calling my psychiatrist in the morning but since I suffer from panic attacks I fear she is going to dismiss my symptoms as simply a part of them. Will this side effect pass and is this normal? It is very disconcerting.
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> Thank you for all your help.
> LepTrileptal is usually titrated very slowly, so did you start for a few days on just one 150mg? That may have helped you become accustomed to it unless you have experience with anticonvulsants.
Anyhow, I think that the dizzy drunken feeling can be stimulating to a certain degree for a brief period, and that is what happened to me. I felt an odd compulsion to keep walking and walking while my head was in this weird perceptive bubble brain state. That happened in the very beginning when i went from 300 to 600mg a day. I hit 1200mg eventually, but I am down to 600mg now.
Does your heart race in any other circumstance while sedated on other meds or alcohol if you drink?
There are no cardiovascular issues that I've read of.
Could it be sodium related?
Good luck finding out and share with us your conclusion.
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