Posted by BRC on October 16, 2004, at 8:50:45
In reply to Trying to stop taking a MOOD STABILIZER..help.., posted by lelebug on October 15, 2004, at 18:44:17
Hi, I am sorry to hear about your situation. I am on 1,500mg of Trileptal. But mine was originally given to me by neurologist to treat nerve damage in my leg. But to my suprise it worked well for my anxiety. And my pdoc. told me it was used as a mood stabilizer as well.
If you want to get off I would suggest tappering gradually reducing the dose a little week by week. You could ask your doctor or pharmacist how to do this.
Also if you want to tapper off more rapidly you could get your doctor to give you something for the symptoms.
I take Klonopin and it works very well for anxiety and mood stabilizing. But at first it can be very sedating.
Hope this helped.
Let me know if you need any further help.
BRC
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