Dear Mari
I am glad that the paresthesia wore off. I hope you are feeling ok today.
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Originally Posted by Dmom3005
But there is a 150mg pill. But I'm personally not sure this is a good idea
for you.
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If you still feel ok about giving the med a shot, please call the doctor first. If she says it is OK, I would let her know about your reactions to baby doses of other meds, and ask for the smaller tablets.
FYI, one symptom that arose
after almost a year of my taking Trileptal without incident... was paresthesia. I didn't want to share this before, Mari, because I didn't want to precondition you to expect it. I did not have the tingling/pins and needles kind, I had numbness affecting my arms first, then spreading to my torso, neck and face. For some weird reason it was upper body only.
I also had general weakness, somnolence, and some vertigo - I could not stand up and usually had to lay down while the effects wore off. Sometimes I'd fall asleep as nothing would combat that somnolence.
Fortunately the effects did not last long and occurred
only with my AM dose I was taking 600mg 2ce a day. The s/e would
start about 2-3 hours after taking the am dose and
last about 2-4 hours.
Now, I had a bad virus for quite some time right before this happened; I couldn't help feeling that had something to do with it. My doc had me try a lower dose for about 10 days but never ordered a blood draw.
When the sx did not resolve, he had me d/c.
I was sad to have to stop the drug because it had been great until then and all prior bloodwork had been good. I have always wondered if I might not have been able to interrupt treatment for a short while and then resume successfully.
It probably sounds crazy that I wanted to stay on it when I could not even sit up straight, but for some reason I still felt safe - perhaps because the s/e's reliably wore off. I believe in following one's instincts.
Do what feels safe to you.
waves