Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 1052241

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Bad vision + meds...

Posted by Sheilac on October 14, 2013, at 16:06:11

Is it a problem that Trileptal causes my vision to get blurry? I have to wear stronger and stronger reading glasses when on Trileptal.

When the dose wears off, my vision gets better.

I've also noticed this on a higher dose of Geodon.

 

Re: Bad vision + meds...

Posted by alexandra_k on October 15, 2013, at 2:23:58

In reply to Bad vision + meds..., posted by Sheilac on October 14, 2013, at 16:06:11

I've noticed that on a couple of anti-psychotics. I think mostly old generation ones... Our names are different, anyway...

It might be worth raising the issue with your doc. I don't know if it is a serious / potentially non-reversable side-affect or what... It wasn't something that I was prepared to put up with. But in my case it wasn't just blurry it was more... My eyes were wobbly or something. So I couldn't focus properly on the letters to read the words. It was bad enough to prevent my... Getting in the zone with reading. Which was not tolerable for me.

I wonder if there might be a sweet spot of less of a dose that helps you but doesn't give you this as a side-affect?

I don't know.

 

Re: Bad vision + meds...

Posted by Zyprexa on October 15, 2013, at 6:39:06

In reply to Bad vision + meds..., posted by Sheilac on October 14, 2013, at 16:06:11

Geodon did that to my vision too. It went away some when I stopped it but now I have to wear glasses.

 

Re: Why Trileptal...

Posted by sheilac on October 15, 2013, at 11:27:50

In reply to Re: Bad vision + meds..., posted by Zyprexa on October 15, 2013, at 6:39:06

The Trileptal is the one med that really screws up my vision.

Anyone know why? If I keep my dosing low, like 300mg at a time I can tolerate a little vision issues, but higher than that my vision is terrible. I probably couldn't pass a freakin' driving test.

Why Trileptal?


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