Posted by bleauberry on November 30, 2012, at 17:09:35
In reply to oxcarbazepine (trileptal) withdrawal, posted by Macy56 on November 30, 2012, at 12:37:08
It sounds like withdrawals to me. I've had enough of them. It's weird, but some meds didn't hit me until maybe 3 or 4 weeks after I stopped them, it was pretty mild up until then. Most meds hit me earlier, some as early as the 1st or 2nd day. The symptoms you described were pretty common in many of my withdrawals. The spaced out thing for sure, but the numbness tingling, I dunno, I've never experienced that in a withdrawal. I did with Lyme disease. I guess a different take could be that the medicine was doing a good job of masking something else going on. And then when the med was removed, that something whatever it was came out. So I dunno.
I do think it should be checked out medically. Strokes and heart problems and some infectious diseases can have the numbness/tingling symptoms. My gut instinct is it would be a waste of money, but you never know, could save your life. The other symptoms on their own don't seem out of the ordinary for withdrawal symptoms, but the numbness tingling stuff kind of worries me a little.
I guess you could always test it by getting back on it for a few days to see what happens.
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