Bipolar Support Group

New Member

Send a PM

Give a Hug

My daughter is 15 with a recent diagnosis of bipolar /ADHD. the doctor prescribe welbutrin XL150mg in the morning and trileptal. she orginally started at 150mg in the morning and 150 at night but had to be increased recently to 300mg in the morning and 150mg at night due to severe mood swings. the funny thing is she was orginally put on abilify 5 mg which worked wonders but was stopped due to a stop in her menstrual cycle. has anyone had any positive success with tripleptal. this is a brand new medicine for her and i feel like she is not on medicine at all. can you tell me of your experiences.

I do not have any personal experience with trileptal. I'm sure other members with experience with trileptal will respond. I am posting mainly to welcome you to our group.

I do have experience with Wellbutrin (brand name) and it's generic (usually marketed as bupropion, although there are some new generic names). My experience with Wellbutrin has been extremely positive, but at the upper dosage level (i.e. 300mg). It does take a while to build up a blood level in your system. I presently take a newer, purer form of Wellbutrin, called Aplenzin (brand name), which I really like. My experience with the generics has been terrible. There is debate over the quality control of generic Wellbutrin because of the number of companies that make it all over the world, etc. In tests at least one of the generics did not perform as well as brand name Wellbutrin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bupropion

My best advice is to be honest with your daughter's doctor about the way you are feeling. Perhaps the doctor can give you important information, such as how long he/she expects it will take before the medication might begin to work, or the next step in the treatment plan if this medication does not work.

Again, welcome to our group.

I currently take trileptal regularly, as well as strattera for ADD. I have rapid cycling mixed bipolar, and trileptal works so good for me. It did take a few weeks to really take effect. I am pleased with trileptal, the depakote doesn't work for me. I have not tried any other mood stabilizers.

Good luck with your daughter, I am so glad she is getting help early! I was dx'ed at 15 but never got the proper meds, only now at 30 years old am I finally getting the treatment I need. Once you get the meds right I think you and she will notice a big difference.