Side Effects Of Epitec (Page 6)
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I am bipolar 2 or so they say. I have been taking epiec 200 and rispadol. I have lost the will to live without the depression of course and i have become an angry horrible person that no one can be around. I have shakes in the head and tiredness that is so not me. I have started to reducing the meds and is on 50 now. I am feeling much better and the old me is returning. Why do people think epitec is such a wonder drug?

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SIDE EFFECTS OF EPITEC. I DO NOT SLEEP HAVE BECOME AND AGRESSIVE HORRIBLE PERSON. MY DOSAGE IS 400MG DAILY. I AM A VEGETARIAN SO NO PROBLEM WITH MEAT LIKE SOME OF THE CASES I HAVE READ BUT I HAVE NOTICED A CHANGE IN MY WEIGHT, THE SCALE HAS GONE UP AND THE SWOLLEN FEET AND STIFF JOINTS AND MUSCLES. YOU HAVE TO BE BRAVE TO HANDLE BI-POLAR AND THATS MY LAST WORDS TO ALL OUT THERE. ANYONE HAVE THE SAME

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Im on epitec 250 mg because i got so depressed when I got out of the mental hospital but I take it together with convulex to stabilize my mood. the dr explaained to me that convulex evens out the ups but that means the downs are more severe and the epitec helps to lift that. its been for months now, still a work in progress but im definitely getting better

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I was told to be bipolar at the age of 16, I don't know much about it except that it was the cause of me losing the one person I truly loved but ya, they put me on epitec 75mg and sometimes it seems to work and sometimes it doesn't. If I forget to take it I am a wreck but sometimes even if I take it I can still hear the voices screaming at me and it feels like I'm going crazy. I don't know what to do anymore.

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My daughter has been on Epitec for months now. She started with a 25mg dosage which has gradually increased to 125mg. It has changed her from being suicidal to being a relatively happy girl most of the time. If the correct dosage is not prescribed it could have the compelte opposite effect. Keep in mind that medications have different results with different patients.I would recommend that you visit your psychiatrist again to investigate the possibility of changing the medication completely.

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Epitec contains the active ingredient Lamotrigine.

Risperdal contains the active ingredient Risperidone.

That said, they can both cause the types of effects you experienced and this may have been compounded if you were taking them both at the same time.

Have you spoken to your doctor about this problem?

https:/­/­rxchat.com/­wiki/­Lamotrigine/­

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