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 |
| 2 | bipolar | numbness of lips, tongue, dizzy, hard to walk about an hour after taking full night time dose. Couldn't tolerate full night time dose so started taking half of what was prescribed and that helped with the above symptoms/side effects. However, i am more IRRITABLE and edgy than i have been in a long time. I feel like biting someone's head off. Don't know how much more i can take of it. Will call dr if these feelings last much longer. | F | 27 | 4 days | 12/21/2007 | 2 | chronic headaches | insomnia, anxiety | hasn't helped my particular problem at all | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 12/10/2007 | 1 | Bipolar II (depressed episode) | Just started taking it, still on very low dose due to my sensitivity to any meds side-effects. Tired, dizzy, stomach pain - which can be severe at times, nausea, just feeling out of it, dry mouth, loss of appetite but then a feeling that I just want to eat uncontrollably, no weight gain yet. But I am feeling more irritable, which is not good! | I am only on 150mg, and yesterday should have upped the dose to twice a day at 150mg, but am afraid due to the side-effects. I could not tolerate depakote or lamictal at all. I would like to go back on topomax, but my doctor probably won't let me and also I will feel dumb again! I am just scared of the weight gain that many people on here are describing. Once I am stablized my doc wants to put me back on Wellbutrin, which in the past only makes me manic when on monotherapy...so we will have to wait and see! | F | 30 | 4 days | 12/5/2007 | 4 | son has epilepsy | constipation and nightmares for two months | M | 5 | 7 months | 11/30/2007 | 5 | Seizure | weight gain, tiredness, that can't find the "word" when speaking. Loss of train of thought | When I first started I needed to sleep all the time. I was always exhausted. I was always looking for the right word or I would totally forget what I was talking about. Family said I was slower and just wasn't myself. I am doing better on it now. I still can't find that word sometimes. | M | 35 | 3 months | 11/27/2007 | 4 | Anxiety | sleepyness, reduced desire to drink alcohol (depending on your perspective) | The sleepyness subsides after an hour or so if I take a 300mg dose during the day. At night I take a 600mg dose and sleep almost the entire 6-8hrs. The drug seems to calm me, reduce my anxiety and eliminate angry outbursts. I only hope I don't have to increase the dosage to maintain the effect. Also, I have yet to experience any weight gain. I will report again after 30 days. (xmj) | M | 47 | 18 days | 11/18/2007 | 5 | Epilepsy | I am on multiple drugs now but I used to be on just Trileptal. I was at 2100mg and I felt tired and a little confused. It did help stop the seizures for 4 years. The one I had after that point was probably due to having the FLU the week before. | I moved from Tegretol to Trileptol when my doctor (at the time) said I was to high dosed on the Tegretol. I tried to switch to Keppra but that didn't work. Now I am on Trileptal, Keppra, and Dilantin. I am working on getting of Dilantin and returning to Trileptal only. | M | 35 | 8 days | 11/9/2007 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | Tiredness (night only), Memory loss | I started out taking Zoloft and Wellbutrin. I felt nothing. Then, I was prescribed Trileptal. Wow! My life has changed dramatically. My emotions are totally in balance. I almost feel guilty for how good I feel. I am on 900mg a day. 300 in the morning, 600 at night. It makes me tired at night, which is a good thing, I sleep a solid 6-8 hours. I can't imagine life without it. I mean after years of being up and down, using drugs and alcohol, this is really working. I still feel like I'm dependent on some man-made, synthetic creation. But hey, thank God for modern medicine. I am thankful, most thankful. | M | 35 | 2 years | 11/3/2007 | 4 | bipolar | Gradual weight gain with each dosage increase; brain "fogginess", searching to find right words | When dosage was upped to 1800 mg day, I began experiencing almost like a drunk, dizzy feeling for about an hour after taking the med. I began taking the 600 mg in the morning and the 1200 mg at night before bed. But when my weight went up more, I dropped back to 600 mg both morning and night. Doc says it can't be causing weight gain, but since I dropped back, I've lost 5 pounds. I think this med causes me to crave certain foods and I eat way more than I should. HOWEVER ... it does take care of all the irritability and hypomanic symptoms I've previously experienced. | F | 38 | 5 years | 10/29/2007 | 3 | Bipolar 1 | After taking Trileptal for about a little more than a month, it was working really well for me and stabilized my moods very well but i started to get a rash down in my genitals region which spread all the way down my legs and is now going up my belly chest and shoulders. IT'S A HORRIBLE RASH, ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. it's itchy and looks like I have a million mosquito bites. I decided to stop taking the medication last night and hopefully the rashe will start going away. I had it treated for scabes but the rash only got worse. I'm pretty positive it is because of the medicine so I'm going to try and go to my doctor today to see if he can put me on something different. I'm really dissapointed too because as soon as I felt it was started to work, this rash appeared and has only been getting worse with time. I've had it for more than 2 weeks now and I can't even wear a bikini if I want it's so horrible. | F | 19 | 1 months | 10/26/2007 | 4 | Bipolar II | Insomnia at times, No Cognitive ability | I was put on this after Lamictal gave me a rash. It has been overall a good experience, but it totally magnified my depression after it ceased the hypomania. The only problem I have had is a loss of cognitive ability. I can't remember words, names, or pretty much think at times. | F | 23 | 3 months | 9/30/2007 | 1 | complex partial seizures | Extreme Fatigue, weight gain, irritability, flatness, puffy face, clumsiness, I couldn't find right word (very frustrating), expressing ideas took a lot of mental effort, difficulty concentrating, and low blood sodium. | Trileptal controlled my seizures but the side effects almost cost me my marriage. My husband said that I wasn't fun anymore. I didn't have an interest in anything. All I wanted to do was sleep and eat. Now I am taking lamictal and am feeling much better. The only side effects that I have with lamictal are dry mouth (thirst), and eye twitching. I've been taking it for 3 months. I actually feel like I have my life back somewhat. | F | 35 | 3 days | 9/25/2007 | 4 | Bipolar Disorder | I have been taking this medication for about a month. I have noticed that each time i take it i feel like i am high after an hour. This feeling lasts for an hour and a half before it subsides. I have experienced dizziness, nausia, tingling in my fingers and lips and funny speech patters. again it only lasts for a short time. These problems have not effected me so bad that it hinders my life. So far this medication has changed my life for the better. My relationships are better and I do not feel the depression and mania I was feeling before taking it. | After doing some research i decided to keep a daily record of the reactions of the medication at each dose. I am still nervous about the weight gain so i decided to monitor my calorie intake as well. I was on Zoloft about two years ago and gained about 40 lbs on it in a short amount of time. I would like to know if anyone has had a real problem with their weight after taking this medication. | F | 35 | 30 days | 9/24/2007 | 4 | seizures | tiredness, acne, fogginess | Started my daughter on trileptal after her 2nd seizure. She did very well and had no more seizure activity. Couple of side effects though: Extremely tired at the end of the day. She would suddenly hit a brick wall and you'd better find a place for her to lay down! and the acne was bad (especially for a 10 year old). Dermatologist helped some. She also didn't seem quite as "sharp" as she had previously been although she still got all A's at school (Yeah!) She was approved to be weaned 2 months ago. She is off but now seems to getting migraines about once a week. Has anyone experienced this before? | F | 13 | 4 years | 9/10/2007 | 4 | Bi-Polar, Headaches, Anxiety | Dry mouth, perhaps a touch of weight gain, increased acne, change in texture of hair, and A TOTALLY NASTY FULL BODY RASH that lasted about 5 days past when I had to stop taking the medication because small rash occured. If you see any kind of a rash -- stop taking this because the rash is going to get WAY WORSE. Other than that I can't take it because of the horrid rash, it really did seem to be working well. Perhaps an inability to pick the right word in a conversation, but dang I was so much happier, anxeity free, and headache free. | The best way I've found to control the rash is taking Benadryl every 4 hours and then spraying my self down with Lotrimin AF (something that the doctor didn't suggest, but I used it for jock itch and it really eliminated the pain fast -- so, there's something in it that makes a huge difference. | M | 40 | 21 days | 9/9/2007 | 5 | seizures | Odd vision, odd taste on the tongue | This is the one that made the seizures stop with the least side affects | M | 28 | 1 years | 8/12/2007 | 5 | Bipolar, PTSD and Anxiety | The are a few side effects of this med for me. After being on this med for five years, (taking 1500 mg)I have noticed I have balance issues, weight gain and some fluid retention (swelling). Sometimes I have dizziness issues too. But these are all slight issues and I have manged to work around them. Balance being my most serious of them. So I do not climb or get on high things ever. | I have had been on several meds and had some serious reactions to some. Compared to the side effects of other meds, this med has been a blessing. I don't feel drugged and numb. I do not have the constant mood swings and my PTSD is in check for the most part. Grant it if you have Bipolar or PTSD the reality is nothing will make all symptoms go away (medication will help you manage and alleviate symptoms). But this med has made life so manageable for me. I have a family of five and I am a full time student and live a pretty full well balanced life. The only way to put this simply is Trileptal has given me control of my illness to the point that I can manage Bipolar and PTSD symptoms when they are giving me problems. Instead of these illnesses literally running my life and ruining my families. Both of these illnesses have to be mangaged even with meds by the person who has the illness.Psychotherapy has helped me deal with and learn to live with these illnesses. These meds aren't antibioti | F | 42 | 5 years | 7/31/2007 | 3 | bipolar 2 | feeling tired and exhausted, very sleepy in day, memory and cognitive issues, trouble finding the right word | It has been awesome for my mood. I tried skipping it b/c of the side effects, and immediately was in a bad place emotionally. Adding it back cleared up the depression and anxiety very quickly. I'm taking 600 mg (I weigh 120 lbs), less didn't work very well. I'm so tired on it though I'm not sure if I can tolerate it. I don't know what else to do, I'm already taking lithium, lamictal, invega and well-butrin. Bleah. | F | 37 | 6 months | 7/26/2007 | 5 | cyclothymic | I have some side effects 30-90 minutes after dose; fuzzy thinking, a-motivational, headache above jaws at side of head - these pass with lots of water and patience | despite the side effects I do like this drug. I definetly am calmer, and my relationships are better. I was too tired and was depressed with my lack of energy and dropped from 750Mg to 225 (1/2 of a 150 pill 3x a day) added 5mg adderall in the am and 10mg prozac and that increased my energy level to get going and think and that helped to decrease the issues; I recommend trying the smallest dose you can | F | 45 | 7 months | 7/20/2007 | 3 | Bipolar II | I'm still gaining weight even though I watch what I eat and work out five days a week. Has anyone else experienced this? Also, weakness, fatigue, tiredness. It mimics depression when I titrate up as I'm exhausted, can't get out of bed to do anything. Dry skin. | Not sure how well med is working for me, doc is still titrating. Switched from Lamictal when side effects were too much. | F | 43 | 9 months | 7/19/2007 |