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 |
| 4 | bi polar depression | only weight gain, more tired than usual | This medication has helped along with 120mg. of cymbalta (which has helped reduce the frequency and severity of migraines) I tried depakote many years ago and experience servere weight gain. Trileptal has caused me to crave carbs and sweets and I've gained about 10lbs. The weight gain of course to any woman is in itself depressing, but I find it worth it, because I don't feel like I am going crazy. | F | 38 | 3 days | 1/1/2009 | 3 | Epilepsy, complex partial i think | A fair few: Am on pretty small dose I think as well - 600mg per day. 1. SLOWNESS - I used to be very quick as a person now I'm generally dopey and in college day dream more and don't concentrate. Difficulty in Driving lessons: I can drive well but my reaction times are too slow, although if i had earlier nights this might help. 2. DIGESTION ISSUES - some days SIMILAR but NOT diarrhea, some days constipation, some days OK. Annoying though. Weak bladder as well especially after only a pint. 3. Slight coating on tongue, which I'd like to get rid of, water partially lessens it. 4. RASH - but ONLY on upper arms. More spots on face though but NOT like I have acne. 5. Slight weight gain - but don't exercise as much as I should. 6. POSSIBLY chapped lips/rough hands quite easily but use creams to get rid of. Could just be cold weather though. 7. Vertigo - more scared of heights now and I would say I panic more and get more self-conscious. But I seem to be able to drink alc | Haven't had a fit in around 4 years but do feel like i'm going to have one every now and then which annoys me. | M | 18 | 4 years | 12/10/2008 | 4 | Bipolar | Some nausea and heartburn, itchy skin with small rash (not THE rash),some stomach upset and very tired when I first started taking it. Most side effects have gotten better or disappeared completely over time. | Trileptal has balanced my mood very well. I'm on a low dose (450 mg/day and it's completely halted all symptoms of mania. I hope it continues to work for me! | F | 44 | 3 months | 12/1/2008 | 4 | bipolar | numbness around the lips, memory lapses, elevated liver enzymes, hair loss,(glad others added this was afraid i was losing my mind, more hair on my bathroom floor than on my head | Trileptal helped me to feel normal. Feel somewhat flat. sleeping better. frightened I might have to come off again due to elevated liver enzymes. Have had gi consult | F | 49 | 7 years | 11/18/2008 | 5 | temporal lobe epilepsy | tiredness, slower mind | Before starting on trileptal I have been on lamictal, neurontin, keppra and tegretol. Trileptal is easily the best out of all of those. It's has the same anticonvulsant effectiveness as tegretol but without the same level of dumbing down of my mind or tiredenss. I wasn't getting deep sleep on lamictal and was still having seizures on keppra and neurontin. I still take 600mg of neurontin before bed because it helps me sleep but I was weaned down from 1200mg before bed over the past three weeks and I plan on weaning down to 300mg over the next few. I am on 300mg of trileptal am and 450mg pm. I love it, in my opinion the best out there | M | 30 | 6 months | 11/8/2008 | 3 | BIPOLAR,DEPRESSION,ANXIETY DISORDER | RASH ON FACE WEIGHT GAIN FACIAL NUMBESS | SEEMS TO HELP SOMEWHAT SO FAR | F | 23 | 1 weeks | 10/24/2008 | 5 | Bipolar 2 disorder | none | I had no side effects and for the first time in my life felt happy, productive, optimistic and 'normal'. To me, it's a miracle. On 300mg 2X daily. This is the only medication I'm on. | F | 23 | 2 months | 10/22/2008 | 3 | TN & myoclonic seizures | mild nausea; dizziness; acne; weight gain around middle (5 lbs. over past 13 months) | It worked fairly well for the TN for a few months,then suddenly stopped; my dosage was increased, and for a few weeks it helped both the TN & myoclonic seizures,then it stopped working again! | F | 52 | 13 months | 10/19/2008 | 5 | Severe Bipolar, OCD | Sleepy, Drowsy, Numbness in lips, Yawning, Fatigue, "high" feeling directly after taking. Took at night right before bed, 1500 mg with Lamictal and Paxil. Took Provigil to combat fatigue and to help with ADD | This stuff worked for me better than Depakote and Lithium. I finally feel "normal." No mood swings. OCD is manageable as well. (Compulsive showering.) Other than being tired, this stuff is great. | M | 30 | 1 years | 10/18/2008 | 1 | Epilepsy | Exhaustion, Visual Disturbences, Memory Loss, Zombie-ness, Loss of Concentration | This was a nightmare of a drug. DO NOT TAKE IT! It robbed me of about 6 months of my life (there is so much I can't remember). Didn't control seizures at all - I have night time ones. I heard it is usually given to guys (not girls) and people with more severe epilepsy - have no idea why they put me on it! Changed to Lamictal - not as bad but caused loss of libido. Now changing over to Keppra to try to fix that. | F | 25 | 6 months | 10/14/2008 | 5 | bipolar II | some numbing of the eyes and head, but nothing too irritating | I was on 1500 mg and was recently upped to the maxed to highest allowed of 2400 mg because I cannot take group of drugs like abilify, invega, etc, and this is working out great. Definitely stablizes my moods | F | 34 | 1 years | 10/13/2008 | 2 | Depression & Mood Stabilizer | irritability, fatigue, slight headache, sleepiness, quick to anger | My dosage was 150 x 2 a day. The first night I took this I felt energetic and a little europia, however, that ended when I took the second dosage the next day. I experimented over the next week with taking half a pill every 4 hours, taking it all at night, only taking 150 a day, etc. A couple times it would give me energy (especially evenings) but most of the time it just made me want to sleep and caused irritability. It was very disappointing as I thought the first night was going to be an indication of what was to come. Other people have had very positive results on here for major depression and moodiness. I was also taking Wellbutrin (100 mg x 2). Stopping this and Wellbutrin to try Effexor. | M | 39 | 7 days | 10/3/2008 | 2 | Bi Polar 2 | I thought it was working, felt tired, didn't want to do anything but I wasn't dreading work | 3 weeks into it, I got the rash and had to stop. Withdrawl seems to be minimal; light headedness, that's about it. Benadryl took care of the rash | F | 32 | 3 weeks | 10/2/2008 | 5 | Bipolar | Brief acne when dosage went to 1200mg, loss of appetite, slight facial numbness at beginning, but it went away. Some mental slowness, but it's not bad and gets better as you adjust to the med. | This is finally the only psych drug I've come across without horrible side effects that actually works! It controls my mania very well (rages, irritability, general hyperness) and helps depression a bit, but I still need an antidepressant. It's a great mood stabilizer for me, and I've tried everything else out there. | F | 33 | 1 years | 9/9/2008 | 2 | Epilepsy | Nausea, headaches, fatigue | F | 28 | 2 months | 8/20/2008 | 4 | Bipolar II | Dizzyness, fatigue, problems finding words, mental fog | RASH: I did not have it, but I was warned that a painful rash after starting this drug can lead to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, which can kill you. This is rare (one in 10,000 patients), and is treatable, but if you get a painful rash you should see a doctor immediately! As for me, the side effects were terrible for the first two weeks, and I had to be left on a very low dose (150 mg twice a day). However, I am doing much better now. The drug started helping my mood almost immediately. I stil have the mental fog a little, and I get dizzy in the evening (not too bad). Low doses of caffeine help (a Diet Coke), high doses (double espresso) knock me out! I am taking a drug for ADHD called Vyvanse, which counteracts the side effects mostly. After a difficult start, trilptal is working very well for me. | M | 43 | 1 months | 8/13/2008 | 3 | bipolar II | dizziness, fog, bad itch | I did not like this med at all. I was titrated up to 1200 mg per day and the dizziness at that dose made me feel like I couldn't stand up. I also developed a bad itch at 1200mg, to the point where I started to worry I had the beginnings of the dreaded rash. My pdoc told me to go down to 900mg per day, but the itch continued, so I had to discontinue it altogether. I am disappointed I had to stop, because the medication actually helped my mood swings. I felt very calm and stable on this med, better than anything other mood stabilizer, and I have tried them all (except lithium, which I refuse to take). | M | 38 | 1 months | 8/5/2008 | 1 | seizures | became very weak and depressed on this drug.loss of appetite,abd pain and muscle cramping.did not control seizures and had auras during day. | had been on tegretol 200mg/day and neurontin 600mg/day for 18 years.neurologist changed to trileptal because he thouht fewer side effects. i'm back on tegretol but depression continues and have been put on prozac.all because of a medicine change! | F | 56 | 4 months | 7/11/2008 | 4 | Bipolar, Anxiety | I don't really notice all that much. I feel high for a while if I take it with Caffiene. Some dizziness and drowsiness in the morning. I may have gained 5 pounds from it. | I really like Trileptal seems to really be working on me. | F | 29 | 1 years | 7/1/2008 | 3 | Bipolar | Hungry ALL the time! Food does not help! Wake up in the middle of the night starving! Also brain feels like a big cottony mess; have been missing appointments because I feel so drugged I can't get out of bed. Some acne. | I do not know what happened. I took trileptal for 2 years about 6 years ago and don't remember all this! I am disappointedly stopping it. It used to work for my moods; if you need to stop mania it's like killing a fly with a sledgehammer. | F | 40 | 21 days | 6/20/2008 |