Sorry you are having such a hard time Wolf. Some people are just so sensitive to medication, my Mom is like that and she can never take any anti-anxiety meds. She uses herbs that she boils up and drinks like Valerian root etc. Please keep your head up, do the best you can! The Hep treatment is pretty strong so I hope that you tolerate that as well. Many good thoughts coming your way.

I use valerian capsules. It works like a mainline tranquilizer. Since plants are the basis of many pharmaceuticals. Herbs are very potent so use wisely.
But what stabilizers have you tried? There's got to be one that will work. Maybe the trileptal would still be effective and not cause problems with a reduced dose. Don't give up!

Man tht sucks I'm real sorry for ya. I think I remember ya saying ya started trileptal. I'm on a real high does of two mood stabilizers. Maybe u can just keep tryin. It took me years to find good meds. I still struggle and hate this bp shit. But I guess it sure is better than with no meds

What's the Pdoc have to say about it?

Is continuing to take it the lesser of two evils, considering why you're taking it?

Does the paperwork say anything about that side effect possibly lessening with time?

Watch out!!!!
LOL!!!! When I started developing TD from Thorazine, the psychiatric nurse cheerfully told me she could give me another drug that might keep it from happening!!!

The Pdoc overruled her, though, and said I can never take Thorazine again.
Too bad, too. I really loved it.

Yea, its sucks to do things we don't want too - I hate it too!

Hoping you can find relief and that the side effects depart, or you try another combo... I recently did great for 8 months, it is a tease to change meds again.... my heart goes out to you, while I remind you...

Its a process, an means to an end - you need treatment, again no one said you were suppose to like it or enjoy it......That is so truly a bipolar thing, my way or no way, or my favorite "All or nothing" : ) We tend to like extremes, don't we? ((((HUG))) it does suck, and I am teasing, but I do care Will, really it does suck!!!!

I'm sorry to 'hear' this wiccan.. You've been doing so much better.. Have you tried Lamictal??..It's been a godsend for me..xo

Ugh. I am so sorry.

I had a similar rare side effect to Viibryd.

I would say to keep on trying to find something that you can tolerate.

The alternative is grim, so you might as well.

I hear you there is always something. In the past I've had dramatic weight gain, dramatic weight loss, stuttering of my speech, dry eyes (told I needed surgery), amenorrhea, akathesia, TD, and sexual dysfunction all due to meds.

Now I am finally on something that works without weight gain and now hubby won't kiss me due to excessive salivation. It's always something with these meds.

I called pdoc yesterday and haven't received a return call yet., I'll try again today.

Until then I'm cutting the Trileptal in half , from 600 mg to 300 mg, hopefully that will take care of the problem

I've been on a number of mood stabilizers in the past the only one that didn't give me side effects was Depakote, a huge no no with Hep C.

Lithium it was balance and coordination

Lamictal, was cognitive dysfunction, made me as thick as a brick LOL.

So hopefully lowering the dose will be OK with my pdoc and will alleviate the side effects.

The Wolf

(((((HUGS))))) I know this is so frustrating.......I am med free 7 days now and went the natural route. I had too!!! My meds were not helping at all and I ditched my doctors too because they would not listen.

Got a call back from pdoc, she said that Trileptal can lower the salt in your body causing muscle weakness and cramping, to cut down from 600mg to 300 mg and drink either chicken or beef bullion.

So I did the right thing cutting my dose in half Yay!

Plus, I need to go for blood work to check sodium levels

The Wolf

Glad to here that Wolf!!! ((((((HUGS)))))