I have a question for any who can answer it. I have been on 1200mg tegretol every day for about...a year? We all know initially of the drunk/stoned feeling, walking into things, nausea and headache, shaking..yep had them all, but now that my body is accustomed i normally just have poor memory, tiredness, difficulty concentrating and headaches...
MY QUESTION IS: why RANDOMLY now and then does my tegretol hit me, like when i first started taking it??? i have found no information on it. The last few days i feel really drunk stoned, slurred speech. My mother and bf have both suggested that maybe i took my morning meds twice by accident as i often forget things but i have been making sure to remebr to take them once and once only. A month ago, the same thing. Out of the blue, high as a kite and full blown side effects from the tegretol.
What i ask all you clever people is why the hell?? I have no been consuming anything with grapefruit that would affect my absorbtion and if i drink alcohol its ocasional , not much and in the evenings.
Does anyonme else get this?
sorry for question mark and caps lock abuse, thought this may seem written..ok-ish i am rather stoned :^_^
Yes..yes i do. Some days i'm ok (with the normal stuff you mentioned)..and yeah, some days it's like the beginning. I don't know why either. Honestly, i figured it's because i'm only 6mos into taking it, but thanks for posting about it. It makes me feel better to know im not alone in this. Although, i do wonder WHY it happens.
If you are on the XR, my guess would be that too much of it is releasing into your system at one time. Maybe there were a few pills in your bottle that were doing this. That is my only guess.
thats so crazy i thought they all have to have exactly the sme dose..i did mention it to my doctor one or 2 times and each time he asked how much and exactly at what time i had taken my pills then did a blood test to chekc the level in my blood and said it was fine, it so odd :O
I too am taking tegretol in the same doses you are. I have been taking tegretol for over 2 years now. In the last 6 months or more the exact same things have been happening to me. As stupid as it may sound this is what I have noticed. If I take my drugs and I'm not doing too much it is all good. If I take my drugs and have alot of rushing around to do, that is when it happens. I don't understand the connection or why all of a sudden this has started but it has. My doctor like yours has said my blood levels are fine.
yeah i agree linda..its like drinking alone or with others haha, if you drink alone and read a book, you feel fine, maybe a little tired, but if u have a few glasses and must talk and interact with others you are more aware of how strongly its affecting you. I skyped my mum the other day and she freaked out and ask if i took an overdose!! I felt kinda of plastered but she kept saying how slow i was talking and in my mind i felt sober..but my body was being so slow its so yucky, just like at the beggining time. I will try to research more on it..i have various therioes but they dont quite stick if i apply them to all other people who also take tegretol so i will look up on it , thanks for your reply, its good to know that..well not good to know for u hehe but, its intresting that a few of us have this issue!
Linda said:
I too am taking tegretol in the same doses you are. I have been taking tegretol for over 2 years now. In the last 6 months or more the exact same things have been happening to me. As stupid as it may sound this is what I have noticed. If I take my drugs and I'm not doing too much it is all good. If I take my drugs and have alot of rushing around to do, that is when it happens. I don't understand the connection or why all of a sudden this has started but it has. My doctor like yours has said my blood levels are fine.
I am pretty sure that the dose inside the pills is correct, BUT since it is extended release, maybe too much at one time is coming out of some of the pills. That's my only guess.
Mangamel said:
thats so crazy i thought they all have to have exactly the sme dose..i did mention it to my doctor one or 2 times and each time he asked how much and exactly at what time i had taken my pills then did a blood test to chekc the level in my blood and said it was fine, it so odd :O