Posted by Reggie BoStar on March 29, 2007, at 0:06:49
I previously posted about starting a combo of Seroquel and Trileptal. I had to stop the Seroquel because even 12.5mg (quarter tab) was way too sedating.
Starting early Mon the Trileptal knocked me down. 3 migraines in a row over 2 days and nights. I have Maxalt-XT which kills the pain component, but the other ones stay put all day: nausea, trembling, unbelievable depression, warped thinking, chills, constant urination, needed a quiet dark room.
The "warped thinking" makes you believe that the migraine will never end, even though when you're not having one you know they're temporary. Although, after the second went away and the third started coming on, I wasn't so sure about that.
Last night I remembered that I felt the same way years ago when I went into the "serotonin syndrome" when my prozac dose was boosted too high. For some reason it took until then to figure out that the culprit was Trileptal. I screwed up and took my nighttime dose by accident along with my usual meds, and sure enough, I felt that crappy migraine mood for the next few hours.
I stopped taking it today and I'm starting to feel much better now. I'm still sick but I'm starting to eat again without getting nauseous or weak.
Hey folks, this really was pretty bad. Has anyone else been knocked flat on their backs for days like this on Trileptal, or any other Rx med at the low starter dose? My pdoc talked about doubling the dose in the next few weeks. I don't think so. If I had started at that dose I'd still be comatose.
Had to vent again. I'm getting really angry about this, even compared to what I have been in my other posts. It's one thing to have meds not work, or even make me feel a little down, but bedridden-sick should not be happening.
Maybe I'm naive. Or maybe not. My pdoc gets a call tomorrow. I wonder if he'll still be my pdoc on Fri.
Reggie BoStar
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