Posted by Silentscream on July 16, 2015, at 15:19:34
Hello.
I've been taking 600mg (divided into two doses) of Trileptal for about 2 months, now. I seem to be getting very foggy minded, distracted, forgetful, depressed (low mood, sometimes anxious) and feel as if life has left me. I'm not creative enough to even have an interesting conversation with someone. normally, you could say I have "a lot of personality".
But now, I feel dull. Also, irritable. I have that "life's pure sh*t" sort of feeling. like, I can try to enjoy and engage people and things, but deep down, something just feels wrong and unwanted. Like a mixture of enervation, feeling fed up and disgusted by... everything.
Buuut... I do see how it's helping with some bipolar symptoms. Anxiety is generally lower, sleep is better, thought-related issues are muuuch better. Also, I feel more "linear", so to speak. I feel as if I'm worsening some depression symptoms, but alleviating and improving manic ones.
Will this improve with time? Or get worse? I like Trileptal.
Sidenote: nothing ever lifted my depression aside from gingko biloba, but it gave me side effects. I'm gonna try a different brand and see how I feel. Maybe I should stick with Trileptal for the4 time being and wait for the ginkgo biloba that I purchased overseas to arrive?
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