Bipolar Disorder - Teen Support Group
This community is dedicated to teenagers struggling with bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. Talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, and learn from others' experiences
I just started on this and I was wondering if others have had any success with it. It seems to be working okay, but I hate how big the pill is! Any help?
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i take it myself and i have no problems with it. i know its a huge pill but it works dont it? the bad out weights the good, do what i do and suck it up and down the sucker. trileptal realy helps me but im @ the max dosage so not many other places to go from here.
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my younger son takes trileptal 2 pills/daily and i can notice a change when he forgets to take them he is very hyper and seems like he is bouncing off the wall i hope that you can take it and it helps you out take care barb
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I just started it on 2/17 and boy do my friends see a difference. I still get depressed so i'm going to have to get on an anti-depressant but my friends say that they can notice how much better i am with my aggression. I would be a happy camper and then someone would do something that would piss me off in the flick of a switch and i would become very aggressive and super pissed because thats how I am when i'm in hypomanic phases. But since I started this it has helped me a ton! so just give it a chance. It will take a week to two weeks to take affect.
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thanks for the help-i have one more question: did anyone experience double vision, sore throat, or stomach ache while on this? i recently upped my abilify so i don't know if that's it or if it's the trileptal. help!
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um no i don't experience any side affects really. The only two I experience is drowsiness and headache. But everyone is different with it. So you said your on abilify to? So you're on two mood stabilizers? hmm interesting.
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i take lithium, trileptal and lamictal twice a day. i know that when i don't take the trileptal i feel a lot healthier, physically. it upsets my stomach and gives me a slight head-ache. when i don't take it though, i'm very mentally unstable. so it's kind of a drag, but i have to. everyone gets different side-effects from it. when i haven't eaten and i take my meds i do get double-vision and it's almost like being very drunk. stick it out, your body might adjust to it.
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How much trileptal? My daughter is on 150mg-morning/evening (total 300mg), 150mg Lamictal evening only, and seroquel to help her sleep.
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I take 450 mg in the morning, 600 at night, 300 lithium at night (we're trying to phase me off of that), 20 mg abilify (night) and 20 mg vyvanse in the morning for ADD
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My younger son takes Trileptal @ nite and it seems to be working for him. He takes 2 300mg pills every nite.
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