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weaing from trileptal

Has anyone had feelings of fatigue, anxiety and other side effects after weaning from trileptal?  If so how long before you felt back to normal?
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HI,  was on trileptal for seizure control.  but it lowered my sodium, and also I had a seizure on it. so its been two weeks since I stopped the the dose completely.  I still get lots of anxiety. Not sure if its due to weaning or not.  I was taken from 1050 mg a day to 0 in 4-6 weeks.  
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585414 tn?1288941302
  I was on Trileptal for a while. After that my psychiatrist transferred
me to Lamictal. It took some time to have the withdrawal symptoms to pass
(and the efficacy of the other medication to start) but it settled after some time. Generally things begin to improve within a few weeks. As long
as you followed your psychiatrist's titration schedule it should be fine.
Keep your psychiatrist updated on how you are doing and they
will know how to follow up.
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585414 tn?1288941302
  I was on Trileptal for a while. After that my psychiatrist transferred
me to Lamictal. It took some time to have the withdrawal symptoms to pass
(and the efficacy of the other medication to start) but it settled after some time. Generally things begin to improve within a few weeks. As long
as you followed your psychiatrist's titration schedule it should be fine.
Keep your psychiatrist updated on how you are doing and they
will know how to follow up.
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