Withdrawals from Trileptal
I recently found out from my PCP (primary care physician) that my blood test came back with a very low sodium reading. It was because of this that my psychiatrist decided along with my PCP that I should go off of the Trileptal.
I have tried to do this many times in the past because I just didn’t think the medication was right for me but I had a lot of problems doing it. My shrink said to do it cold turkey, this bothers me since she knows that I have had withdrawal problems in the past but she says that my sodium levels are too low to wait any longer. Who knew you needed salt so badly?
Well, last night was awful, I couldn’t sleep but a couple of hours at a time and I think I got up around 6 this morning for no reason at all. My whole body has been tingling all over and it is not exactly painful but it is at the same time.
This is not the kind of pain you have from bone injury or childbirth but it feels like your weak all over. Like if you have ever been really dehydrated, that whole body pins and needles feeling that you get all over.
Hopefully, this will get better quickly. If I remember correctly, last time I lasted 6 or 7 days like this and I had to get back on the pills cause I just couldn’t take it anymore. I am just going to have to get plenty of rest over the next few days and hope that it gets better with time.
I am not sure that the pills were that good for me to begin with. I don’t know if she plans to put me on a replacement or not but she is looking into whether or not the Topamax is causing my hair loss problems.
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I know this is an old post, but I hope you see this comment. I just stopped taking Trileptal and I am having the same all-over pins and needles feeling. It's been four days now. I was just wondering how things went with you ~ if your tingling went away and how long it took.
Posted by: Dana | April 22, 2008 08:13 PM