TRILEPTAL Reviews (OXCARBAZEPINE)Average Rating: 3.1 (368 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare TRILEPTAL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR TRILEPTAL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Bipolar disorder | Hyponatremia, thin bones, osteoporsis, microscopic colitis | Found it to be a great stabilizing drug for many years, last 6 years not so good! Side effects constant. | F | 60 | 12 years 1800mg 3X day | 6/13/2015 | 3 | bi-polar | It works great as a mood stablizer but I just belive its causing severe nerve pain in my lower back. | F | 42 | 6 years 450 | 2/16/2015 | 4 | borderline mental disorder | None so far | F | 45 | 1 days 150 | 2/14/2015 | 3 | Borderline Personality Disorder | Serious loss of appetite, headaches | I like it it helps with my emotional outbursts but the loss of appetite is scaring me if rather find something else | F | 24 | 3 months 600 | 2/4/2015 | 3 | Anxiety, Depression | Blurry vision, Frequent urination, Dry mouth, Weird body zaps, Lack of appetite, Constipation | I'm on the fence with this med. My Pdoc wants me to go to 300mgs, I'm resisting- I want to wean off, My anxiety is reduced (though not eliminated), but this may be due to starting a low dose of metopropolol at the same time. Also, this med is a sodium leach which is why I would like to wean off soon. I don't need additional health anxiety issues, thank you very much. | F | 52 | 6 days 150MG 1X day | 12/8/2014 | 1 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | Nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light, stomach ache, headache. 4 days after stopping still could not go back to work. Hope it works for you. | F | 68 | 9 days 150 | 11/11/2014 | 2 | bipolar | light headed- unmotivated- | F | 68 | 6 months 300mg | 9/30/2014 | 3 | bipolar 1 | When I work. I don't eat. Because if I do eat, I will go to sleep in 2 hours. I'm gonna stop taking my medication someday and forever. Let a person be who he is without medication. | M | 43 | 1 months 300mg | 9/26/2014 | 5 | Seizures | Stopped my seizures completely . bad thing is 1/2 hour after I take it . It completely makes me feel out of it and I'm not able to function 100% this usually lasts for an hour . | F | 19 | 3 years 1500 | 9/9/2014 | 1 | Rapid cycling Bipolar 2 | Mood swings, irritability, dizziness, tiredness, vivid dreams, severe sweating, constipation, sensitivity to light, weight gain, mild acne, headache, foginess, depression, feeling out of touch with reality | F | 34 | 3 weeks 1200 MG | 9/1/2014 | 3 | Brain avm | F | 18 | 1 years | 8/17/2014 | 4 | Trigmenial Neuralgia | This medication does help control about 75% of the pain and burning of my face and mouth. I fall down alot and run into things. I am dizzy, have double vision, light and noise sensitive, mouth blisters occur often. Clinch teeth, Loss of focus and concentration, forget words when having conversions. Forget what I was doing. I spend much time looking for something I set down. Also have tremors or seizures often and drop things alot. I was told this was one of the milder drugs used to control my condition do I could still work. Yeah right, my boss walked me out the door and am no longer able to drive. They took my keys away. | F | 54 | 2 years | 6/25/2014 | 3 | Seizures | Extreme fatigue, cannot sleep at night, weight gain, loosing my place in sentences when conversating, loss of sex drive, increase in infections, confusion. | Took a while to reduce seizures but the extreme fatigue is the worst part. Others that have said it is debilitating are not lying. Feel like I have to sleep most of my day away for me to at all feel rested. Cannot sleep at night either. Although this has reduced my seizures thinking of trying to switch meds so I can function during the day without falling asleep. | F | 24 | 2 years 600 2X day | 6/24/2014 | 1 | bipolar disorder | Emergent hyponatremia, numbness, fatigue, urinary tract infections, vaginal infections, tingling. Have taken for 15 years. Had such vertigo and drop in sodium ran into fireplace and cut head. Had to call squad and stitches and iv sodium. Been on high salt and fluid restrictions. Several kinds of antibiotics and salt tabs. Sicker Than Ever And Cannot Get Into See psych For months. Feel like dropping all meds. Worst drug. | F | 52 | 1 days 1200mg | 6/9/2014 | 1 | bipolar | Blurred vision, tight muscles, unable to use left hand, foggy feeling, cant walk straight, stiff neck, grinding teeth, feeling tired but not sleepy. Its hell! | It is horrible! | F | 42 | 2 days 600 mg 2X day | 5/29/2014 | 4 | bipolar disorder | No persistent side effects. This is the only drug that has ever helped with my rapid-cycling bipolar disorder. It's why I'm alive to write this review. | F | 36 | 2 years 300mg3xday | 5/27/2014 | 1 | Racing Thoughts | I had been tired the whole time while taking it and after 8 weeks I began having the chills and a fever. The gland on the back of my head were swollen and I thought it was because of neck problems. I went to the er and they thought it was a viral infection. The next day I developed a rash. The day after that I began swelling up so bad I didn't even look like myself. I finally got transferred to the IC after I started having breathing problems. | I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS FOR BIPOLAR or RACING THOUGHTS!!! This drug nearly killed me. | F | 21 | 2 months 100 MG 1X day | 5/24/2014 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | I've experienced practically every side effect I read about; Severe dizziness, blurred vision, forgetfulness, can't sleep, severe suicidal thoughts, fear of dying, paranoid about having other diseases, upset / off stomach, etc. They were so bad I stopped taking it on Easter and will deal with my painful Trigeminal Neuralgia. Even a week after stopping, I'm still slightly dizzy and have slight blurred vision!!! Be carful with this drug!! | M | 35 | 2 months 600mg 2X day | 4/28/2014 | 5 | bipolar | Initially headache, sleepiness but sometimes insomnia until I got used to the dosage. Started at 200 mg 2xday while hospitalized, and each time the dosage was increased side effects would come back for about a week. Side effects that are still with me are that I cannot drink alcohol with this drug AT ALL. I get diarrhea, headache, depression when I drink. This is a good side effect for me! I also have some blurred vision, not a big deal. | Feel normal for the first time in my life and in an elevated stable mood. This drug helped me accept my bipolar diagnosis.. I stopped drinking and self medicating. I am 52, have had several suicide attempts as well as many hospitalizations and been in and out of AA. I have also been very successful at times as well (typical bipolar but I could not see it). This drug did not work until I hit bottom. I could not feel the benefit until I stopped drinking and took 600 mg 2 times a day every day every 12 hours. If I take over 1200 mgs a day I get all the side effects like nausea, headache, diarrhea. | F | 52 | 6 months 600 2X day | 3/27/2014 | 4 | bipolar | Tingling, numbness, dizziness, | F | 33 | 2 years 2100 MG | 2/21/2014 |